Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a very tall and very fair and dazzlingly beautiful creature whose skin was goose-pimpled under the impact of McIllvanney 's air conditioning which was set to a level that might have made a penguin shiver . |
| 2 | She nonchalantly waved a hand in a direction that might have included any tent in the camp . |
| 3 | Its characters live their absurd lives in a décor that might have been invented by Osbert Lancaster or Sir John Betjeman at their best . |
| 4 | Thus his/her students will probably receive from him/her no feedback of a kind that might help them learn from his/her response to their work . |
| 5 | Then he said , ‘ I heard a story that might interest you . ’ |
| 6 | Turner immediately stopped dead in his tracks , gave Doyle a look that might have killed . |
| 7 | There was not a soul in sight as Theda began resolutely to trudge down the street , looking for a lane that might lead her off the main road , which , being only of packed dirt , was already a hasty-pudding of mud which churned under her mercifully booted feet . |
| 8 | The concession served to fend off a ban that might have been imposed under a private member 's Bill . |
| 9 | Checking that the straps on her equipment were tight enough to prevent anything moving and making a noise that might alert anyone nearby , Ace slipped through a stand of bushes to get a better view of the road . |
| 10 | Traditionally , 24 hours of heart beat would be recorded on a device using a cassette tape , which works perfectly well , but it has the obvious problems of mechanical parts , moving parts , it makes a noise that might keep you awake at night . |
| 11 | There was a noise that might have been somebody asking what I wanted . |
| 12 | He made a noise that might have been a giggle in happier circumstances ‘ … made me ill . |
| 13 | The higher skin damage measurement in the lower layer indicates that loss circulation material possibly was stuck in the producing rock , a condition that might have been caused by initial drilling operating practices , says Chris Drysdale , Well Evaluation group leader . |
| 14 | A man with a mind that might have left even the mythical Mycroft just floundering a fraction ? |
| 15 | One of his strange exploits among other frolics , was having a coffin made of copper ( which one of his mines had that year produced ) , and placed in the great hall , and instead of his making use of it as a monitor that might have made him ashamed and terrified at his past life , and induce him to make amends in future , it was filled with punch , and he and his comrades soon made themselves incapable of any sort of reflection ; this was often repeated , and hurried him on to that awful moment he had so much reason to dread . |
| 16 | It was a wind that might have swept the fields of mortality for a thousand centuries . |
| 17 | Seth 's thin lips assumed a configuration that might have passed for a smile . |
| 18 | Lazy by day , at night it was transformed into a sleek hunting machine , exhibiting a savagery that might have shocked its innocent owners . |
| 19 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 20 | A farmer working a pair of shire-horses , and probably ably praying that the weather would hold , moved into his line of vision giving a touch of life to a scene that might have been painted in oils . |
| 21 | I see from today 's Financial Times that a leading member of the board of the Bundesbank said yesterday that the Maastricht summit was a failure and might prove to be ’ a suicidal failure ’ — serious words from a key member of the body that drew up the detailed proposals for European economic and monetary union . |
| 22 | David Dorn checks out a package that might prevent that from ever happening again ! |
| 23 | This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . |
| 24 | For a moment that might have lasted hours she seemed to see herself , old and weak , and knew that now she could be free and the burden of life leave her wings for ever . |
| 25 | Our pilot was said to be the best on the river , but every now and then there was a shudder as we touched a sandbank ; and there was so little water coming down from Aswan that we only squeezed through the lock at Nag Hammadi by all the passengers crowding into the bows of the Nefertari , while her crew hauled on ropes , chanting a shanty that might have been sung on the sunboats of the pharaohs . |
| 26 | But apparently no one else has looked for a phage that might produce such a toxin . |
| 27 | But , when there is a development that might improve the quality of teaching and learning in classrooms — and one , moreover , on which unions and employers are agreed — ministers suddenly recognise that schools are overloaded . |
| 28 | The senator had beaten down my last defences , and now offered me a compromise that might make my surrender to his wishes more acceptable . |
| 29 | These are people with a genuine interest in history coupled with a knowledge that might surprise you , considering they are amateurs . |
| 30 | This is a revolution that might have gone unnoticed had it not been so swift and successful . |