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

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1 I thought the old place might have a ghost , you know .
2 For example , a national organisation divided into ten regions might have a customer liaison department at Head Office .
3 They will need to sustain their effort at a much greater level in the replay , though — and you can be sure that Monaghan might have a couple more tricks up their sleeve .
4 so I might have a couple of days off and then I can be with Laddie and take him for walks and everything
5 Mr Beckenham — I mean , Lord Dacre — wanted you to have the security of your home so that you might have a choice about your future . ’
6 ‘ You ca n't dismiss the possibility that the old man might have a plan , ’ Gabriel said stiffly .
7 At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt .
8 Of all the advice she had received from the other creatures , taking away the dog 's food was the only one , she decided in the end , that might have a chance of succeeding .
9 It 's also worth applying for other jobs that appeal and for which you might have a chance .
10 Hope sprang up in her , because if Caspar could make the Robemaker believe that he was merely foolish and not an intruder , they might have a chance .
11 She might have a chance , things are changing . ’
12 Then I might have a chance of winning , at least for a week or two .
13 You might have a chance with him ! ’
14 It was typical of Deana that she thought Belinda ‘ might have a chance ’ with the man just because he was ugly .
15 We thought we might have a chance .
16 Lothar 's reply was cautious : his intentions towards Charles were benevolent , he said , but he asked Charles to " spare Pippin [ II ] until he [ Lothar ] might have a chance to speak with him " .
17 I 'll donate some money there , you know , I might even win one percent of the prize at the same time , you know , I might have a chance of winning , but I always think , oh yes , only fifty P , you know , I 'll win certainly .
18 Typically a group might have a system of going round the table , letting everyone have their say .
19 But should it be that anyone ever wished to posit that I have attained at least a little of that crucial quality of ‘ dignity ’ in the course of my career , such a person may wish to be directed towards that conference of March 1923 as representing the moment when I first demonstrated I might have a capacity for such a quality .
20 I might have a go actually see who I can get to do it .
21 Though he might have a grudge . ’
22 ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’
23 ‘ I could see this fellow as a Scottish National horse , but first we might have a crack at the ‘ John Hughes ’ , ’ said Richards .
24 I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try .
25 So you might have a stand
26 And whereas you can see if you might have A type behaviour sort of lower down , , you think if you really want to rise , you 're going to have to cope .
27 Thus , a settlement might have a church , a manor house , a village green , road junction , and/or pond as foci .
28 You can express any particular wishes you may have about your funeral ( for example , you might have a preference for cremation or burial ) .
29 Who knows , our radar might have a day off . ’
30 In his office the manager said that he thought he might have a part going , and then looked at Arthur for a long time .
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