Example sentences of "[pron] might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've never considered whether I might be bored stiff meeting your work colleagues . |
| 2 | I might be interesting , I might be decorative , my exoticism might be diverting , but sure as hell my span was finite . |
| 3 | He thought I might be useful , I suppose . |
| 4 | I might be impressed and affected by this sudden talent for suffering , if it were n't for its monotony : fear , just fear , fear only . |
| 5 | He did n't even seem to consider for a moment that I might be innocent . |
| 6 | At the time I conjectured — and she said doubtfully that I might be right — that she was thus exorcizing the spirit of ‘ ferocity , brutality , violence ’ , which had tempted her artist in A Wreath of Roses away from her true world , and made her fearful of being ‘ ladylike , nostalgic , governessy ’ . |
| 7 | I think I might be right . |
| 8 | I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification . |
| 9 | ‘ I might be weary , ’ said Amiss , ‘ but I 'm not suicidal . ’ |
| 10 | I also found certain sections of the press grossly biased ; and when a representative of the Daily Express called at the New English Weekly office and asked for a copy of the relevant issue , I thought I might be involved in a libel action . |
| 11 | Lady Carey insinuated I might be involved in Ruthven 's death . |
| 12 | She thinks I might be pregnant ! |
| 13 | Quite soon after the note , I began to suspect — what I had never even thought about , for some naive reason — that I might be pregnant . |
| 14 | ‘ But only because I might be pregnant . |
| 15 | ‘ He remarked on me seeming worried about it and asked if I might be pregnant . ’ |
| 16 | Oh , you thought I might be upset . |
| 17 | She rushed to tell me , fearing that I might be upset . |
| 18 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , you cheeky cuss , ’ she said , ‘ I might be poor and 'omeless , but I 'm respectable , I am , and I ai n't goin' to listen to you talkin' about my bottom , you ought to be locked up for even mentioning it . ’ |
| 20 | I might be late . |
| 21 | I might be late . ’ |
| 22 | I mean , you 've got an education , you 're prepared to work , you 've got the right background and everything … if you could explain more I might be able to help more . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I might be able to swing you a season ticket , why ? ’ |
| 25 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 26 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 27 | ‘ I might be able to come to your school for two days a week , ’ said the boy . |
| 28 | ‘ I might be able to persuade him . ’ |
| 29 | After I moved to my apartment in the Hotel España I kept hoping I might be able to persuade you to come and share it , or at least to take the one next to mine , which was empty . |
| 30 | ‘ There I might be able to help you . |