Example sentences of "[pron] might [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had gone out of her life suddenly and without explanation and try as she might Theresa simply could not get over losing him . |
| 2 | Power did count in the end , though , for try as she might Mills could not contain the might of Italy 's Emanuela Pierantozzi , the European champion , who stood a head taller and reached over with a powerful grip . |
| 3 | One would like very often to have more erm people involved in decision making , but they simply do n't have the time to inform themselves and one or two experiments in the kind of democracy you might Brian might have had in mind , came to horrible grief where decisions were taken simply uninformed and where the small number of people present who were informed were n't able to persuade the majority and the history of education is littered with them most unfortunate examples of this . |
| 4 | Perhaps if we can arrive at some sort of specific amounts or some research in that direction , we might Mr Chairman , be able to take representations to government in a more positive way . |
| 5 | People with mental disorder can not act like consumers in the ordinary sense of the word because of the nature of their problems — they can not , for example , forsake the NHS for another service as they might McDonalds for Burger King — but we can , nevertheless , devise ways of listening to what they have to say and ensuring their voices are heard . |
| 6 | What might Mrs Hopeful say to describe the reasons which prevent , or constrain , her from having her dream house and her luxury standard of living ? |
| 7 | What might Jesus have meant by the Parable of the Sower when he first told it ? |