Example sentences of "[pron] that might [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 2 | The food she ate made you grow too , so she was very careful to eat only good food and to take nothing that might harm her little baby . |
| 3 | ‘ Too busy to do something that might benefit your mother ? ’ |
| 4 | He 'd play — yes , but he 'd play for them , for these stricken people ; he 'd play something they 'd know , something that might lift their hearts in their plight and strengthen them to defy their oppressors . |
| 5 | He was here on a fishing trip — trying to find out if Newman had told me something that might help his own investigations . ’ |
| 6 | Something that might save his life . |
| 7 | ‘ Something that might interest you , Sir , ’ he began as they climbed up the steps of the parked trailer . |
| 8 | ‘ Something that might interest you , ’ he said shortly . |
| 9 | A visit to a different universe — one that might help you understand what I 'm getting at ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't you know anything else about her that might give you a lead ? |
| 11 | His first impulse was to throw it away , to rid himself of anything that might link him with Maidstone and Maidstone 's death . |
| 12 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 13 | She must never ever do anything that might make them fight . |
| 14 | We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’ |
| 15 | If , in defence of your own attitudes , you do n't wish to examine them and believe that they are fixed , it 's not worth exposing yourself and listening to anything that might make you think differently . |
| 16 | The parents are quick to seize on anything that might suggest we use boys as unpaid labour . |
| 17 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 18 | By middle age I had discovered that everything I wanted to do , every attitude I announced , every desire I expressed , anything that might give me joy appeared to contradict the wishes of someone else . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't like anything that might give someone the idea to stick a poor fish in beer . |
| 20 | I refuse to hear anything that might disrupt my own plans . |
| 21 | Since her death he had never wanted to touch anything that might remind him of her . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Your parents are legally responsible for you and one of them ought to know about anything that might affect your health , either emotionally or physically . |
| 24 | ‘ This will be an opportunity for them to come into their own but without having to do anything that might upset their families . ’ |
| 25 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Names ; a name ; anything that might save you , Cameron , ’ McDunn says patiently . |
| 27 | If you DO video anything that might interest us call our Newsdesk on 0235-554123 . |
| 28 | 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 . |