Example sentences of "she might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her heart of hearts she had wondered if she might be frigid . |
| 2 | She might be light-headed with fear , but she would not give this vile creature the pleasure of seeing it . |
| 3 | school She might be dumb but she was |
| 4 | For a while it seemed that she might be right . |
| 5 | I could not understand her ideas but I had a feeling she might be right . |
| 6 | He suspected she might be right . |
| 7 | The trouble was , she might be right . |
| 8 | Admire the Liberty shawl for Aunt Elspeth , and wonder if she might be delighted enough to leave it to me in her will . |
| 9 | ‘ Poor thing , ’ thought Trixie , and wondered if she might be pregnant . |
| 10 | Vitor did not think she might be pregnant by him , Ashley realised numbly . |
| 11 | She had wanted to go on the stage ; acting had always been her forte , and although she might be insignificant to look at , she had a beautiful voice and perfect diction . |
| 12 | She might be proud , but she had learned to be provident ! |
| 13 | she 's , she might be small but her bum 's big . |
| 14 | said she might be small she said but she ai n't half put on some weight you know |
| 15 | At first he thought she might be sleep-walking . |
| 16 | Of course she might be pleased with that outcome , but she may also have a new feeling of helplessness , in that she has failed to manage her own problems . |
| 17 | ‘ But being a woman and not able to inherit , I suppose she might be used to being a second string . |
| 18 | They have been placed at the head of this chapter only because it is the extreme case which so often bothers the social worker in consideration of what he or she might be involved in if the sexual side of the work develops . |
| 19 | I had the feeling that she might be diplomatic when confronted by the God-Kings luxurious life-style . |
| 20 | She was sure they did n't really like her , it had n't occurred to her that she might be off-putting . |
| 21 | " Je dois aller , " said Clara , losing grammar in urgency , beginning to be afraid that she might be late . |
| 22 | She might be indignant ; she would still be just . |
| 23 | Let him realise one thing : she might be poor , but she was nobody 's doormat ! |
| 24 | Well , she might be half-English herself , but there was no way she could just stand by and watch . |
| 25 | When Ruth climbed into her bed that night Miss Beard was packing for her next day 's departure and she was far more talkative than usual , regaling Ruth with the names and pedigrees of notables with whom she might be privileged to breathe the same air . |
| 26 | She might be frightened , Harry supposed , by the discovery that her frail and hesitant theory had substance after all . |
| 27 | Wexford thought irritably , and he thought also of his own daughter who was making him scrape the bottom of his pocket so that at some future possible never-never time she might be able to smile without restraint before the cameras . |
| 28 | Mildred lapsed into silence and fixed her eyes on Maud in the hope that she might be able to send some sort of message through the air — like a radio wave — to her friend . |
| 29 | Although by no means the sensitive type , Eleanor was possessed of a certain amount of native wit , and she had a feeling that she might be able to play quite an interesting — little game with her two old adversaries . |
| 30 | As someone who came from a happy , steady home , she might be able to offer help in some small way to some of these disadvantaged youngsters , a few of whom hardly know what it is to be loved at all . |