Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Respondents were therefore also asked : Are there any circumstances in which you might break a law to which you were very strongly opposed ? |
| 2 | ( 1 ) An important printed heading for a wide topic ( one for which you might draw a pattern diagram ) can be ringed , or outlined by a rectangle of red lines . |
| 3 | It 's also worth applying for other jobs that appeal and for which you might have a chance . |
| 4 | It considers the way in which we might make a reality of the observation ( by Keith Joseph ) that ‘ the curriculum should be relevant to the real world and pupils ’ experience of it' by considering the range of challenges and opportunities which people face in , say , the domestic environment , often regarded as too trivial for ‘ academic ’ education , but where arguably most important economic , technical and social decisions are made and acted upon : in the community where a host of issues require an informed public to exercise judgment and active commitment to ensure that the quality of the social and physical environment is constantly improved , and so on in other contexts which will require people to make an active and hopefully informed response , underlain by conceptual understanding of general issues to which , if taught effectively , geography , history , physical sciences and design , indeed all academic disciplines , can make a powerful contribution . |
| 5 | It also seems that it might be helpful if teachers were aware of those among their pupils with particularly unsupportive home lives , that is , with few sources outside school from which they might derive a sense of their own value . |
| 6 | Right , I mean , you you might find a client whose perhaps taken out a further mortgage , for , you know , some house improvements or something , |
| 7 | There 's a whole group on me then I 'm not gon na stand about erm , but if it 's a one on one I might stand a chance . |
| 8 | Using full rudder at the stall did induce a more rapid wing drop , and I did have the feeling that had we pursued it we might induce a spin , but this does not , however , detract from the aircraft 's very acceptable slow speed handling characteristics . |
| 9 | I 'm a bit worried about that song , if Chas ‘ n ’ Dave get to hear it they might declare a fatwah . ’ |
| 10 | Father was what you might call a rake . |
| 11 | It 's voluntary but there 's what you might call a lot of job satisfaction . ’ |
| 12 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp 's notion that Sun Microsystems Inc has set up a hush-hush research unit to investigate HyperSparc ( UX No 410 ) , is what you might call a tad overstated . |
| 13 | It was what you might call a duty fuck . |
| 14 | Since many associates who were not blood relations often assumed the surname but between them could muster only a limited number of Christian names , confusion was avoided by the bestowal of what we might call a nickname , or what has been more justly described as a ‘ toname ’ . |