Example sentences of "[noun prp] might [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday with the usual impatience but Friday might be more convenient … |
| 2 | Rachel was n't expecting her family to arrive until late morning so she decided on a quick visit to the occupational health centre to see if by any remote chance David might be there . |
| 3 | Meanwhile she despatched the fishmonger to fetch Dr Silvino as she feared that Elisa might be seriously hurt . |
| 4 | ‘ Besides , it occurred to me that Rex might be deliberately misleading Heather in order to prevent her discovering some connection between Clare and himself . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do you know where Joseph or Rizla might be now ? ’ |
| 6 | Where Without Walls might be more fittingly titled Without Arts , the BBC2 equivalent , Arena , has a thing about promoting unknown artists who disappear forever as soon as their hour on screen is done . |
| 7 | The most obvious possibility is that the waning of the overt unconditioned response ( UR ) produced by pre-exposure to the to-be-CS might be directly responsible , in whole or in part , for some instances of latent inhibition . |
| 8 | The Manor might be aptly described as a spiritual College . |
| 9 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 10 | But does n't three guitarists in the space of three albums beg the question that Chadwick might be just a little hard on his sidemen ? |
| 11 | Tom Boyd , proving that Celtic might be better served by more crosses , placed the ball on the head of the substitute , Andy Payton , who scored with no defender near him . |
| 12 | Such verdicts add to the intensity of the debate over whether Scotland might be better off on its own . |
| 13 | If you are in the Manchester area and looking for something to do , the City Art Gallery in Mosley Street might be well worth a visit . |
| 14 | He said , trying to keep his voice light and easy , ‘ I think the price of loving Oliver might be quite high , do n't you ? |
| 15 | One is reminded of the early expert , but possibly apocryphal , prediction that the maximum number of computers which could be envisaged as being necessary in the UK might be as much as two . |
| 16 | Might I suggest that one of the empty commercial properties in Woodbridge might be well suited to such a venture ? |
| 17 | Joe Kinnear , the Wimbledon manager , was concerned that despite such a list of absentees Liverpool might be even more dangerous . |
| 18 | While Egypt might be sufficiently advanced for a liberal democratic experiment , other states in the region were certainly states and elevated local leaders , such as religious or tribal chiefs into monarchs . |
| 19 | Luke Hunter might be technically a stranger . |
| 20 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |
| 21 | She suggested that Gros Jos might be just a little too strong , even in French-speaking Canada , meaning as it does ‘ Big Tits ’ . |
| 22 | Or perhaps it was because Sheila Lennox might be there . |
| 23 | Europe might be geographically closer than the United States , but it was psychologically much farther away . |
| 24 | First hypermarket of Europe might be more like it . |
| 25 | In an away match such as Juventus face in Cagliari , Platt might be more useful than Moeller , in a Juve midfield ominously lacking tackling power . |
| 26 | Bertram might be well advised to bring his action in the alternative , under the Act and in common law negligence . |
| 27 | Adam suspected that these days Rufus might be quite fastidious about wine , a wine snob even , the kind that savours bouquets and talks about nice little domestic burgundies and so forth , but in those days it was plonk he wanted . |
| 28 | If you want a colloquial equivalent in English , Thickear might be as good as any . |
| 29 | Macaulay faced unblinking the prospect that , as a result of his policies , India might be absolutely , if only eventually , free . |
| 30 | Chris might be there . ’ |