Example sentences of "they might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you might find , cos they might want a drink |
| 2 | So they might design their own tattoo or they might design a fairground erm frontage , based on what they 've seen years ago |
| 3 | So saying , she bustled Theda back behind the curtain , bidding her change quickly that they might visit a milliner , and prudently went away to confer with Antoinette . |
| 4 | If she could be too — then they might stand a chance against those racy Greycoat boys ! |
| 5 | The authorities in Tripoli shift ed senior officers around from one post to another at relatively frequent intervals ; the officers themselves said that was not because the government was particularly concerned to create an impartial force ( such as a Gendarmerie or Guardia Civil ) , but because their loyalty was suspect : if they worked in their home areas , or stayed for a long spell of duty in one district , they might acquire a following of dissidents . |
| 6 | The whole process had become discredited once various members of the indigent upper classes had taken to hiring themselves out as proxy mothers to daughters of self-made industrialists , in order that they might contract a marriage with a desperate aristo . |
| 7 | It was as if he was frightened they might lay a claim on him . |
| 8 | The author 's sounder proposition is that , when South Africa 's rulers at last ( perhaps too late ) released the one black leader they might strike a deal with , they marked the end of the period in which the words ‘ national liberation ’ had any meaning in Africa . |
| 9 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 10 | I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not . |
| 11 | they might have a , they might spend a bit of time topic , but they want , they 're just looking at you know variations in |
| 12 | They seemed to know when the tragedy of the previous night had occurred , and had maybe come to the theatre in such numbers in the vague hope that they might get a repeat showing . |
| 13 | ‘ They might hit a pole , for instance , ’ suggested his friend . |
| 14 | One of the dangers of majoritarianism is that majorities are always apt to forget that in another context they might constitute a minority . |
| 15 | How cast his shadow over the imaginations of their daughters before their squires beget upon them that they might breed a race less ignoble than their own ? |
| 16 | He could countenance violence and killing , if only they might provide a way out of the taedium vitae which formed his spiritual landscape . |
| 17 | It also seems that it might be helpful if teachers were aware of those among their pupils with particularly unsupportive home lives , that is , with few sources outside school from which they might derive a sense of their own value . |
| 18 | Thomas Stanton 's courageous book is the first comprehensive study of these monsters , revealing their history , how they work today and how , with better regulation , they might escape a repeat of the $500 billion savings-and-loan fiasco . |
| 19 | Then they might take a bit more care instead of allowing young girls to roam the streets like common prostitutes ! |
| 20 | ‘ They might sting a worshipper . ’ |
| 21 | AN AMAZING number of British women reckon they might dab a spot of Jacques Delors behind their ears . |
| 22 | Which I suspect the odd tory MP having a heart attack , falling under a bus , the loss of directions might actually mean that they might see a degree of sense in borough capping . |
| 23 | I 'm a bit worried about that song , if Chas ‘ n ’ Dave get to hear it they might declare a fatwah . ’ |
| 24 | I imagine they might stretch a bit further here . ’ |
| 25 | Such details matter because western telecoms companies can make only limited investments until they know when and how they might gain a return . |
| 26 | Suffice it to say that , after referring to the ‘ extraordinary , and perhaps unique , jurisdiction of the Visitors to the Inns of Court , ’ he found that the judges possessed a residual jurisdiction by which , in an exceptional case , they might remit a matter to an Inn and direct it to reconsider , with the Inns ' Council and the Bar Council , what ought to be the criteria by which they should judge the question before it determined the application afresh . |
| 27 | They might jam a bit and produce substandard material because they are trying to satisfy the record industry 's mania for following up success . |
| 28 | they might play a record you see , might'nt they ? |
| 29 | They might have a selection . |
| 30 | I thought they might have a check before you go . |