Example sentences of "he might be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd been given a position in prison administration in Paris , and Sylvia thought he might be of help to her in finding Madeleine and Jeanne .
2 ‘ Good luck , ’ he murmured , and then suggested that he might be of further help to her .
3 Attractive he might be to some people , but he was out of her league and anyway , she was n't interested .
4 Oh I would n't he might be to you but he 's worth it to us .
5 Billy Rock who has Listowel in mind for his smart and successful chaser Joey Kelly runs the gelding on Monday and he will go again at the next Roscommon meeting a fortnight later before travelling to Listowel where he might be worth an investment in view of that Galway win in July .
6 This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention .
7 The aim is to ensure that no patient is sent home to a situation where he might be at risk .
8 There was the sensation of immense speed now ; he thought the skies were rushing past him , and there was a whirling , dizzying feeling , as if he might be at the centre of a maelstrom .
9 And Cantona himself suggested in a French newspaper interview that he might be on the look-out for a new challenge after just a few months at any club .
10 It was one thing to suspect that he might be on a terrorist hit list , and quite another to realize that Asmar 's killers knew where he was .
11 But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema .
12 ‘ They think he might be on the moors . ’
13 IN THE 1920s when John was regularly crossing the world to finalize his deals , he always arranged that every trip ended in New York so that he might be with his darling Mary Read .
14 At the back of her mind was the thought that he might be with someone else .
15 I know her brother said he might be with her .
16 He might be after you .
17 Indeed , he might be within the sections and subject to orders even though he had not entered into a transaction with the company or debtor at all .
18 These were now about two years old , so he hoped he might be amongst the prize winners in the next five years .
19 Can we have a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment .
20 We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment .
21 This can have a rather unsettling effect over a long period — the family man can not promise to take his children to the seaside or his wife out to dinner more than a week ahead without the chance that he might be in India , California or Scotland at the time he promised .
22 ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 )
23 She turned and put an arm round Pascoe 's neck , as if he might be in need of comfort .
24 But how likely was Dr. Greene , experienced as he might be in viewing bodies , to disagree with the opinion of a consultant forensic pathologist unless the latter 's judgment was manifestly perverse ?
25 Instead of worrying about what fitzAlan might do to her after her last defiant outburst , she could only think that he might be in danger .
26 She glared at him , hating the treacherous little ache in her heart at the thought that he might be in league with Harry Martin .
27 He might be in there .
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