Example sentences of "he might [vb infin] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though he might jibe at the London Group , his own work was sufficiently acceptable to this conservative exhibiting society for him to be elected a member in 1949 , the same year that he was represented in ‘ The Art of the Book Jacket ’ which , after being shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum , went on tour at home and abroad . |
| 2 | He developed the habit of carrying a book of poetry in his pocket , which he might open at any time for a swig of the sublime . |
| 3 | He might sink at the end of his eighth length in the pool and have to drop to a walk during his second mile , and shoot a fair proportion of his pellets off the target altogether , but his ride … his ride would have the spectators reeling with wonder . |
| 4 | For if the student can retrieve an item by dialling a number , he still has to discover what number , and to conceptualize how he might arrive at the correct answer that would give it to him . |
| 5 | She had planned on being ultra-cool , whatever provocation he might throw at her , and yet at the first word here she was letting him get to her all over again ! |
| 6 | Afraid that he might guess at her deceit , she began talking , laughing , making plans , distracting his attention from what she had wickedly led him to believe . |
| 7 | The Divisional Court ordered that the applicant 's motion be allowed for a declaration that before asking questions relating to an offence with which a person under investigation had been charged the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had to inform that person that he was not obliged to answer such questions but that , if they were answered , what was said might only be used in evidence against that person where he was charged with knowingly or recklessly making a false or misleading statement or where the answer was inconsistent with any evidence that he might give at a later criminal trial . |
| 8 | ‘ Declaration granted that before asking questions relating to an offence with which a person under investigation had been charged , the Director of the Serious Fraud Office was required to inform that person that he was not obliged to answer such questions but , if they were answered , what was said might only be used in evidence against that person where he was charged with knowingly or recklessly making a false or misleading statement or where the answer was inconsistent with any evidence he might give at a later criminal trial . |
| 9 | Sir John died seven years ago , but in all that time Lavinia has not increased Benedict 's allowance , as she might well have done , nor made any provision for his accommodation , other than saying that he might live at Merchiston Lodge if he chose . ’ |
| 10 | In the event , Chapman did , having also , Mario reports , made sure that Mario understood the kinds of problems he might encounter at Ferrari . |
| 11 | Bracing himself , ready for whatever he might find at the bottom . |
| 12 | Whatever he might fling at her this time , she would not sit bowed and tongue-tied . |
| 13 | Come and , he might look at me for something . |