Example sentences of "you might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I suggest you might bring a sandwich along Paul .
2 You might effect a saving by heating the entire fish house with paraffin or Calor gas , but if you do you will need to take professional advice about ventilation .
3 But it 's also useful for yourself , because you can forget a couple of steps , even though you 've built this spreadsheet , and er , when you update this spreadsheet for the following months , you know , occasionally you might forget a step .
4 Whilst knitting your designs you might spare a thought for Giant Pandas now very much an endangered species .
5 If it is new and unfamiliar , you might experience a sense of physical pleasure .
6 If you decide to use an active sentence to describe Figure 14 , you might create a frame such as ‘ The N V-ed the N with a N ’ : this is the right kind of frame for an active sentence with three nouns and a verb .
7 you feel exposed/that you might make a fool of yourself in front of others
8 No , it should come off , I do n't think I think you might make a hole in it
9 You might make a mistake one day , ’ she told him , her voice still cold .
10 Just as you might make a selection of examples of written English from newspapers , journals , academic textbooks or works of fiction , so you can have video material of very different styles and construction .
11 You might decide to offer Work Experience to pupils to give them a taste of working life while they are still at school , or you might offer a teacher a secondment to industry .
12 You could receive a lot of heavy bills which you had not anticipated , or you might suffer a car accident and find that the other person is not insured , or if your spouse has died you may be left with debts that you were unaware of .
13 She handled one of her breasts sorrowfully , the way you might handle a bird with a broken wing .
14 ‘ I thought you might fancy a drink , ’ he said , without preamble .
15 You might want a 5.25-inch drive too , but it 's a luxury .
16 Thought you might want a lift .
17 If you parted the net curtains and peered sideways and upwards you could see one tiny piece of bright blue sky , but you might pull a muscle doing it .
18 Respondents were therefore also asked : Are there any circumstances in which you might break a law to which you were very strongly opposed ?
19 You should edit your notes , just as you might edit a computer file .
20 If there is a need for improved services in your area , you might start a pressure group to approach the local transport authority on the subject .
21 ( 1 ) An important printed heading for a wide topic ( one for which you might draw a pattern diagram ) can be ringed , or outlined by a rectangle of red lines .
22 ‘ The way this has been done , you might think a god was to blame .
23 Benson says : ‘ Whatever profession you 're in , you can have a bad night — like you might misspell a word sometimes .
24 ‘ And I think you might show a bit of gratitude .
25 For example , you might do a survey on potato crisps .
26 Well it makes you feel that you might do a bit of work with something
27 Know you might feel a bit disappointed .
28 Well that 's probably the vodka that makes you feel sick , if you drunk other things you might feel a bit better .
29 you might shout a bit louder , shout a bit louder and what happens if it does n't work .
30 I mean , as the company had its origins in Jordan , you might expect a preponderance of Jordanians on the board .
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