Example sentences of "might [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the risk of causing injury to your visitor , the dog might rush out into the road . |
| 2 | If so , HP could hit the full-motion video market long before its competitors and , with NT in tow , might wind up in the thick of the battle for dominance in the next wave of PCs . |
| 3 | No , you might puke up on the way |
| 4 | There is always the chance that they could — ’ The Manchu expanded his hands outward as if to indicate the idea that the population of Tarvaras might explode out into the galaxy . |
| 5 | He fills it with a restless , bristling energy , as if he might clamber out of the frame and into real life . |
| 6 | That 's why I was thinking I might hang on to the Volvo for another two years until you 've got your own car and then I can buy what I really want . |
| 7 | When you push the chair down kerbs or ramps it is safest to go down backwards , as the patient might fall out of the chair if he is facing forwards as the chair tilts downwards . |
| 8 | This made it all the harder for the mother to treat the ailing youngster and she might give up on the treatment for this reason . |
| 9 | Do they also feature in cartoons in print which you might use along with the video programme ? |
| 10 | He believes that the jets may originate from ‘ dikes ’ — a geological term for tilted strata or layers or others particularly dusty areas which might stick up from the surrounding surface . |
| 11 | He could n't touch her , she really was too young ; he imagined the pale peach cheeks of her child 's cunt and the runny sweetness inside , and thought he might duck back to the hut and toss himself off . |
| 12 | ‘ Someone might look over from the gate-towers and catch the gleam of it . |
| 13 | I did n't know whether you might stop off at the pub or something . |
| 14 | did n't know whether you might stop off at the pub . |
| 15 | I think we might miss out on the er stimulant today Lynda . |
| 16 | The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 18 | On the way to the toilet , flashy black guys , who keep their hands permanently on their balls as if they might drop off onto the floor , stand directly in my way to get noticed . |
| 19 | These tournaments were also not being played on clay , and she obviously felt that participation in the Olympics would damage her chances on the tournament circuit , where failure to defend her points would mean that she might drop out of the top 100 in world rankings . |
| 20 | The move was widely interpreted as a confirmation of Keating 's position as Hawke 's successor , and fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister might step down before the next election . |
| 21 | At precisely the minute it looked as if he might step back inside the lodge , a young couple , obviously very much in love , got up and left , leaving a place for him to sit . |
| 22 | Now , just a shabby backwater in Belsize Park , but a nice , quiet area where a woman alone might walk down to the corner shop at midnight in safety and people minded their own business . |
| 23 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 24 | He pointed out the sloping white stripes on the walls , whose incline indicated the nearest of the niches providing protection for plate-layers who otherwise might end up under the wheels of one of the expresses which thundered over these rails , bound for famous foreign cities . |
| 25 | On the other hand I was afraid that if I made the driver sound too important he might end up under the wheel of a bus instead of behind one . |
| 26 | The Board of Customs & Excise has also indicated ‘ some pleasure ’ at the proposals and the IITP is optimistic that it might end up as the internal examining body for the department . |
| 27 | On the other it might end up with the negative attitudes about dementia and care for dementia sufferers attaching to the segregated units . " |
| 28 | I might be starting at Crewe or Rochdale , but I might end up at the top . ’ |
| 29 | Dan 's questions were annoying Kate and if he was n't careful he just might end up on the receiving end of her tongue . |
| 30 | If there 's insufficient space for the army of fans , many of them might end up on the beaches , which the Italian police have expressly forbidden . |