Example sentences of "they might [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is as if they might be responses to requests to " write up " exchanged conversation and counsel — some are lyrics and short prose poems on the nature of contemplative life .
2 Others who spoke to Mr Ayob hoped they might be party to something big .
3 I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges .
4 They might be Capitalism with a human face .
5 His strength was his obsessive single-mindedness , his refusal to be diverted by what at that moment were secondary issues ( even though they might be issues of far greater importance in the medium or long term ) .
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