Example sentences of "i might [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm upset , as you put it , because you did n't even have the courtesy to warn me that I might not be giving a lecture that 's due in eight days ’ time . |
| 2 | I was in hospital for nearly three months and , at first , the doctors thought I might not be able to walk again . |
| 3 | I smiled , benignly I hoped , wondering about laying a hand on head or shoulder but fearing I might not be able to carry it off . |
| 4 | The tent might blow away , I might get bitten by a snake , or I might not be able to pay back the £1,500 I had borrowed to finance the trip . |
| 5 | ‘ But I realised that one day I might not be so lucky . |
| 6 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You can ask , but I might not be free to give you a truthful answer . ’ |
| 8 | I hate to say something I do n't mean , and I had enough sense left to know I might not be prepared to keep my side of the contract tomorrow . |
| 9 | ‘ I had rather expected before I went that I might not be taken seriously as a woman . |
| 10 | I knew that one day I might be asked to walk on the edge of knives like the little mermaid , and was afraid that I might not be able to bear the pain . |
| 11 | " Yes , but I might not be able to come back — it 's all so un " |
| 12 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 13 | I felt as if I was under a terrible spell , and I trembled , afraid that I might not be able to escape . |
| 14 | Equally conceivably I might not be aware that they are . |
| 15 | For a second I considered whether I might not be able to make a meal from the remains , but , not only was the edge off my appetite , there was something repulsive about the thought of eating carrion , however fresh it looked . |
| 16 | ‘ I might not be coming back , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ I might not be , ’ she said . |
| 18 | Because I might find them or because I might not be able to ? |
| 19 | ‘ And remember I mean what I say , Robyn — no more stupidity or I might not be responsible for my actions . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps sometime I 'll be able to devise a way round my official non-existence and apply for a gun myself , though even then , all things considered , I might not be granted a licence . |
| 21 | ‘ I might not be the youngest but I have a great deal of knowledge which I have been using in the field of local and regional government for years . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I might not be the youngest candidate but I 'm the most experienced and I think I have the most energy , ’ he says . |
| 23 | So that was when I first started to be told about the possibility that I might not be able to have any children . |
| 24 | Carroll , whose continuing achilles injury has resulted in Gallagher stepping in as his deputy in recent games , admitted : ‘ Mick was brilliant , and if he carries on like that I might not be able to get my place back . ’ |
| 25 | I might not be , I doubt if I will be |
| 26 | I might not be here next week . |
| 27 | No , I 'm just trying to work out how long I 'm gon na be practising for West Side Story tomorrow because you might have to take my money my pocket money tomorrow I might not be able to get like home , sort of cos er I I might be practising till bloody six o'clock for all I know so I 'll get some chips or something . |