Example sentences of "might [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image depressed him ; if that was heaven it was best left to the cherubim and seraphim who might be turned on by that sort of thing . |
| 2 | Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris . |
| 3 | Being treed by the great wonder-rabbi Shmuel ben Issachar might be written off as an occupational hazard ; being trapped — on an assignment officially aborted-by an undead amateur is unforgivable . |
| 4 | We received no checklists of basic topics to be covered by all tutors , and no indication that anything other than general exhortation might be insisted on by course organisers . |
| 5 | First there is an increase in misdemeanours — the type of behaviour a girl might be ticked off for at home but which in care results in her finding herself further up the custodial ladder in a Community Home with Education . |
| 6 | There are so many things that might be incorporated in to ‘ fear of strangers ’ , or ‘ attachment ’ , or ‘ intelligence ’ , that to propose that it is somehow ‘ multi-determined ’ misses the point . |
| 7 | FEARS that the Trademarks Registry might be moved out of London have been allayed . |
| 8 | John Stevenson has noted the importance of transport networks , with riots occurring not only at sea ports but also along inland waterways where corn might be moved out of a district , such as on the Trent or Avon . |
| 9 | The drawing suggests how the problem might be broken down into components . |
| 10 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 11 | for all we know he might be locked up in that house against his will — ‘ |
| 12 | She was in danger of losing her beloved Mrs Howard , who might be setting up with a brother-in-law in a public house , and I wrote : |
| 13 | For instance , although close relationships are usually protective , they can sometimes interfere with an adaptive mode of defence such as denial , which a person might be setting up in response to a particularly threatening event . |
| 14 | Through the provision of contracts on admission , and ongoing reviews of each resident 's career in the Home , difficulties might be ironed out at an early stage . |
| 15 | The fiscal and institutional roots of stability might be traced back to the 1690s , with the financial revolution ( which meant that England 's ruling elite finally worked how to finance government effectively ) and the growth of bureaucracy ( which laid the foundations for firm executive control by the central government which emerged in the eighteenth century ) . |
| 16 | If the word is too long ( i.e. longer than some upper bound ) then do not attempt correction , in which case the word might be sent back to the user to be re-written . |
| 17 | A small budget might be swallowed up with a few very expensive cases . |
| 18 | ‘ Mrs Goddard was the mistress of a School — not of a seminary , or an establishment , or any thing which professed , in long sentences of refined nonsense , to combine liberal acquirements with elegant morality upon new principles and new systems — and where young ladies for enormous pay might be screwed out of health and into vanity … ’ |
| 19 | She might be go out for a hike later in her slippers . |
| 20 | The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer . |
| 21 | On 7 July Amedeo wrote a card to his mother telling her , somewhat cruelly , that as Italy was now in the war , he had thought that he might be called back for military service , even though he was an invalid and had felt a slight desire to return to Italy . |
| 22 | It was agreed that the retiring Prime Minister did not have any right to nominate or give binding advice as to his successor , though he might be consulted along with others . |
| 23 | After Warrington they 've got to be careful or we might be blown up in smoke . |
| 24 | ‘ I might be inching up on it , might n't I ? ’ |
| 25 | This was n't any alien habitat , where even geometry might be twisted out of shape . |
| 26 | Fletcher also indicated that England 's batting line-up might be shaken up after the humiliation by India . |
| 27 | The time spent together might be given over to sharing a game of dominoes , or cards , knitting , or having a quick drink , if the circumstances were right . |
| 28 | He even suggested that a few such representatives from outside the government might be co-opted on to the State Council , the supreme bureaucratic body beneath the Tsar . |
| 29 | By chance one might be whistling up for you , |
| 30 | In fact I had it in mind that she might be trained up to one of the women 's auxiliary services which justified themselves so splendidly in the last war — the WRENS , I mean , of course . |