Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [conj] [Wh det] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political feasibility of dangling before Indians a prize at which they might gaze but which they would never grasp was assured , Irwin told Salisbury , by the fact that Indians in their heart of hearts knew they would always need British administrators to guide them . |
| 2 | It was quite another for Mary to spend her childhood and adolescence in the most powerful and civilized country in Europe , which was also Scotland 's traditional ally , so that she might assume that what she learned there was not the product of hostile bias . |
| 3 | Although set up fairly soon after the coordinating committee , the Inservice Panel got off to rather a slow start , with its early meetings being characterised by fairly unstructured discussion of how it might function and what it might aim to achieve . |
| 4 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |
| 5 | 8. ‘ … are the only organizations that have been able to do what they do at all , even though it might seem that what they do is not that difficult or mysterious a thing ’ . |
| 6 | As for reporting to Daddy , you go right ahead , though you might find that what he has to say is n't much to your liking . ’ |