Example sentences of "might be [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unable to comment on questions about whether an IRA cell might be operating in the area . |
| 2 | How do you know she 's left you ? ’ asked Pascoe , still suspicious that he might be listening to the self-deceiving euphemism of murder . |
| 3 | Alternatively the capsule might be drifting in the weak gravitational field of intergalactic space . |
| 4 | Even now the police might be looking for it , might even have found it , might be fumbling over the wet bundle , opening it out , fingering the name-tape … |
| 5 | What we might be seeing on the extreme right is not the last stages of antisemitism , but its continuation in a climate without Jewish issues , or , to be precise , without the son of Jewish issues which can mobilize the support which the extreme right seeks . |
| 6 | This should ensure an adherence to a timetable which otherwise might be lacking in the case of an agreement between the parties not supported by a binding contract . |
| 7 | A spy-fly might be hiding in the open mouth of any gargoyle . |
| 8 | She was scared of what might be hiding in the shadows but she was terrified of her subconscious . |
| 9 | Too often , it was remembered only when some chore required to be done as on the night when William Black arrested the men on the covert operation and someone was wanted to allay with a concocted story any suspicions which might be forming in the mind of Seán McNamee . |
| 10 | Rush is one of that group of people who coalesced in the early 70s and saw the signs that the tide might be moving in the right direction , and that they could influence its course . |
| 11 | But the anchorage where the destroyer headquarters ship with its rear admiral 's flag once lay , and where up to a dozen destroyers might be swinging with the tide at their buoys , was now empty water . |
| 12 | Outside London might be shivering in the biting cold of a January morning , here in the foyer of the British and Cosmopolitan Insurance building centrally heated air oozed steadily from a series of concealed vents to waft summer warmth into every corner . |
| 13 | His shoulders were shaking , Bernice could n't imagine the messages that might be passing between the Doctor and his time machine . |
| 14 | Yeremi peered every which where for weapons which might be aiming at the now-inactive macro cannon on their carapace , or at their left shoulder where d'Arquebus was ensconced . |
| 15 | So with forces families very often in those days , you might be delivering to the first floor . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman might be referring to the fact that on receipt of the Southern board 's investment appraisal for the refurbishment of Banbridge hospital it became clear that there were a number of deficiencies in the document , as certain issues had not been properly addressed . |
| 17 | For example , the profits of the manufacturer introduced in Section 9.1 might be depending on the state of the market in which he sells his goods . |
| 18 | Among East Anglian property pundits , alarm over what Mr Lamont might be planning for the region 's property market turned to relief as it became clear he had no major upsets in store . |
| 19 | No-one supposed we might be talking about the possible next leader of ‘ The Free World ’ . |
| 20 | Also keep an eye out for any new races we might be adding to the Series . |
| 21 | Jacob , increasingly since he commenced going to university , might be missing for the rest of the day ; Joshua , particularly in the summer , would go out for long walks in the country , following , he said , the course of some meshuggeneh game in which young men threw an iron ball along the road and ran after it — could there be such a game ? |
| 22 | The counsellor should seek to assess the various factors which might be contributing to the ill-health of the older individual . |
| 23 | It seemed for the barest fraction of an instant that a smile might be knocking at the underside of that granite jaw . |
| 24 | All she knew was that she was back at the closed door with a tray , wondering what Harold and Felicity might be doing on the other side . |
| 25 | Moreover , if one found that one 's company was at its nadir , the slopes of the V-curve might be revealing of the magnitude of the task in shifting to a better level of profitability . |
| 26 | He 's written you a poem in which you might well think he was describing a fox outside his window but just at the point when the fox seems most real , it might be coming through the window or it might be going into its hole , he says that the hole that this fox lives in is his head . |
| 27 | The mainland campaign had been just a foretaste of what might be coming in the next two months , said RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley . |
| 28 | For example , he may want to see whether the chief constable has been making use of civilian resources as well as he should , and he might be saying to the inspectorate of constabulary , ’ If you can demonstrate a better use of money and resources through civilianisation , that might have a bearing on the availability of uniformed police officers . ’ |
| 29 | Preoccupation : The family member 's life is haunted day and night by thoughts on what might be happening to the primary sufferer and what action might or might not be taken to help . |
| 30 | They skirted the edge of the open space , keeping to the borders of woodland which had once been landscaped , and Melanie was grateful , for she would have felt too visible , too exposed out on the sea of grass — a sitting target for some marksman , for the arrow of any figure in Lincoln green who might be flitting among the mossy trunks . |