Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What is it , pistachio I might have a bit of pistachio actually . |
| 3 | 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 , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | To the unpractised eye it might appear a hotch-potch thrown together at random . |
| 6 | She grunted so hard there seemed a very strong chance she might drop a turd right there and then . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The only layer it might put a hole through will be in your back pocket — it costs £45 . |
| 11 | On first sight it might seem a case of plus ca change , plus c'est la meme chose . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | She handled one of her breasts sorrowfully , the way you might handle a bird with a broken wing . |
| 16 | One of the dangers of majoritarianism is that majorities are always apt to forget that in another context they might constitute a minority . |