Example sentences of "children might [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older children might prefer the pirate 's treasure chest brimming over with stolen loot , or the sophisticated speed cruiser and space rocket . |
| 2 | Interestingly , in our Hemingway passage , there are no definite articles conditioned by previous mention — although the mention of a father and six children might justify the use of the family . |
| 3 | Parents agonising over names for their children might consider the pitfalls of choosing a unisex name such as Lesley/Leslie , Beverley or Vivian , or whether a name can be shortened into an undesirable nickname . |
| 4 | Naughty children might find a whip in their shoe . |
| 5 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
| 6 | Fears grew that some pensioners and children might lose the right to free prescriptions , after Michael Portillo , chief secretary to the Treasury , warned of huge public spending cuts . |