Example sentences of "he might [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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1 | He might endure to be forsworn and dishonoured , but he would not endure to be defeated . |
2 | I thought he might want to be alone . ’ |
3 | ‘ What a pity your father is so set against accepting what he might consider to be charity from Tamar . |
4 | But Hepzibah says if they ever had to leave and go where there were strangers about who did n't understand his sensitive ways , then he might have to be — well — what he said ] ’ He nodded at Frederick and said , in a low voice , ‘ Shut up in a mad house , or something . ’ |
5 | If he 's coming he might like to be |
6 | Some pundits were , rather foolishly , speculating that he might prove to be better than all of them . |
7 | He might prove to be useful but would have to be handled carefully . |