Example sentences of "[conj] might [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect . |
| 2 | Since her death he had never wanted to touch anything that might remind him of her . |
| 3 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 4 | His first impulse was to throw it away , to rid himself of anything that might link him with Maidstone and Maidstone 's death . |
| 5 | He must have known the looks of bewilderment , horror and disbelief that he would receive from some , and even the militant hostility that might await him when his visit to the Gentile , Cornelius , was discovered . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 8 | With the white pieces , he seemed intent on avoiding any continuation that might give him an advantage , playing into total equality , then drifting into an inferior position and time-trouble . |
| 9 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |
| 10 | It alleged that Dr Mumby had injected Royan with substances that might harm him and failed to given adequate medical attention . |
| 11 | Were we to suppose that life was purposive , that everything was part of a planned progression due to culminate in the appearance of man or some other creature that might rival him in dominating the world , then the echinoderms could be dismissed as of no consequence . |
| 12 | It was dangerous , too , to appear too over-confident , or to do anything that might provoke him into making his unofficial fatwa slightly more public than it was already . |
| 13 | He and my mother had been together for at least ten years when I was born , and we think now that I was her hostage to fortune , the factor that might persuade him to get a divorce and marry her . |
| 14 | But the fear that nagged MI6 's mind was that the Russians had captured Crabb alive and might produce him to tell the full story . |