Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trained mind I might be supposed to have , but this did not stop me from losing my clothing coupons . |
| 2 | Cos if I go to the college I might be able to get a flat . |
| 3 | Had he understood that in her desperation to avert financial tragedy she might be willing to barter her body ? |
| 4 | For all she advises me of her condition she might be blind and I would n't know it . |
| 5 | He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’ |
| 6 | Because at the end of the day I think that a although it 's quite significant in terms of workload we might be able to address it elsewhere I mean I think the |
| 7 | Despite the increased strength of labour , as reflected in welfare provisions and moves towards ‘ industrial democracy ’ , workers were still obliged to sell their labour power to employers whose freedom of action they might be able to limit , but certainly not control . |
| 8 | It was decided that George should ride down and rob the drowsing boy while Joseph would stay behind to head off any aid he might be able to summon . |
| 9 | It is very difficult to design a pressed flower picture on to a background material that has already been printed with a design , and if you were to use a floral fabric it might be hard to spot where your picture stops and the print begins . |
| 10 | As a general rule it might be productive to give forecasts at the year 2012 — twenty years after Rio . |
| 11 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister retorted angrily : ‘ I do believe that on reflection you might be ashamed of some of the things you have just said . ’ |
| 13 | T. D. You might be glad to lock up a drunk to get out of the rain for a while . |
| 14 | For example , if you have a large hall or corridor you might be able to slice off bits to add to your living room . |
| 15 | Well there is about the hall we might be able to read them that letter , from the new . |
| 16 | By developing telephone services via the data highway they might be able to expand into each other 's markets . |
| 17 | After he 's had his lunch he might be sleepy |
| 18 | In each case the court held the promise to be binding on the party making it , even though under the old common law it might be difficult to find any consideration for it . |
| 19 | Some forms ( Turrilites ) adopted the helical spire , and were it not for the obligatory suture lines it might be possible to mistake these species for large gastropods . |
| 20 | But if you were Jewish , and had grown up in a strict kosher home it might be difficult to accept , even if you now had a broader view through your conversion to Christ . |
| 21 | In Ireland he might be able to choose between several candidates , but they would all have been selected by his party , and in such a way as to condition his choice if not to determine it absolutely . |
| 22 | They debated unhappily , reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion , until John Prophet suggested sadly that in the circumstances it might be well to consult the archbishop of Canterbury , and in some relief they agreed on this course , and carried their problem that same afternoon to Lambeth ; where Thomas Arundel , on the force of whose word and influence they could rely , advised them , in consideration of the desperate need , to issue the required letters patent , and he would be responsible for defending their action to the king , should it need any defence . |
| 23 | He had , but in these new circumstances it might be unwise to admit it . |
| 24 | Though in Alan 's case you might be right . ’ |
| 25 | He had explained that he was going to see Eloise , in the hope she might be willing to sell him something . |
| 26 | Perhaps , she wondered as she hurried downstairs , if she could find the kitchen she might be able to make a cup of coffee and a slice of toast for herself . |
| 27 | Of course she might be pleased with that outcome , but she may also have a new feeling of helplessness , in that she has failed to manage her own problems . |
| 28 | With any luck she might be able to get back to the apartment before he found out what had happened . |
| 29 | There is a vacant night-porter 's job we might be able to fill on a temporary basis . |
| 30 | Perhaps this evening they might be able to sort out the details . |