Example sentences of "[verb] it might [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | And if there was a town council meeting it might go on till ten o'clock . |
2 | She imagined it might settle down if she removed her brassière , but what if Dotty noticed and made some personal remark about her growth ? |
3 | Well I reckon it might come before . |
4 | ‘ I felt it might come close to something like this . |
5 | As she laid the wet dress on the stone coping of the basin and rubbed soap into the fabric at the waist , she unfolded every motion of the tryst Tommaso had kept , and exultation filled her so she felt it might fly out of her mouth in a huge whoop . |
6 | He feared it might end up in deep humiliation . |
7 | Some thought it might last as little as three weeks , as in Norway ; hardly anyone reckoned on longer than six to eight weeks . |
8 | I thought it might go away . |
9 | but then I thought it might take up too much space . |
10 | ‘ I thought it might come in useful , ’ Rebecca agreed . |
11 | She wished he could be charged because he thinks it might bring home to him the seriousness of what he has done and scare him enough to stop . |
12 | She held her injured hand to her breast as if frightened it might drop off , and at a nod from |
13 | But let's face it I mean if a lot of local authorities are in similar sorts of positions and a lot of balances are building up , well the money just might run away might n't it it 's happened before , I think it might happen again . |
14 | Well , I think it might work then . |
15 | At last she stepped over it and went down , half thinking it might snap off her leg in passing . |
16 | Trouble was , Sidney decided to go back to get the sentry 's rifle , obviously thinking it might come in useful . |
17 | Hailing the agreement as ‘ important ’ yesterday , the British consumer affairs minister , Mr John Redwood , said it might catch about 12 major mergers involving British companies annually . |
18 | She had spent the whole day , today , hoping it might happen again , but it had n't . |