Example sentences of "might [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Farrens might locate their struggle within music , but the music was part of the spectacle , and maybe ‘ people 's music ’ was part of the process of shattering it . |
| 2 | Sir John Harington relates , however , how ‘ he would walk at certain hours in one of the aisles of St Paul 's , that if any came to him for spiritual advice and comfort ( as some did though not many ) he might impart it to them ’ . |
| 3 | Open all hours , blending left literature , the Beats , the new absurdists , it attracted a clientele whose Scottish consciousness might repel them from London , the ‘ imperial capital ’ , but attract them towards Paris , and New York , free of the effeteness of English culture . |
| 4 | What features might repel you from a city and attract you to the countryside ? |
| 5 | ‘ They might cover themselves up , sir . |
| 6 | With luck , you might cover your costs but do n't count on it . |
| 7 | It was not simply terror that I might invade his study and his solitude ; it was terror that I might invade his heart . |
| 8 | It was not simply terror that I might invade his study and his solitude ; it was terror that I might invade his heart . |
| 9 | To keep them both awake , he reeled off endless poetry ; Shakespeare , Hiawatha , then because Maldita might prefer her own language , he started on Martin Fierro . |
| 10 | The machineheads on this guitar are copies of big-buttoned chrome Schallers , and though they work well enough , they could be better finished , and some players might prefer something subtler and more in keeping with the general style . |
| 11 | If you are equally worried about giving birth in both a hospital and at home you might prefer something in the middle : Some hospitals allow women to use water pools in the labour ward and you can arrange for your GP to help with the birth rather than hospital doctors . |
| 12 | While you should be offered the right to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing by a fellow employee or ( if appropriate ) by a trade union representative , you might prefer your solicitor to be present . |
| 13 | ‘ We would hope that in consultation it would be tightened up , but the EC might prefer it in its general form , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Books are not life , however much we might prefer it if they were . |
| 15 | He might , some people might prefer it that way , Flora nice wee quiet village . |
| 16 | It conjectures that God/dess , the Source , the Universe , the Force , the Light — or whatever term you wish to use — just might prefer us to enjoy life to the full , to open ourselves to the joy and abundance of the universe ; that All That Is is perhaps a loving force , and does not want us to endure sorrow , poverty and hardship . |
| 17 | They 'll improve on it , or they might adapt it , see if they can change it in some way in that case , and they 'll act in a cohesive way . |
| 18 | They might muffle his body and cover his face as they would , but they could not hide Harry Talvace from Aelis . |
| 19 | ‘ I had asked my mother one evening to cut my cheese entire , so that I might toast it , ’ he told Tom Poole : |
| 20 | Or it might disappear itself , but do n't put , do n't go putting bandages on it . |
| 21 | It may be an ark , but one on which anthropophagy is rife ; an ark skippered by some crazy greybeard who beats you round the head with his gopher-wood stave , and might pitch you overboard at any moment . |
| 22 | Michael and I were both very nervous , for even at this stage something might arise which could mean that the adoption would not go through . |
| 23 | Lt Ferris put the aircraft through his compulsory loops and rolls , probably hoping that a situation might arise which would add excitement and get the adrenalin flowing . |
| 24 | If , for instance , your conference is concentrating on leadership and moving into the future , you might design something with a slightly futuristic appearance that left the thought in the minds of the audience without being too obvious about it . |
| 25 | So they might design their own tattoo or they might design a fairground erm frontage , based on what they 've seen years ago |
| 26 | Might fancy it then . |
| 27 | I want to get some sleep , not indulge in erotic horseplay — after all , you might blackmail me after , ’ he said cuttingly . |
| 28 | If Patrick was homosexual then it might sadden me , but it would n't shock me . " |
| 29 | Possible , but if I was a BNP yob I 'd think he was taking the piss and would throw something , and if I was n't , I might throw something anyway because nationalism stinks — keep those ‘ Ethnic Cleansing ’ concentration camps in your mind . |
| 30 | Trouble is , it 's easily mastered and very limiting — you might throw it high or low , but never wide . |