Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 2 | I might need to be set up and ready to go , with up to £600 to spend . |
| 3 | ‘ I was beginning to think I might have to be the one to raise the question , ’ she returned demurely . |
| 4 | A letter was received from the chairman of the Edinburgh Federation of Community Centre Management Committees detailing the options which might require to be made to meet the Secretary of State ‘ s intention to ‘ cap ’ Lothian Regional Council ‘ s level of ‘ Poll Tax ’ for the current year by some £25 million . |
| 5 | Difficult as it is to summarize so majestic a body of work as that produced by Hailey in the days when he reigned supreme as the Colonial Office 's oracle on Africa , it seems fair to say that the main impression to be derived from it is of his anxiety to avoid committing the British government to any course of action which might prove to be irreversible . |
| 6 | Which might prove to be no bad fortune for those recruits … |
| 7 | Women mourn the loss of a breast — ‘ which at 50 has no function other than a psychological one ’ — unlike almost any other part of their body which might have to be removed for health reasons . |
| 8 | Had this been successful it would have been possible for managers of education and training at every level within a locality to identify major employment issues , to assess likely large-scale change in employment patterns and to identify educational links which might have to be developed or changed . |
| 9 | If necessary , such a person could then be sent on a suitable training course to learn any technical skills which might seem to be appropriate . |
| 10 | Moreover , in this particular case the justices were hearing this application on 27 January 1992 against the background which included the making of a full care order on 15 May 1991 , an order which , as I have already indicated , was made after hearing submissions by the guardian ad litem and by the local authority which might seem to be in marked distinction to the submissions being made now , only a few months later . |
| 11 | It is a conception that might not be true of it , or all of it , and which might cease to be true of it or of all of it . |
| 12 | She and Rufus and Adam himself had all been putting forward the names of people they knew who might want to be part of a commune , likely people of the right sort of age and the right sort of temperament . |
| 13 | Section 20(6) defines consumer as follows : ( a ) in relation to any goods , it means any person who might wish to be supplied with the goods for his own private use or consumption ; ( b ) in relation to any services or facilities , it means any person who might wish to be provided with the services or facilities otherwise than for the purposes of any business of his ; and ( c ) in relation to any accommodation , it means any person who might wish to occupy the accommodation otherwise than for the purposes of any business of his . |
| 14 | Section 20(6) defines consumer as follows : ( a ) in relation to any goods , it means any person who might wish to be supplied with the goods for his own private use or consumption ; ( b ) in relation to any services or facilities , it means any person who might wish to be provided with the services or facilities otherwise than for the purposes of any business of his ; and ( c ) in relation to any accommodation , it means any person who might wish to occupy the accommodation otherwise than for the purposes of any business of his . |
| 15 | She was simply reminding Jaq of how she might continue to be useful . |
| 16 | She thought it outrageous that he should even think she might want to be friends in the circumstances . |
| 17 | " I just think that she might prove to be somewhat difficult to dispose of … oh , do n't look so surprised . |
| 18 | You might want to be able to sort of get to their flat very quickly . |
| 19 | Now , er , I do n't know er why you might want to be unlisted , ex-directory , not in the book . |
| 20 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 21 | Okay , so er what have we got there erm use supports use of support yeah material another thing you might think about is time . |
| 22 | The Col d'Osquich is lucky you might think to be called . |
| 23 | Nor can he always rely on the help of those who in any other industry or service you might expect to be on his side . |
| 24 | And if the principle works with man as well , then by spending your whole life in a cruising aircraft you might live to be a hundred . |
| 25 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 26 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 27 | person you might like to be but actually unfortunately are n't . |
| 28 | Belinda if we can start with you more or less erm I heard the other day that you 're half thinking that you might like to be a nurse ? |
| 29 | Erm , and one thing that you might worry about is , okay , once I get up there , how do I get back down again ? |
| 30 | Yeah there 's one little minor adjustment that you y you might be aware you might need to be aware of . |