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Example sentences for "might lead"

  • She accordingly came to see me, and was overjoyed at what had happened; it might lead to a general reconciliation: especially now that my brother and sister were both dead.

  • Age has not abated the adventurous spirit of this gallant officer, which no authority could restrain; and being uncontrollable it might lead to most unfortunate results.

  • He was induced to make the suggestion by the best feeling towards a worthy but mistaken man, hoping it might lead to the adoption of such a course as would end in his liberation.

  • But be more calm, and let me tell you all the circumstances which might lead him to the terrible act that he committed.

  • Yet how to begin such a conversation as might lead to that result, or how to shape his inquiries so as to draw the gipsy on to the point in question, without alarming him at an interrogation of which he did not see the end?

  • He knew that Sir William Ryder, though implicated by accidental circumstances in his crime, was of too generous a nature to connive at any further evil to which the desire of concealing it might lead him.

  • But we were in the midst of those whose habits and sentiments had been formed under the influences of slavery, whose prejudices still clinging to it might lead them to regard our visit with indifference at least, if not with jealousy.

  • But the dreadful physical violence to which the slaves are subjected, and the constant sunderings of their tenderest ties, might lead us to suppose that it would be more.

  • Sauci, the ecclesiastical commissioner, begging him to give my brother an introduction to the Archbishop of Paris, who might give him something that might lead to his obtaining a good benefice.

  • Yes, sweetheart, but that step is not necessary, and it might lead to our betrayal.

  • I will not run the risk, it might lead to the discovery of the whole affair.

  • Any mistake in dealing with it might lead to very painful results.

  • It associated her with a public position; it might lead to inquiries at a later time, and those inquiries might betray her.

  • He appeared to be quite content with this state of affairs, except in so far that it might lead to having a private tutor in the holidays, whereas to Bags it all seemed a gross miscarriage of justice.

  • Bad precedent, you know; it might lead to a couple of fellows out of the fourth form dictating to you.

  • He came only as an ordinary Minister, without any power to propose such modifications as might lead to an accommodation, and when the Directory discovered this from his credentials they refused him.

  • So far from impeding negotiation, it might lead to measures which would accelerate the agency, and ensure terms more advantageous.

  • And it might lead to mistaken notions, you see, my dear.

  • Mr. George sealed it at a coffee-house, that it might lead to no discovery, and we sent it off by a ticket- porter.

  • It had come on there, I dare say, a hundred times before, but I could not divest myself of an idea that it MIGHT lead to some result now.

  • I have given this long and very wearisome explanation of the scope and origin of this little book, because I feel that it might lead to grave misunderstanding were it not understood how it came to be written.

  • He therefore begged to be left in some secluded spot, to die alone, as he feared that the delay occasioned by his having to be carried through the bush, might lead to the capture of the whole company.

  • This was a great barrier to us, for the water appeared to be deep, and we were afraid to ask the loan of a boat, being apprehensive it might lead to our detection.

  • I thought if I spoke of his fond feelings and what they might lead to, you would be hontish wi' him and lose your chance," she murmured, wiping her eyes with her apron.

  • Ah, if I could only make your dear heart ache one little minute of each day as mine does every day and all day long, it might lead you to show pity to your poor lonely one.

  • Alas, what crass blindness has fallen upon this people, that they think the Son of God came into the world and suffered so much on account of sin in order that we might lead a shameful, dissolute and bestial life.

  • She quite overlooked the hope, expressed here and there, that he might lead a very different life in the future.

  • While, on the one hand, it rendered her incapable of a sordid and calculating scheme of life, on the other, it might lead to feeling and action prejudicial to her happiness.

  • He might lead an honorable life for years, and yet no one would believe him honorable after discovering that he was living under an alias and concealing a crime.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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