Example sentences of "might [conj] [vb mod] not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sooner had the Colonel stumped out , his face flushed with a moral indignation that might or might not be sustained as far as Eaton Square and the Foreign Secretary 's residence , than the telephone rang . |
| 2 | CAO expressed disappointment that we did not seem to agree with him on this point but added that he was faced with a grave administrative problem with hundreds of thousands of German PoWs on his hands and could not bother at this time about who might or might not be turned over to the Russians and Partisans to be shot . |
| 3 | I assured him we were only asking Mr Evans one or two questions that might or might not be connected with the case . |
| 4 | All the regular attenders were there : the Yorkes , glossy as newly-painted furniture ; the Fords , sending darting glances round the congregation to see if anyone was missing ; the Shergolds , sitting in their usual place near the door in the pew where Melissa had come upon Eleanor the previous day , Rodney with his normal air of self-importance that might or might not be hiding an inner anxiety , his wife pale and twitchy as she pulled off her gloves to turn the pages of her hymnbook . |
| 5 | On the other hand the United States should not write off in advance certain parts of Asia to communism without examining what might or might not be done . |
| 6 | Potential inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed by subsequent information might or might not be remembered . |
| 7 | Kirk then stated that he could not concur in the order and that Robertson expressed his disappointment , but stated that he could not " bother at this time who might or might not be handed over to be shot " and would send his telegram anyway . |
| 8 | Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used . |
| 9 | Preoccupation : The family member 's life is haunted day and night by thoughts on what might be happening to the primary sufferer and what action might or might not be taken to help . |
| 10 | Having come across no obvious Selina lookalike among the ladies , I found myself completing an editorial stress quiz , delete where inapplicable , in which your nicotine and alcohol consumption was set against various stress-donating hardships you might or might not be falling foul of . |
| 11 | Sat at the end of the row in front of us , a gentleman whose office we might or might not be standing in at this very moment . |
| 12 | When considering what might or might not be permitted by the planning authority or by the Secretary of State on appeal there are large numbers of policies with which the development may have to comply . |