Example sentences of "[pron] might [prep] [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is less evident that such a strategy would appeal to the daughter of a tradesman , who might after all be able to serve in her father 's shop , or to the daughter of a white-collar worker , to whom the printing trade might appear to be a step down in the world in some respects : inky and dirty , even if requiring literacy . |
| 2 | When he felt that one might after all be no good he said so . ’ |
| 3 | A lanky cleric oozing good intentions and bad faith then launched into an address that was squirmingly anxious to avoid giving offence to persons of any or no belief while still suggesting that , who knows , there might after all be , you know , something out there . |
| 4 | Great pouring swathes of golden light , and the far-off glint of blue and silver , as if there might after all be something solid and man-made within the Prison . |
| 5 | The euphoria of the summer gradually gave way to the pessimistic feeling that it might after all be a long war . |
| 6 | Hardly had the King reached Balmoral on the Saturday morning when the Prime Minister sent a message that it might after all be necessary for him to return to London . |
| 7 | She pushed the Valium aside , observing that she did prefer not to take drugs , a reaction so typical of her age and class that McLeish decided he might after all be able to conduct a useful interview . |