Example sentences of "[noun] that [noun] might [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had a lively fear that enclosure might rob them of their valuable rights — rights which made a real difference to their standard and their mode of living — in the interests of the large freeholders and a corporation known to be corrupt . |
| 2 | Reed delayed filming his scenes in the hope that Brando might change his mind , but finally he gave up and quit . |
| 3 | Radar and sonar were still highly classified developments in military technology , and the notion that bats might do anything even remotely analogous to the latest triumphs of electronic engineering struck most people as not only implausible but emotionally repugnant . |
| 4 | Well th there are a number of ways in which there are differences I mean that that that there are things that people might notice themselves er as opposed to kind of , you know , high high politics , are |
| 5 | With so many young nuns starting university education in the autumn and lodging in the Dublin convent was there not a chance that Eve might join them ? |
| 6 | Only when Graham begrudgingly replaced the ineffective David Hillier with substitute Anders Limpar in the 67th minute was there a hint that Arsenal might create something . |
| 7 | As she crept from her room and edged slowly down the stairs — avoiding the most creaky — she put from her mind any thought that Wakelate might follow her . |
| 8 | Folly blushed a little at the thought that Luke might think she was hinting , but he did n't respond . |
| 9 | ‘ No , but Jane got fockin' stood up , and there 's a rumour that Van might have something , but he wo n't serve fock all people . |
| 10 | All the same , it took a rather special sense of self to turn down an England trial at the age of 19 on the grounds that Scotland might want him instead . |
| 11 | The idea that the past harbours a golden age of tranquility also readily lends itself to the view that history might furnish us with effective methods of commonsense crime control . |