Example sentences of "might [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then the watching gods take a hand ; and one of them says that the great Roman god might not approve of a settlement in Africa , of a mingling of peoples there , of treaties of union between Africans and Romans . |
| 2 | Most of your technical tutors will be seeing everything you do , and deriving what they need to know from it ; they do n't want to find you confused by criticism from senior students which might not be helpful to you at this point . |
| 3 | UK Fire Certificates might say hotels must have a warning system but might not specify the means , Mr Kidd said . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm upset , as you put it , because you did n't even have the courtesy to warn me that I might not be giving a lecture that 's due in eight days ’ time . |
| 5 | I had also never before been without a pattern to the future , and I was starting to realize that it might not all be quite so easy as I had imagined . |
| 6 | It had n't occurred to me that Sarah and John might not be alone , but here , now , I would have to be introduced and explained away somehow . |
| 7 | It was starting to look as though , whether I liked it or not , I simply might not survive . |
| 8 | The situation might not be as hopeless as you think . ’ |
| 9 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 10 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 11 | And then just when we might not stop , oh my love , my virgin forest and me your virgin explorer , it is time , just like that , to stop . |
| 12 | Soon the door was closed , leaving outside , among the gravestones and round the Cross , a small and growing crowd who lingered on with a sense that the entertainment might not be over . |
| 13 | ‘ Last week he might not have . |
| 14 | When the officer said , ‘ You will be charged with sedition , over and above the mobbing , but in certain circumstances that might not be pressed , ’ Cameron distressed himself by making a small , indefinite sound which could well have been taken for agreement . |
| 15 | Until bedtime , no further kiss would be offered in which , had it been , she might , or might not , have detected the scent of soap . |
| 16 | At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem ; one thing stands for others if it is used or taken as representing them . |
| 17 | No , I guess I might not want to spend my life teaching . |
| 18 | What 's more , were I sure I was mispronouncing , I might not have worried that much . |
| 19 | The northern English towns might not know or care that Wall Street had crashed . |
| 20 | In London she lost umbrella after umbrella , as if with each accidental leaving behind lay the idea that she might not need that particular umbrella again . |
| 21 | By the time you 've booby-trapped your car , or hired an armed guard for it , walked miles , found the crag and avoided the most polished routes you might not consider it worth the hassle . |
| 22 | I might not fit the breed standard , but who knows ? |
| 23 | Dostoevsky also calls him his ‘ real hero ’ and his ‘ new hero ’ , and I think he might not object to ‘ antihero ’ if the suggestion were put to him . |
| 24 | One might not expect sawing a Renault 5 in half to constitute part of an electronics research project , but that 's what they call it at sub-basement level , below the Strand . |
| 25 | But it is possible that the Dostoevsky scholar whose book prompted Bayley 's comment might not have understood it — how could an acknowledged great novel , worth writing about at length , be said not to ‘ come off ’ ? |
| 26 | But that pressure might not be quite so counter-productive . |
| 27 | It appeared last night that some of the staff entitled to 10 to 15 per cent of the shares might not take them up , but all the key board members will , thus ensuring the success of the scheme . |
| 28 | Concern continued yesterday that the Chancellor might not be able to guarantee that 15 per cent base rates were the peak if sterling came under pressure again . |
| 29 | The fact that the loan losses of the banks remain heavy will force the Norwegian government to agree to the merger which otherwise might not square with its normally tough monopoly considerations . |
| 30 | ‘ We accept that we might not get very much for it , but on the other hand we could get more , ’ says Julie Widlake . |