Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 2 | That evening I went to see an old friend ( that is , old in years ) in case out of the experience of a long life she might bring forth words of wisdom . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Her friendship with President George Bush is reflected in her interest in what takes place on Capitol Hill , and her wonderful skill at public speaking suggests that she might take up politics . |
| 5 | Breeze had now recovered herself sufficiently to ask if she might ring up Susan , which she did — explaining where she was , but reserving the details till later . |
| 6 | And perhaps with Linnet at her side she might pluck up courage , one of these days , to pay them a call . |
| 7 | She might not be able to produce the required number of sons or she might produce only daughters or she might even be childless . |
| 8 | There may be two bystanders , but they really , you do n't think they made any particular difference to the way the conversation went , so you might pick out relationships in general , or topic , or something else , but pick out the things that you think being significant in the conversation , and describe them . |
| 9 | The an ex-directory number is available to lots of other people , erm you if you were ex-directory yourself would give your ex- directory number to friends , family , maybe work colleagues , maybe er er you might fill in forms , mailshots and you may put your phone number down on that , salesmen . |
| 10 | in , what you might call quite years |
| 11 | You might wonder why UNFPA should expend quite so much effort in arguing against such a crackpot idea . |
| 12 | You might wonder how pharmacists decipher a doctor 's scrawl but do n't worry that you 'll get the wrong drugs — a pharmacist will never dispense a prescription unless he or she is sure it is correct and will often ring the doctor . |
| 13 | ‘ If we 're lucky , ’ Damian drawled , leaning against the lift wall and watching her from below hooded lids , ‘ we might sort out Forster in one day . |
| 14 | If we accept the claim of Fischler and Bloom that this latter task produces effects which are more typical of those which operate in normal visual word recognition during reading , we might ask why context effects appear to operate differently in visual and auditory word recognition ? |
| 15 | All this may seem rather general and abstract , so at this point we might ask where literature fits into Derrida 's scheme and how Derrida might be relevant to literature . |
| 16 | While we are on local government matters , perhaps Derbyshire county council could be included in the extraordinary audit so that we might establish why Mr. Reg Race has lasted only nine months and the pay-off has not been announced to the public ? |
| 17 | The best season for an eastwards voyage was already past , though it was just possible that we might run far north and cross in the high latitudes where , even in summer , we could expect fog , rain and cold . |
| 18 | Er this outlines the issues er which we consider should be agreed by the County Council er perhaps any , any but there 's no comment on the we should say the quality terms but also on the Airport Policy Plan be possible starts we might take on duty now or in particular if it was discussed and agreed and thus agreed er pace is set out in appendix two . |
| 19 | A random sample of herds might indicate that 40% of them are grazing on marginal land ; but if animals were the unit of study we might find only 20% of animals to be on marginal grazing , i.e. the 40% of herds are the smaller ones accounting for only 20% of the cattle . |
| 20 | Some time later they might add about $1 billion to Zeneca 's annual sales . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be a dreadful abuse of the sacrament , ’ she said , ‘ but I wonder if it might explain why Dersingham gave Hereward the living , which ’ — she concluded — ‘ everyone seems to agree , needs some explanation . |
| 22 | If you were to use essential oil neat , that 's the little drops of oil , it 's too strong and it will h Well it wo n't harm you but it wo n't it might set up irritations . |
| 23 | The vitality of a partnership will depend not only upon its perceived value but on its variety , and ideally it might involve both students and staff in different activities . |
| 24 | It also asks customers to refrain from talking to the press about Pentium-based machines or product prices until May 20 and warns that it might cut off supplies of the new chip to transgressors . |
| 25 | Oh , I , I dare n't , M said Mary-Lou trembling , he might come out Mademoiselle , it 's enormous . |