Example sentences of "they might [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , it is perfectly possible to buy second-hand or reconditioned models at a fraction of the price of new ones as long as you are prepared to accept the risk that they might eventually develop faults which could prove expensive . |
| 2 | But it 's the war , ’ she added without guile , and because the chief had taken a liking to the woman with the thick Liverpool accent who met her gaze without flinching , she told them to cut along to the galley ; if they were lucky they might just make standeasy . |
| 3 | It 's not clear at the moment , whether we gon na get too much opposition , I mean , they might just sort cave in straight at the beginning and then take it on board , but er , there 's definite potential there . |
| 4 | Mention ‘ Shaw ’ to a young person now , and they might just remember Martin , who used to be in The Professionals . |
| 5 | If these attitudes authorise a restrictive approach to the interpretation of statutes which , more broadly construed , would threaten fundamental values , they might equally justify rejection of statutes whose infringement of such values was sufficiently grave . |
| 6 | If between them they acquire ( when aggregated with their existing holdings of shares ) 30 per cent or more of the target 's voting rights they might similarly breach Rule 5 or trigger an obligation to make a mandatory offer for the target themselves . |
| 7 | By finding the Robemaker ( or being found by him ? ) they might somehow rescue Nuadu . |
| 8 | But once these new mechanisms are in place , managers are left with little guidance from business ethicists about how , precisely , they might best make use of them . |
| 9 | In those days trainers looked like window cleaners and the likelihood was that when they were n't looking after players on a Saturday afternoon , they might well shine windows for a living . |
| 10 | The category £10-£19 covered middling or larger peasant farmers , tenants for the most part , though sometimes owner-occupiers , as well as highly skilled craftsmen ; in the village community they might well hold positions of responsibility . |
| 11 | They might really want wine from below . ’ |
| 12 | They might really dislike sort of a standard English accent sort of |
| 13 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |
| 14 | You see that 's the trouble you see every individual is different in the make up of life they are , so some 'd get pregnant by oh you might as well say looking at one another and another one they might perhaps go years and not get pregnant . |
| 15 | We warned at that time that the underlying quality of these products was questionable but that they might nonetheless enjoy success because quality or lack of it is not apparent in the external appearance of the products . |