Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] might [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 VIZ magazine creator Chris Donald is right when he says it might be time to call it a day .
2 Wycliffe thought they might be Chelsea or Chelsea Derby .
3 He thought they might be finger rings , but was n't sure .
4 But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’
5 Of course , I knew it might be ages before we could actually marry , but she said she 'd wait .
6 Thought it might be Steen 's sort of thing . ’
7 From the shape of the building Maggie thought it might be Ralston 's Fruitshop , but could n't be sure .
8 For a sweet moment she thought it might be Sebastian come home — but Sebastian had his key .
9 ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’
10 For an unbalanced moment she thought it might be Gordon Hodge , pursuing her to see that she would not come back , and make a nuisance of herself to Edward .
11 In 1976 , the centenary of the event , Mr Alan Spedding , the present organist and choir master , thought it might be time to call a halt but met with such opposition from the townspeople that it was decided to carry on .
12 Why she should immediately think it might be Sebastian , when he had his own key anyway , she did n't know .
13 If you are suffering pangs of remorse because of some unintentional action in the past , do n't you think it might be time to tell yourself that you will be more careful in the future — and let the guilt go ?
14 So you 've got ta sell benefits you 've got ta know what the product can do for them , right you 've got to find out what they want from it I mean it might be security that 's the big problem
15 I think I might be H.
16 We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis .
17 You think it might be drugs ? ’
18 I think it might be fish stew again tomorrow .
19 Others who spoke to Mr Ayob hoped they might be party to something big .
20 But I said it might be contractors .
21 A little later , he 'd looked down avenues of faces , hoping it might be Helen .
22 I suspected it might be tummy pains , but he had n't had it up until now .
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