Example sentences of "might [not/n't] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back . |
| 2 | He might not come back . |
| 3 | I am not saying that one might not come out with some new and splendid solution which was neither culling nor letting the environment go to pieces . |
| 4 | And thirdly , his world contained a great number of Christian knights , professional warriors , lords of unrule : if he could but find a holy cause , a just war , God 's war , for them to engage in outside the frontiers of Europe , what might they not achieve , what peace might not come to Christendom ? |
| 5 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 6 | We all know why we are there , But there is a constant control and you go to bed not knowing if they might not come for you in the night . |
| 7 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 8 | For instance , an invisible pollution might not come readily to attention if an officer decides against sampling in the interests of easing the load on the laboratory : in the example above officers had reported that the water was ‘ clear and satisfactory ’ . |
| 9 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 10 | GUIL : Of course , he might not come . |
| 11 | ‘ I spent hours in the library looking up all the journals I could find — and the thing that kept coming back to me was that even if you had the treatment , there was a chance that the effects of toxoplasmosis on the child might not come out until years later . |
| 12 | If there were disruptive factors at work , one management-employee buy-out team might not come forward . |
| 13 | It might not come naturally but Eva determined to follow his advice . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I had better say that , or you might not come . |
| 15 | He had said publicly on Aug. 12 that his life was in danger , and that the Minister of Labour , Peter Okondo , had told him he " might not come back alive if he went to Busia " . |
| 16 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 17 | Anyway , they might not come across him . |
| 18 | If I say no you 'll think I persuaded Peter to marry me as a sort of grab-it-quick opportunity that might not come again ! ’ |
| 19 | Leith took the towel he had rolled into a ball from him and decided that a cup of strong black coffee might not come amiss . |
| 20 | ‘ But it might not come to that . |
| 21 | Even so a few hints about the frailty of Rose 's nature might not come amiss . |
| 22 | Cos you might not come here first might you ? |
| 23 | so erm it might not come |
| 24 | Yeah well , when we go to Canada we might not come back ! |
| 25 | Could just leave it on his desk but he might not come up here . |
| 26 | If McQuaid had a big order to fill he might n't come till after dark . |
| 27 | He knew that if he went out in the car , he , he knew that the next time he might , might n't come home . |