Example sentences of "[that] he might [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 2 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 3 | On the arrival day he considered going to meet Maggie in Carrick but he was afraid that he might miss her and decided to go to Boyle . |
| 4 | At a quarter past seven she got off the bus in Bath worrying that he might stand her up . |
| 5 | A moment 's fear smote her then that he might leave it at just one kiss , and with more daring than she had known she possessed she leaned her lightly clad body against him . |
| 6 | There was always the danger that he might mention it to his father — and that was bound to lead to more trouble . |
| 7 | In a moment he let her go , but only so that he might lift her bodily from the ground . |
| 8 | And we must remember our interest in Livesey is only that he might give us a lead to the young girl 's killer . ’ |
| 9 | He thought that he might do you harm if he allowed it to show . ’ |
| 10 | In order that he might redeem those who are under the law , that he might bring us into his family . |
| 11 | I had the somewhat faint hope that he might lead me to the place and permit me to stand where Balboa had stood — on the very peak which John Keats , with the kind of monumental mistakenness permitted under the principle of poetic licence — declared was occupied by : |
| 12 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 13 | I would not want to pre-empt any joyous , or even hopeful , news that he might tell us tonight . |
| 14 | ‘ That he might stop you , ’ said O'Connor , amusement on his face . |
| 15 | He feared that he might love me completely . |
| 16 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 17 | All she had was his husky voice as he made love to her , his body against hers , and the chance to pretend to herself that he might love her as he expressed emotion through lovemaking day after day , night after night … |
| 18 | They moved in , and invited William Morris to stay so that he might advise them on decorating and restoring the place . |
| 19 | Sometimes she thought from the way he seemed to watch her that he might like her too but he had never said anything and Sally was beginning to be afraid he never would . |
| 20 | He started off by taking Jack Hylton — an old friend of mine and a leading member of the board of TWW — to meet some of the independent television proprietors , and at that stage he suggested to Hylton that he might use me as an intermediary . |
| 21 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 22 | He wanted to look around for Carter despite his fear that he might see him . |
| 23 | Had she hoped that Simon would alert Vitor to her presence , and that he might search her out , explain he had rethought and declare undying love ? |