Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ . |
| 2 | like , I might make a determined effort , but I know what a |
| 3 | If I might interpose a personal remark here ( not perhaps too inaptly , given the circumstances ! ) |
| 4 | I might offer a clichéd solution : ‘ No use crying over spilt milk . ’ |
| 5 | I might manage a short-term prediction , though . ’ |
| 6 | Cos I might do a like |
| 7 | ‘ If I might say a few words , Headmaster , on that , ’ put in Glenda Grower ( History , French and World Religions if absolutely pressed ) . |
| 8 | Michelle loved the new , warm colour of her hair but admitted , ‘ I might take a little more than 10 minutes to achieve this amazing sculptured style ! ’ |
| 9 | So I fell into one of my enjoyable reveries , examining the problem from every angle , looking for the key point where I might provoke a few kilocreds to tumble into my lap , by acquiring a bit of phetam . |
| 10 | I suggested , and then went on to say that I might find a little job . |
| 11 | If he 'd give me time I might find a proper answer . |
| 12 | I think I might consider a medical career when I grow up . |
| 13 | I might buy a little business , maybe a newsagency — pipes , tobacco , a few books , stationery , fishing tackle . |
| 14 | I have bought Practical PC since it first came out in an attempt to help with the strange world of computers and from reading it I think I might need a 286 or 386 PC — but how can I be sure and I still have n't the foggiest idea what most of the terminology means . |
| 15 | I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets . |
| 16 | The only thing that I might need a medical for is my thirty thousand pound life insurance . |
| 17 | I had become so eidetically adept that I could make these phantom partners mutate in mid-thrust , so that while I might penetrate a swivel-hipped virgin , clean and childishly scented , I would come in the flabby , dentureless , food-flecked mouth of an octogenarian . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ said Amiss , ‘ I think I might become a popular pet of the young . |
| 19 | Just the first kit , yes I shall probably do that there put it in without an envelope looks like there might , I might have so an odd I got some more of the envelopes at home I might have a small one , but er |
| 20 | And I might have a thousand stashed away that I did n't know about ? |
| 21 | Went back yesterday , tomorrow I 'll carry on , Thursday I might have a lay in |
| 22 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
| 23 | I might have a sweet actually . |
| 24 | And I might have a little bit . |
| 25 | Yes , I think I might get a new pair of secateurs . |
| 26 | I might get a blooming letter from Pauline someone then might n't I ? |
| 27 | ‘ The level depends on the geology under each house — next door could be safe but yours might have a high level , ’ explains Jill Wilkinson of the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 28 | The dealers hinted to Sandra that she might do a massive deal with Sir Willie . |
| 29 | In this way she might foster a new creative generation and a " German rebirth of the Hellenic world " . |
| 30 | Once there , he could claim she was dead ; in the West , she might build a new life . |