Example sentences of "[pron] might be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Laura who had first recruited me to this task , she who had seen that I might be involved . |
| 2 | Throughout my time as Chairman I was anxious to co-operate with Mr Baker as far as possible , for I feared I might be asked to resign . |
| 3 | I knew that one day I might be asked to walk on the edge of knives like the little mermaid , and was afraid that I might not be able to bear the pain . |
| 4 | ‘ I had just turned 60 and thought I might be written out and in need of a break . |
| 5 | I might be replaced by an old-fashioned advocate of Latinate grammar , and that would be a disaster for the schools . |
| 6 | And although for my own part it would be my ruin , yet so great is my veneration for you , so entire my reliance on providence upon so just an occasion that I should think myself but too happy if I might be accepted . |
| 7 | What I do not possess , however , is any suitable travelling clothes — that is to say , clothes in which I might be seen driving the car — unless I were to don the suit passed on by the young Lord Chalmers during the war , which despite being clearly too small for me , might be considered ideal in terms of tone . |
| 8 | I would hope that the vast majority of beer festival organisers take heed of Keith Thomas 's article and try to ensure that quality comes before quantity at beer festivals , then I might be tempted to visit more beer festivals again . |
| 9 | ‘ You had better change the lock on the door , ’ she had teased , ‘ because I might be tempted to peep at the manuscript . ’ |
| 10 | Some of my colleagues would gladly drive blindfold into a brick wall for this band , and while this collection hardly brings out the suicidal in me , I might be tempted to start coming along for the ride . |
| 11 | If I had a little light , I thought , I might be tempted to a bit of a read in bed . |
| 12 | If it were , I might be tempted to join . |
| 13 | ‘ As well I know , ’ he said , ‘ or I might be tempted to thrash that cur beside you until he is senseless for what I hear that he has been saying about London of me and mine . |
| 14 | ‘ For God 's sake , lie still , or I might be tempted to forget I do n't respect you and take what we both want ! ’ he ordered tersely . |
| 15 | ‘ Because if you were I might be tempted to retaliate , and you would n't like that . |
| 16 | I might be tempted to do it , and no one would be less pleased than you if I did . |
| 17 | cos that 's er , where it 's available , mind you , you look quite fetching there , I think I might do , I might be tempted here |
| 18 | But , she thought , I might be called back and I would not know what to say , I do not want to go amongst mad people , to have them stare at me , to see the unpleasantness of a lot of geriatric cases . |
| 19 | ‘ Damn it Rose , I might be killed tomorrow . ’ |
| 20 | when I first came when I first came , that was the one thing that I was like that was the fact that that I might be pushed that way whereas I only |
| 21 | I was afraid I might be shot by a startled sentry . |
| 22 | Thus I might be glossed as " the person writing this sentence " ; you as " the addressee/participant in the discourse " , and so on . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't get a regular game for Bath 's first team so it never occurred to me that I might be selected , ’ he revealed . |
| 24 | First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . ) |
| 25 | ‘ I might be watched though , sort of . |
| 26 | I learned later that , in the presence of a superior officer , he had wrongly suggested that I might be returned to the hotel after treatment . |
| 27 | My good sister , how happy should I be if I might be admitted to a conversation with you at your grate . |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps it would be best if you told me what duties I might be expected to perform . ’ |
| 29 | For a moment another thought crossed my mind — that if I lived in the United States while undertaking an ‘ experiment ’ I might be sued if I failed . |
| 30 | If I return to the matter of improving liaison is it possible that I might be provided with a list of the names of the various staff that serve the Branch and also the names of the Committee members- and this updated at whatever time of year the membership changes . |