Example sentences of "might [verb] [indef pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possible , but if I was a BNP yob I 'd think he was taking the piss and would throw something , and if I was n't , I might throw something anyway because nationalism stinks — keep those ‘ Ethnic Cleansing ’ concentration camps in your mind . |
| 2 | In bathrooms and kitchens , you might want something more durable , such as timber flooring , PVC-coated cork tiles , ceramic tiles , or vinyl sheet or tiles . |
| 3 | She says if it does n't make me better , it might make somebody else 's mum better . |
| 4 | Checking that the straps on her equipment were tight enough to prevent anything moving and making a noise that might alert anyone nearby , Ace slipped through a stand of bushes to get a better view of the road . |
| 5 | It occupies a very prominent place in the narrative , therefore , and we might expect something particularly fine and solemn after the heroics of chapter 22 . |
| 6 | One moment of confusion and he might give someone away , or incriminate himself . |
| 7 | Erm I 'd I 'd like to know more about Italy , I spoke a lot with their coach last night , we exchanged addresses and telephone numbers afterwards and he assured me that th that we might do something even pre-season next year . |
| 8 | It does but it might also do the gas might do something else as well . |
| 9 | Might do something else in the environment . |
| 10 | Hannah Dooley was looking as if she might do something usefully hysterical at any moment . |
| 11 | Radar and sonar were still highly classified developments in military technology , and the notion that bats might do anything even remotely analogous to the latest triumphs of electronic engineering struck most people as not only implausible but emotionally repugnant . |
| 12 | I might bring something else as well . |
| 13 | Moreover , his ‘ faith ’ might entail something much more profound than a mere conviction of Cortés 's divinity . |
| 14 | Second , we might see something right about that theory of meaning or something wrong about it , and use this to determine our attitude to foundationalism in general ; thus we might avoid the need to consider all the different varieties one by one . |
| 15 | But maybe Evelyn might see something there … ’ |
| 16 | I might see somebody tonight , I might not |
| 17 | The " language " in which these assertions are made is only special in that it uses money as a social indicator where the corresponding symbolism of other economic systems might use something quite different . |
| 18 | If you follow the leaders you might miss someone else . |
| 19 | This silence has a sub-text when accompanied by a slightly smug buttoned-up look , implying subtly that if one were only free to utter , one might have something very interesting to say . |
| 20 | Anyway living in a flat you might have somebody downstairs that 'll beat you up . |
| 21 | During the lunch break I might have one more go at seeing what all the bloody fuss is about over that sobbing pop LP by Tori Amos . |
| 22 | She might have one now |
| 23 | And it might mean something else . |
| 24 | And that happened each day till Thursday and then , by then , you were delivering what had come back from the Monday , hoping that when you delivered , and collected the money of course , that you might get something else tt , which I were n't too bad a salesman really . |
| 25 | I had never seen one , but my brother had talked of them , and I knew that he was hoping he might find one here . |
| 26 | Anyway , you never know , you might find something there . |
| 27 | Yes I might find something there . |
| 28 | I hope that this tip might help anyone else who is having Panasonic v Windows problems . |
| 29 | Chuck — and Joseph too , of course — might learn something here that will be useful to them later . |
| 30 | Er , oh yes well I think it , I think bearing in mind the size of the hotels , I think probably it would be a help if there was something sort of decided , but I , I know , I 'm , I 'm a wee bit sort of , possibly like yourself , er I might order something now and then not look forward to it that particular night |