Example sentences of "i might [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it is unlikely that I will see it , but just the thought that I might is enough . |
| 2 | I mean , you 've got an education , you 're prepared to work , you 've got the right background and everything … if you could explain more I might be able to help more . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I might be able to swing you a season ticket , why ? ’ |
| 5 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 6 | I would hope that the vast majority of beer festival organisers take heed of Keith Thomas 's article and try to ensure that quality comes before quantity at beer festivals , then I might be tempted to visit more beer festivals again . |
| 7 | She thought I might be too old . |
| 8 | that after to-night I might be of no further use , & should resign with the whole Cabinet . |
| 9 | I wrote to that older brother of yours , ‘ My capabilities are of little matter now ’ , but I suppose I might be as well off writing to myself for all the answer I 'm likely to get . ’ |
| 10 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 11 | I say ‘ I might be the only one , while she has five friends . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I might be able to come to your school for two days a week , ’ said the boy . |
| 13 | ‘ I might be able to persuade him . ’ |
| 14 | After I moved to my apartment in the Hotel España I kept hoping I might be able to persuade you to come and share it , or at least to take the one next to mine , which was empty . |
| 15 | Then , out of the blue , he pronounced ‘ Jim , the backs of your hands are very ugly — did you know that ? ’ in a tone that suggested I might be surprised and hurt . |
| 16 | ‘ There I might be able to help you . |
| 17 | ‘ I might be . ’ |
| 18 | I might be able to pull him out . ’ |
| 19 | Having read December 's issue I feel I might be able to help Laddie the unkempt Cocker from December 's Post Bag . |
| 20 | ‘ I had just turned 60 and thought I might be written out and in need of a break . |
| 21 | But , she thought , I might be called back and I would not know what to say , I do not want to go amongst mad people , to have them stare at me , to see the unpleasantness of a lot of geriatric cases . |
| 22 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 23 | She thinks I might be pregnant ! |
| 24 | Although very bad at following directions , I might be able to find Tobernalt , the Well of Lunatics . |
| 25 | By straining my eyes , I thought I might be able to see Donegal across the bay . |
| 26 | ‘ I was a maid there in the Big House when I was a girl , ’ she continued , obviously still thinking I might be a modest Harvey-Beaumont in disguise . |
| 27 | I might be able to help . |
| 28 | If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me . |
| 29 | Hopefully we can pull the giant eel right out the water and if not , I might be able to throw a net over it . ’ |
| 30 | Mrs Webster said that she came into my bedroom several times , fearing I might be in a coma ! |