Example sentences of "that he might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As many audiences and record collectors already know , he took lessons in conducting so that he might perform the work himself , and since his first concert in New York 's Lincoln Center , he has been invited to perform it with 20 orchestras around the world ( he will be conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall , London in November ) . |
| 2 | In order that he might redeem those who are under the law , that he might bring us into his family . |
| 3 | The participant makes a choice to enter make-believe play , a game or drama ( all three require an ‘ as if ’ gloss , although in the game form it is rarely explicit — charades might be the exception ) ; he enters the make-believe play , game or drama with the intention of temporarily ‘ bracketing off ’ practical life so that he might experience this specially contrived ‘ present ’ . |
| 4 | But against this Vernon warned Hunsdon that the great elevation of the Lord Chamberlain 's position would arouse jealousy , involve heavy expenses , tie him to the court , and expose him to disgrace for any errors that he might commit . |
| 5 | A week later , magistrates gave him bail , despite police fears that he might commit further offences . |
| 6 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 7 | I 'm deeply sad that he feels like that and I would hope that when it happens , he might feel it 's not quite so bad and that he might change his mind . |
| 8 | He heard all patiently , taking the pain within himself in the hope that he might show by his own fallible example how much greater was the patient love of Christ . |
| 9 | It was in Alistair 's mind that he might locate and intercept his own letter . |
| 10 | I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name , which he did by deed poll . |
| 11 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 12 | THEY called Neil Mallender ‘ Ghost ’ — and there was a lingering chance that he might materialise as England 's additional seam bowler out in New Zealand when Lawrence , DeFreitas and Lewis were all in varying states of fitness . |
| 13 | He spent two sleepless nights worrying that he might end up on a murder charge . |
| 14 | Fearing that he might end up excluded , whatever steps were taken next , Edward managed next morning to get a memo through to ‘ C' 's personal assistant , with a promise that it would end up on his desk . |
| 15 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 16 | It was feared that Arafat was so desperate to achieve diplomatic action in the early months of the Uprising that he might betray its purpose by a renewal of the PLO Jordanian alliance . |
| 17 | On May 5 Mujjaddedi , who had already indicated that he might remain as interim president for longer than the specified two months , appointed a Cabinet ( most members in an acting capacity ) in a move regarded by some commentators as a violation of the Peshawar Accord . |
| 18 | Tell him Ellen that he might grow accustomed to it . |
| 19 | Hussey went on to suggest to Lisle that he might pay the King I , 000 marks to exchange his present post for the captaincy of Guisnes . |
| 20 | He said that the agreement was on its face unduly restrictive having regard to : ( a ) its likely duration ; ( b ) the publishers ' right to assign copyright in songs which they had acquired in full under the agreement , so that it could not be argued that they would be unlikely to act oppressively and so damage their goodwill ; ( c ) the fact that the publishers were not bound to publish or promote the songwriter 's work if they chose not to do so , so that he might earn nothing , and his talents be sterilised , contrary to the public interest ; and ( d ) the absence of any provision entitling the songwriter to terminate the agreement . |
| 21 | It was agreed that he might return to work from the hospital when he felt better able to cope . |
| 22 | How long ago it seemed since Sergeant Huzzi Rork had told Lexandro that he might return home again in twenty years , in thirty years , if the Fists so wished . |
| 23 | His target include a defender and another striker to help ease the load on Dundalk based Dessie Gorman who has also signed a two year contract which ended speculation that he might return south . |
| 24 | The girl is said not have a good relationship with her father and the prospect that he might return to the family home , after a period of estrangement from his wife , prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 25 | The girl is said to have a poor relationship with her father and the prospect that he might return to the family home , after a period of estrangement from his wife , prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 26 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 27 | Kemalpasazade sought the advice of Mueyyedzade who counselled him to feign acceptance of Hacihasanzade 's proposal ; and when , on the next day , the latter petitioned the sultan , Bayezid II , to appoint Kemalpasazade to a kadilik , Mueyyedzade intervened , speaking highly of Kemalpasazade 's abilities and asking that he not be wasted in a kadilik but rather that he be given the vacant Taslik medrese so that he might busy himself with the pursuit of learning . |
| 28 | Polls suggested that Kennedy 's approval rating amongst his Massachusetts constituents had fallen so dramatically following the episode that he might fail to secure re-election in 1994 . |
| 29 | When neighbours tried to visit , she had Jennifer send them away , and when they said Mr Drew might be coming down to call on her , she became very agitated because the last thing she wanted was a turncoat parson at her deathbed , and she was so afraid that he might confiscate her silver Madonna that she had Jennifer take it from her neck and put round her own . |
| 30 | Agnes went back into the cottage and , hearing Alisdair moving around in the other room , poured the water into a basin so that he might wash . |