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Example sentences for "might come"

  • Then Lady Staveley resolved that she would tell the judge that Felix Graham, bad as he might be, might come there if he pleased.

  • And with that view, Mr. Round, is it not possible that we might come to some compromise?

  • For him now it would have been preferable to remain in the arm-chair by the fireside in his own library, receiving such comfort in his old age as might come to him from the affection of his daughter-in-law and grandson.

  • Sir James thought I might come," she said, breathlessly.

  • At sight of him, Marsham waved his hand, quickening his pace that he might come up with him.

  • He might come to my hotel, or he might come here, or if he allows me, I would go to him.

  • And then I asked him if I might come again to-day.

  • I laid before her that the proper middle age of matrimony could not be attained in this way; though in the present upside-down of the world it might come to be thought of.

  • However, they hoped that he might come round; and being a Devonshire man, he did, as I found out afterwards.

  • He had taken advantage of her invitation that he might come to her house and threaten her.

  • There was still another train by which he might come so as to be just in time for dinner if dinner were postponed for half an hour.

  • Her mind, also, was full of the Melmottes, and she wished to explain to her stern, unbending cousin all the good that might come to her and hers by an alliance with the heiress.

  • I asked Morrison to come down and pick me up in his boat for two reasons--partly because I wanted to keep in touch with you both, and partly because I thought it might come in handy to have a second line of retreat.

  • I waited for a little while in the hope that he might come to the window, but this luxury was denied me.

  • Then he might come to some notion of his own true powers.

  • And I profess, was I to live neighbours with such a man, I might come to his way of thinking, despite myself.

  • He had raised them and cast them down, even as He was casting me, that I might come to know the glory of His holy name.

  • There was nothing troublesome against Stephen Blackpool; yes, he might come in.

  • He told me that I might come in now, but he sent me away from the room this morning - or at least - ' She hesitated and stopped.

  • Yet I might come to think it again, wi' the poor lad so wronged.

  • And while they were still busy welcoming her back, came a ring at the door, and a loud voice, asking if the owner of it might come in.

  • His heart beat very slow, and I thought he'd die; but I knew if he got clear air that he might come round.

  • He seemed beyond his depth; if he did or said anything, he might come to regret it.

  • Truly, if my hope broke with me, it might come to the gallows yet for both of us.

  • Pierre and I at once set about making a hearty meal, giving no heed to the possibility that we might come to short rations later, and even sulky Saul was not averse to joining us.

  • It had come down to her through a long line of pioneer forebears who feared neither hardship, strife nor death, so that it might come to them without a master and under the free sky.

  • I was afraid he might come in tonight and see them.

  • No matter how earnestly he might come to desire the sound of a human voice in time, he did not want to hear the horse-thief's then, nor any other that prophesied such disquieting things.

  • Then for the first time, I remember, the idea struck me that we might come through it after all, and with that the desire of life came passionately back upon me.

  • With his usual rash confidence he had very much exaggerated the eagerness of his friends and supporters to welcome him in whatever guise he might come.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "might come" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    domestic labor; helped himself; her love; might become; might come; might easily; might even; might fall; might find; might have been said; might have been the; might hope; might kill; might live; might naturally; might possibly; might redeem; might require; might say; might think; mightily pleased; mighty army; mighty hero; mighty shout; mighty well; think about