Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 2 | He ended by stating , ‘ I might also include a quote from Shakespeare : ‘ Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps I might just take the chance to say that if there is a local group that would like to hospitality to people from developing countries that are at the Institute , we always welcome that sort of opportunity and invitation . |
| 4 | If I get too tired I might just have a lie down and have a little kip . |
| 5 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 6 | I 've got some catching up to do as well , but I thought I might just grab an hour , maybe late this afternoon when everything 's relatively quiet . |
| 7 | It 's hardly possible to hear , in translation , the way in which the increasing tempo from the initial individual raindrops on the windowpane , to the final , single sound of the rain striking the window , it 's difficult to convey the manner in which this is subtly rendered , I think , by length of phrasing , by using adjectives of increasing syllabic length , and so on , and perhaps just in this one particular case erm I , I might just read the passage , very quickly , in French . |
| 8 | Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’ |
| 9 | I might even have a go at Muslim fundamentalists and have a copy of the Satanic Verses there . ’ |
| 10 | The suite , everything had screw on legs and we bought erm a radiogram , that was a Pye , beautiful thing it was , it was ever so expensive then , I might even have the bill for that somewhere , we bought that at the town centre in Laytoners was it ? |
| 11 | Who knows I might even get a chance to try one of these days . |
| 12 | I might even get a couple of hours sleep before we reach London . |
| 13 | Hell , I might even get a lawyer . |
| 14 | I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating . |
| 15 | I realized that I might actually have a sin . |
| 16 | For an instant she told herself she had imagined the almost feral glint behind the long , dark lashes as Niall said casually , ‘ If I did n't know better , I might almost get the idea that you were jealous . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |
| 18 | For though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely , that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal … |
| 19 | The closest he comes to it is , I think , in the passage quoted earlier in which he says that ‘ though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal ’ . |
| 20 | And then thought : I might still have a title . |
| 21 | Better tuning of capitation and item of service payment to reflect the work involved in earning them might also improve the performance of primary care . |
| 22 | Thus , it advocated that the Colleges of Advanced Technology should become technological universities awarding their own degrees , the National Council for Technological Awards should be replaced by the Council for National Academic Awards , the Regional Colleges of Technology should develop a wide range of advanced full-time courses , and that some of them might eventually form the nucleus of other universities or become universities in their own right . |
| 23 | But then , she might somehow get the drawing right , just as she had dreamed of playing the clarinet exquisitely enough for an important conductor , conveniently marooned in a snow drift , brought half-dead to Castle Bewick and hearing those magical notes drifting from her tower , to stagger from his couch and say , ‘ Ah what notes of fairyland do I hear ? ’ |
| 24 | Technically she might also refuse a request for a dissolution , although it is hard to imagine her ever doing so . |
| 25 | She might even dismember the beast herself with the kids ' help . |
| 26 | Why , it was almost indecent — she might even have a kid . |
| 27 | I 'll phone Anne , she thought suddenly , tell her what 's going on ; the sound of her voice will make me feel better — she might even have an idea . |
| 28 | He hinted that she might even receive an honour from the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher if she gave her support . |
| 29 | With a bit of luck she might even get a place on a flight that very day . |
| 30 | If she calmed down , she might just weather the storm . |