Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might be a Christian , guv' , but I also believe in ghosts . ’ |
| 2 | I might be a bit biased , I think they still do that but I think erm |
| 3 | ‘ And I might be a gain , ’ Daniel said , ‘ if you would let me . ’ |
| 4 | Any one of them might be a part of this conspiracy . ’ |
| 5 | Die Grünen has been described by Petra Kelly as an ‘ anti-party party ’ , and getting into bed with them might be a guarantee of ending up on the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ Ye might be a boy , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ Or she might be a part-timer who 's free on Tuesdays anyway . ’ |
| 8 | She might be a mistress , but she might equally well be a daughter , a wife , a sister — perhaps someone weak-minded , perhaps someone elderly . |
| 9 | I think she might be a nurse , but I du n no where I am . |
| 10 | I was worried she might be a bit anaemic , ’ recalls Kim . |
| 11 | She was able to warn her manager that for a while she might be a bit slower and occasionally a bit tearful . |
| 12 | I noticed that she looked a bit unhappy so I went across to her , worried that she might be a bit of a madam and would n't like to associate with the likes of me . |
| 13 | The kind of woman I would n't mind having around if I was in trouble though she might be a bit of a trial at other times . |
| 14 | We 've got to be quiet though , she might be a bit touchy ? |
| 15 | And instead of a ship going from here to Aberdeen , she might be a fortnight going there , with bad weather . |
| 16 | She became convinced that she had read the letters of the Chevalier de Boufflers to the Comtesse de Sabran in another life , and that she might be a reincarnation . |
| 17 | The Nefertari was a veteran , it was said , of something between 30 and 40 years on the river ; someone thought she had been built on the hull of a much older Nile steamer , and another that she might be a pharaoh 's reconstituted sun-boat , disinterred , like the others , near the Great Pyramid . |
| 18 | It was all Harriet could do not to confront her , have the whole thing out , tell her that she was not prepared to put up with such behaviour any longer , that she might be a war widow with a child , but she was living in her mother 's house and should at least not take such care and help for granted . |
| 19 | It crossed her mind that she might be a woman spy — like Mata Hari . |
| 20 | Well she might , she might be a county standard athlete |
| 21 | ‘ Further away you might be a nuisance . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You might be a whizz at your job , you might have the charisma of ten men , but when it comes down to normal decent human values you 're nothing . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you might be a bit hungry , ’ said Jill delicately , holding out the packet . |
| 24 | ‘ I think you might be a bit too subtle for me , Mr B , ’ I gasped , and at last he loosened his grip . |
| 25 | It could 've varied , you know , any time if you like from , from March till May and without knowing the exact date you might be a bit late or a bit too early er for future business . |
| 26 | And you look so topping in that dress that I thought you might be a sport . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you might be a poacher rather than the gamekeeper you were pretending to be . |
| 28 | You are worried , are n't you , because you think you might be a lesbian . |
| 29 | I thought you might be a Windmill girl … come to blackmail me about some drunken indiscretion of mine . |
| 30 | You might , and then again , you might be a millionaire inside three months . |