Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] might [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know if such a list exists and if so where I might get hold of it ? |
| 2 | There are various likely barns near where I live where she might seek shelter , and I 've always managed to lure her back with food . |
| 3 | She was so preoccupied that she merely nodded , but she looked up sharply when he added , ‘ Dawn has offered to help with any difficult operations where you might need assistance . ’ |
| 4 | Where you might require specialist advice in what I might describe as ‘ stand alone ’ projects , which in themselves will generate a report , for example , the founder directors requiring a due diligence report on the target company or advice on establishing share option schemes or other suitable management incentives for the new company , I would expect , following a more detailed discussion to provide a separate terms of reference and fee estimate . |
| 5 | And although you might have money saved up , you might be unwilling or unable to touch it . |
| 6 | In some printers the two are one , and you replace the photoconductor with the toner every time , albeit less frequently than you might change toner cartridges in those printers which maintain the two separately . |
| 7 | And the cake I 've made feels awfully bullety , so you might get indigestion … ’ |
| 8 | Although we might expect bedrock mineralogy to exert a pervasive control over the products of chemical weathering this is not the case , at least at the broad scale , both because the rocks and minerals exposed at the Earth 's surface are dominated by just two or three types ( Table 6.5 ) , and because prolonged weathering tends to lead to a convergence of secondary mineral types irrespective of parent material mineralogy . |
| 9 | This topic has less attraction for ordinary policemen and women , for although they might take pleasure in thing someone is interested in their views , it is they who run the risks associated with answering questions and from being observed doing their job . |
| 10 | So whereas the policy committee were allowing us three point five million grant maximum , on top of the er base budget , now course that 's reduced because with cash limited to the total on to the base plus , so getting a lot less than with the group so they might say increase to about two and a half million rather than the figure we had earlier . |
| 11 | Lithuanian photographer Aleksandras Macijauskas would admit to creating art if pressed , although he might express surprise at the impact his photography has had through exhibitions in Europe and America as well as in the former ‘ eastern block ’ . |
| 12 | The new woman who wanted to be called mother put a stack of blouses and skirts out for me , like you might give milk to a stray cat . |
| 13 | Taking out a separate maintenance contract or insurance is only really worth it if you might need back-up urgently . |
| 14 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 15 | As for my shower , only Marley looks like he might have talent , he seems capable of scoring goals with either his left or his right buttock . |
| 16 | If it might benefit Kirsty for him to know what had really happened between herself and Ryan , would she be justified in breaking her promise ? |
| 17 | The Poet evidently wants to detach himself totally from the Friend , stand away from him as if he might suffer corruption or contagion by going any nearer . |
| 18 | ‘ Because I might get lung cancer ? |
| 19 | so that 's good , because it might mean money , it means of having |
| 20 | Glaxo 's scientists say omeprazole should be used sparingly because it might cause cancer ; Astra believes its drug is no more dangerous than ranitidine and has worked hard to prove it . |
| 21 | But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason . |
| 22 | I am writing to ask you whether we might make use of an item broadcast by ITN on 22 March 1989 . |
| 23 | The problem is that try as you might to obliterate jealousy , jealousy keeps cropping up — that 's certainly my experience . |
| 24 | She was looking at the the question of self-scripture , and she has as a a criteria for differentiation or some , or as you might say boundary marks , it 's a question of boundaries between different groups . |
| 25 | She smiles apologetically , as though one might find fault , and looks anxious : clearly , she 's dying for her sister to take over the conversation . |
| 26 | The Minister knows my views on such matters when they might affect service personnel and families . |
| 27 | We have looked at abilities , experience and goals as they might influence behaviour at work . |
| 28 | Roy Hattersley wants the archaicism of Clause Four erased , a sensible change , though it might cause trouble from the die-hards . |
| 29 | Try as he might to gain entry , the doors of the Viceroy 's House remained closed to him . |
| 30 | This did not involve the King 's government in any expense ; if people went overseas , presumably they did it in order to make money , and the King could see no reason why he should provide any of his not very plentiful revenue to enrich them faster , though he might invest money of his own if he thought he had a reasonable chance of getting a dividend . |