Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 My Lords , I er apologise first of all that I was not able to hear some of the earlier speeches in this Debate erm but it does seem to me a most interesting Debate and I have to confess that I always become slightly uneasy er when the great and the good , and I suppose we should collectively cast ourselves in that role of being the great and good of the establishment are all of one view and I wonder whether it is necessarily right and so I begin to question er whether your Lordships enthusiasm for many of these amendments and their attack upon the Government 's proposals is necessarily as soundly based as we might think if we just listen to casually to it all .
2 Worrying what they might think when they finally looked back .
3 I bring the conversation round to our prisoners , but he does n't know where they were taken , or what we might do when someone finally comes .
4 Starting from a recognition of the constraints and opportunities set by human and natural resource endowments , one might assume that they then define a broad set of goals for the future .
5 People who do n't know anything about it might assume that it simply involves standing in front of a camera or walking down a catwalk .
6 It may be that some of our roles conflict ( e.g. parental responsibilities might conflict with commitments at work ) or different groups might impose conflicting expectations in relation to one particular role ( e.g. in a man 's role as shop steward the managers might expect him to calm disputes while his work-mates might demand that he never compromise with the bosses ) .
7 I might suggest that you too have arrived , I have answered your roll call .
8 The excitement was increasing and he looked anxiously towards the rampart , afraid that the attack might develop before he even saw what was happening .
9 I thought you might panic if I suddenly loomed up beside you in the darkness . ’
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