Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , we might think it daring in the extreme , if not plain wrong , that the storyteller should represent God as being in Jacob 's grip until nearly the end of the contest . |
| 2 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean that someone , somewhere , might want us to look at things in a particular way . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 5 | He is likely to be easily distracted by the sights and sounds around him , and this might make him stray into the road or trip and fall . |
| 6 | I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it . |
| 7 | In fact if you think about it evolution might promote your reproductive success by making you vaguely unhappy most of the time , cos that might make you strive for more success . |
| 8 | You might expect them to rush to La Mama 's aid . |
| 9 | This is particularly so in circumstances where accountants carry out what are referred to as ‘ corporate finance activities ’ ( broadly , corporate finance related work and much of the corporate advisory work you might expect us to undertake for you ) . |
| 10 | This study might appear one sided with more detail about ‘ Anna Karenina ’ but I think it is inevitable and although I found it quite hard to compare such different styles , I enjoyed reading and studying both . |
| 11 | She was worried lest Uncle Vernon or Lily might see her going into Philip Neri 's and was relieved when they went instead to St Peter 's in Seel Street . |
| 12 | If he walks off and leaves me someone might see me left on my own ’ . ’ |
| 13 | I might see someone walking in the street , in an outfit I like , and think , she looks good . |
| 14 | He could see , by looking behind your eyeballs , into the back of your eyes where the quiet incandescent space of the soul hung ; he might see it spotted with sins like trampled snow . |
| 15 | ‘ I must admit I thought that in retrospect you might resent what happened between us last night . ’ |
| 16 | Certainly will cos she 's leaving well that do n't matter , have a look and erm , it might turn out fine , it might keep you occupied for a while |
| 17 | Will he consult with our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security about how the availability for work rule might impede people , particularly the adult unemployed , in obtaining useful training which might enable them to return to work ? |
| 18 | He would n't be expecting that and , if he did n't hear her coming , the element of surprise might enable her to get past him . |
| 19 | Finding out about Kettering was , she thought , a private game which she might set herself to play on this holiday . |
| 20 | One of Drummond 's concerns was to make interval talks of concert and opera broadcasts relate to the programme itself , so that in the intervals of Carmen you might hear somebody talking about Carmen . |
| 21 | As for morals , I shall have on this policy to refuse to condemn even Hitler 's genocide , although I might permit myself to sneer at it as stupid , because the theories about the Aryan race and the Jewish conspiracy which inspired it were fantasies . |
| 22 | You might call it dreaming in a vivid , realistic way , though the occultist would like to go further , and claim that it is the ‘ desire body ’ going on an independent solo excursion from the physical . |
| 23 | Children can find out these differences and we might encourage them to talk about them by posing such questions as : |
| 24 | The Marshal roared into the distance for Lorenzini and then said : ‘ It looks as if this might have nothing to do with the kidnapping . ’ |
| 25 | Cynics have pointed out that this might have something to do with the toll . |
| 26 | It had a sort of changing-room summer house , and a brick building that looked hopefully as if it might have something to do with heating the water . |
| 27 | Guttersnipe could not summon up the enthusiasm required to wade through sufficient of this turgid stuff to find out what the ‘ bizarre test ’ was but suspects it might have something to do with explaining the meaning of the words ‘ Do-be-do-be-do ’ at the end of his popular tune ‘ Strangers In The Night ’ . |
| 28 | OK , I suspect that Ms O'Connor 's motive for using the photo might have something to do with the sales of her last two singles . |
| 29 | But that might have something to do with the fact that I , myself , am Pakistani . |
| 30 | She could only hope that Alison 's appointment in London might have something to do with happier news in this connection . |