Example sentences of "you might [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might forget them one day and they 'll get washed . |
| 2 | So , if I asked you to describe paper to someone who had never seen it before , you might suggest they visualise it as a sort of hard , smooth ‘ cloth ’ . |
| 3 | If you have any comments on these then perhaps you might pass them to me unless , of course , you wish to attend the next meeting . |
| 4 | Looking quickly at paintings such as Pounding Foam or A Winter Sea , you might think they were expressionist works by Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning . |
| 5 | You might think they would all be terrified of having their family and acquaintances find out . |
| 6 | Xerox ( the ‘ X ’ in Xsoft ) was the company responsible for the world 's first GUI ( it says here ) , so you might think they know a thing or two about how to dress up Windows … |
| 7 | Put like that and you might think they had it coming . |
| 8 | You might give them a clip round the ear . |
| 9 | But you might give them the space to find one for themselves . ’ |
| 10 | National Scenic Areas ( NSAs ) are designated in recognition of exceptional value to the country , and you might expect they would afford protection from damaging commercial developments . |
| 11 | Sometimes they break a bone without any known injury ; at other times fractures do n't happen when you might expect them most . |
| 12 | You might expect them to rush to La Mama 's aid . |
| 13 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 14 | You might say they are two levels of the same thing , like the high and low churches of Christianity . ’ |
| 15 | Charitably , you might say they represent the struggle of a generation to come to terms with a responsibility and authority they would once have rejected . |
| 16 | Uncharitably , you might say they were middle-class people who have long since sold out and ceased to do anything about changing the world short of creating more personal angst for themselves . |
| 17 | " You might say they are Indian beads , " the girl said . |
| 18 | But the other thing of value that we came away with — much harder to define — was the beginning of an understanding of who 's out there : who your market might be ; what they are looking for ; and how you might approach them . |
| 19 | Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use for large areas but they are so attractive that they can be put to good use as trimmings . |
| 20 | You should be able to assess this work and remember names as you never know when you might need them . |
| 21 | Many of these , like the Forte Hotel Village , are fully self-contained , you might describe them as small holiday resorts in their own right , offering everything you need for a marvellous stay in unspoilt surroundings , away from the more commercialised resort areas . |
| 22 | You might have them in the packs anyway might n't they ? |
| 23 | They 're all right , really , but if you 'd prefer peace and quiet , you might find them a bit exhausting . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Not quite as spectacular as Stonehenge , but I thought you might find them interesting . ’ |
| 25 | You might find they 're with the scrap . |
| 26 | He rode a moment , and then dived into the shifting , opaque water , which ran away from him in rays , like jewels flashing , opals you might call them , emeralds , lapis , rubies , sapphires , as Van Gogh had said of the stars reflected in that same sea in June 1888 . |
| 27 | I mean if you take the regulatory we did it with today that it consists of the Bank of England , the Securities and Investment Board , twenty four organisations of the S I B S , siblings you might call them er under it , the Building Societies Commission , the police , the serious fraud office , the Department of Trade and Industry , the London Stock Exchange , the Inland Revenue , five recognised supervisory bodies , all those dealing with er auditors and the others , it 's chaos er and nobody knows who is responsible for what and in that chaos you get overlapping decisions er er and conflicting regulations , everybody tries to ensure themselves by regulating too much er er and it 's a situation which drastically needs simplification , but we do n't have any proposals for strengthening and making that work er er frame work more effective , to back up er this er simple proposal today . |
| 28 | You do n't win elections by mending roads and sewers , but you might lose them , if you do n't . |
| 29 | You might try them blocks . ’ |
| 30 | If you ever hear programmers talking , you might hear them say something like that . |