Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Whilst knitting your designs you might spare a thought for Giant Pandas now very much an endangered species .
2 you know in other words it might take a bit of time to work it out , there is some reason why he must of said that must n't did n't he ?
3 For more bullish clients he might suggest a maximum of 25 p.c. of the monthly saving could go into a Pep .
4 ‘ At fifty feet you might hit a wing , or a wheel , ’ he said .
5 On the other side of the coin you might find a child who is experiencing such difficulties in his learning that the first line of attack must be in , in terms of perhaps producing just an improvement of his base level of learning , so that the next step can be taken .
6 What is it , pistachio I might have a bit of pistachio actually .
7 It might go well for the first three or four months , and then all of a sudden we might have a lapse in a few months ,
8 The author 's sounder proposition is that , when South Africa 's rulers at last ( perhaps too late ) released the one black leader they might strike a deal with , they marked the end of the period in which the words ‘ national liberation ’ had any meaning in Africa .
9 To the unpractised eye it might appear a hotch-potch thrown together at random .
10 A hand began feeling at him in the places he might carry a gun , so Maxim said to Fraulein Winkelmann : ‘ It would be compli-cated if he shoots me .
11 Well that 's probably the vodka that makes you feel sick , if you drunk other things you might feel a bit better .
12 She grunted so hard there seemed a very strong chance she might drop a turd right there and then .
13 At least now I know that perhaps one day we might get a car — even save up for a house — and that 's something to look forward to … so I do n't think of myself as a cabbage .
14 I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them .
15 I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not .
16 The only layer it might put a hole through will be in your back pocket — it costs £45 .
17 On first sight it might seem a case of plus ca change , plus c'est la meme chose .
18 In imitative play he might assume a role in imitation of one with which he is familiar and might handle equipment as he has seen it used by others .
19 I mean , okay if it is the kid — the gardener said a pile of comics and old coke tins — but if it 's a six-foot tramp with a ten-year-old IQ I might look a bit silly asking him about his home life . ’
20 ( If you 're interested in following up the question of how we know what 's going on in our own minds you might have a look at Duncan : I Know What I Know — or Do I ? — Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , Spring 1971 , or just possibly my contribution to the symposium on recursion in the current Analysis , though this is a little technical . )
21 She concluded of Diana : ‘ On the one hand she might bring a breath of fresh air into her relationship through the sheer force of her personality … on the other hand if her marriage becomes too restrictive she will break out and see new and more exciting horizons . ’
22 She handled one of her breasts sorrowfully , the way you might handle a bird with a broken wing .
23 One of the dangers of majoritarianism is that majorities are always apt to forget that in another context they might constitute a minority .
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