Example sentences of "that might [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things that might irritate you ? ’ she asked carefully . |
| 2 | Is there any positive evidence that might prompt us to adopt the more complex position that differentiation occurs as well ? |
| 3 | He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect . |
| 4 | She waited a few seconds for any sounds that might tell her that her mother was in there but out of her range of sight . |
| 5 | Since her death he had never wanted to touch anything that might remind him of her . |
| 6 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 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 | As president , however , he pursued a cautious policy , well aware that the majority of Americans were deeply suspicious of any involvements that might lead them into further wars . |
| 9 | I had the radio on low , in case they interrupted the broadcast with any bulletins that might lead me to the new Night Mayor . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll trade you your ‘ binos ’ for information that might lead me to the whereabouts of Dr Charity Marlowe . ’ |
| 11 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 12 | Who knows what dizzy heights that might lead us to ? ’ |
| 13 | There are , however , certain observations that might lead us to question this latter , apparently reasonable , statement . |
| 14 | If knowledge was to be imparted that might threaten me , then it was time to show a clean pair of heels and , perhaps , indulge in some honest lechery . ) |
| 15 | Many people start their marriages wondering how many affairs their partner has already had , and wondering if they can compete with the possibilities that might threaten them in the future . |
| 16 | The African elephant shrew , a highly-strung insect-eating mammal the size of a mouse with a nose drawn out into a mobile trunk , depends for its safety on knowing its trails better than any hunter that might chase it . |
| 17 | Few meetings would dare to vote down a pay rise , but the threat of such a vote — and the awkward , embarrassing questions that might accompany it — would be a valuable restraint . |
| 18 | His first impulse was to throw it away , to rid himself of anything that might link him with Maidstone and Maidstone 's death . |
| 19 | But when it is discovered that a substance harms women 's reproductive health , women of childbearing age are usually kept from jobs that might expose them to it . |
| 20 | Congressmen are reluctant to make a defence cut that might pain them in their own districts . |
| 21 | Still , it is difficult to believe that either linguistics or psychology has achieved a level of theoretical understanding that might enable it to support a ‘ technology ’ of language teaching . |
| 22 | There are relatively few points of difference between JC and the other Caribbean English-based Creoles that might enable us to pinpoint their focus as JC rather than some other variety . |
| 23 | So we were wondering if you would send us some addresses of skateboard companies that might sponsor us , eg Powell , Santa Cruz or someone . |
| 24 | Where are the projects that might stop them from doing so in the first place ? |
| 25 | He must have known the looks of bewilderment , horror and disbelief that he would receive from some , and even the militant hostility that might await him when his visit to the Gentile , Cornelius , was discovered . |
| 26 | Any piece of rotten meat that could still be found in the enclave was slipped over an improvised fish hook , attached to a rope and hurled over the parapet in the vain hope of catching a jackal or a pariah dog that might swallow it . |
| 27 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 30 | She must never ever do anything that might make them fight . |