Example sentences of "it might [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 2 | Though it might give them ideas , ’ he added wistfully . |
| 3 | ‘ If there was , it escaped notice , ’ said Owen , ‘ and no one was looking for such signs , well it might pass them by . |
| 4 | People who do n't know we drove for miles in the rain so that it might reach them in time . ’ |
| 5 | Misunderstanding and lack of trust — People do not understand its implications and perceive that it might cost them more than they will gain . |
| 6 | That it might make them think other than we wish them to think ? |
| 7 | It MIGHT make them tired at the end of the season — but the confidence they would gain would more than compensate . |
| 8 | you know I , I think , I think usually what I say about questionnaires is towards the business of , you know , kind of writing them in people 's own words that , that sort of fit in with ordinary language okay putting them in a sensible order advising people to do scale type things with five or seven points or something which you 've got a lot of already so a lot of the comments that I normally make on people 's questionnaires er you can take as read as it were erm so I think erm you know just really one or two minor things about layout like , you know , you know sort of space and , and moving things around a wee bit , it might make them easier to read but again as I say that 's a you know relatively minor erm problem . |
| 9 | I mean it might make them er think , ooh I 'd like that myself ! |
| 10 | I instinctively looked away , the way children do when they see something naughty , as though witnessing it might incriminate them . |
| 11 | On Thursday , at about six in the morning , it might do them good to have a bottle of Becks in their hand . |
| 12 | Mind you a week wo n't be too bad it might do them good might n't it ? |
| 13 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 14 | During the time I knew him , he never took acid as he was very much afraid of it , and counselled other people against it in the sense that he felt it might disturb them psychologically , and felt that 's what might happen to him |
| 15 | They were therefore involved in negotiating the initial agreement of the statutory services for the project to take place in their areas , and in preparing the ground more fully so that all relevant service-providers knew about the project and understood how it might affect them or vice versa . |
| 16 | I think if the video was made by people of the age that were joyriding , it might deter them more than parents saying , Do n't do it . |
| 17 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 18 | We know very little of these early years , beyond that it was a family of privilege , untouched by the economic scourge that surrounded it , though Nathan Cohen must frequently have feared it might touch them , too — not least when he was blessed with a much hoped-for son , whom he named Leonard Norman . |
| 19 | system probably , but it might use them on . |
| 20 | It might take them weeks , maybe months , but they will eventually track those notes back to you , somehow . ’ |
| 21 | It might take them longer to get to market than they anticipated . |
| 22 | It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier . |
| 23 | ‘ Farmer Dawes said it might take them a few days to settle down but they were laying on the second day . ’ |
| 24 | But it might take them days to get back if the weather 's bad when they arrive at Patriot Hills . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It might convert them to vegetarianism . ’ |
| 26 | It might require them to behave authoritatively , submissively , wickedly or shrewdly ; the role might be labelled explorer , prime minister , designer or archaeologist , but they will do no more than adapt functionally to the situation of the drama just as they would adapt to roles required in a game — just as they once learnt to adapt to the limited number of roles imposed on them in real life . |
| 27 | At first , the imperial authorities saw no danger in a Ukrainian cultural awakening and even thought it might assist them in their conflicts with the Poles . |