Example sentences of "[noun prp] might [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her school has a high proportion of ethnic minority children where I felt Balbinder might not have seemed such a problem . |
| 2 | Worried , Wilson confided in Mrs Browning that she feared Ellen might not have received her letter , the posts being so very variable , and was instructed to write again and have it sent with a reply paid , a system she was assured was possible if expensive . |
| 3 | As Oreste grew he would become more expensive to keep and Ellen might not find his maintenance so easy . |
| 4 | Meredith might not like him but he was a box office draw and bearing in mind that unfortunate incident in Windsor … . |
| 5 | During October 1989 the Bush administration appeared to take a more positive stance on perestroika , playing down the views of Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates , the leading proponent of the view that the USA should not react strongly to perestroika , because the reformist Soviet administration under Gorbachev might not survive for long . |
| 6 | It was , too , even if Levi might not have noticed until late in the round . |
| 7 | Naturally , Mrs Thrigg might not want to lose half a dozen agreeable jobs . |
| 8 | There were some reports so confidential that even Jean might not see them ; they were better kept at home . |
| 9 | There remained doubts over implementing the accord , particularly because right-wing factions in the military and the wealthy ruling oligarchy had not been party to the talks , and because hardline elements within the FMLN might not accept the dropping of a previous key demand that either the army be disbanded or its ranks be reduced and the remainder merged into those of the guerrillas . |
| 10 | In this case , Sheila might not agree to Mark 's removal , but she might compromise over periods of respite care with his grandmother , which would satisfy the paediatrician 's concerns . |
| 11 | The other five were well aware of the fragility of the Fourth Republic , especially after the 1956 French election , and fearing that the EEC might not happen with a different government in power in Paris , were keen to get things moving as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | Where Foster and old Mond might not get on so well is in the argument of research-driven v market-driven advance . |
| 13 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
| 14 | Robert Leeson ( 22nd January ) may be right in suggesting that Just William might not have wanted to be a Tory minister , but he did have parliamentary ambitions . |
| 15 | If Ricky was there Perdita might not make a scene , but he had paused to look at the front gate which needed mending . |
| 16 | I would have been quite happy just to have been on the bench for the entire championship but , as it turned out , I had another big incentive in that as Gary might not play for the rest of the Five Nations there would be four internationals available if I proved good enough ’ . |
| 17 | I thought that Doone might not think of looking in Perkin 's workroom for a match to the arrow 's wood . |
| 18 | His success and the nature of the job mean they lead a glamorous lifestyle , although as he gets up at 4.15am and goes to bed at 9pm weekdays , Simon might not agree . |
| 19 | For all the notice fitzAlan took of him , Simon might not have spoken . |
| 20 | IBM might not like the idea , but the exit-consultancy idea was actually pioneered about a decade ago by NatWest , and Rank-Xerox had it 's own form of in-house/out-house consultancy . |
| 21 | I felt that Bertie Wooster might not have approved . |
| 22 | Even HG Wells might not have believed in the last years of the 20th century , plans were being laid to walk across the Martian south pole . |
| 23 | ‘ Or is that another question you think Heather might not want you to answer ? ’ |
| 24 | In Jan. 1829 the company had asked a second time if Lady le Fleming might not offer some assistance in view of the great expense of development work . |
| 25 | After having attracted 6,000 paying guests while in Truro , some had fears that the visit to Bodmin might not attract many people . |
| 26 | And yet , other sites round Skelton might not have the same characteristics , with regard to environmental functions , in relation to the historic centre of Skelton , that these two have , might n't they ? |
| 27 | Prior Robert might not have been very greatly grieved if Tutilo had been made to pay for his outrageous offence with his skin , but Prior Robert had been at dinner with the abbot and several other witnesses that night , and in any case could hardly be imagined as lurking in wet woods to strike down the delinquent with his own elegant hands . |
| 28 | Although Robert might not know the beau monde here , Lionel did . |
| 29 | I was afraid that Tom might not know how to make capital out of his virtues . |
| 30 | On the other hand , if foul play had not been suspected , even the overzealous Hassan might not have examined the spot too closely . |