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He had a naturally skeptical face; his present expression mightn't really mean that he didn't believe what he was hearing.
The Edge of the Knife H. Beam Piper 1934
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It _might_ mean 'Calcutta Time,' mightn't it, as the egregious Phossy and his gang would have it?
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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Ah! by the bye, I might call it 'A Toad's Ode, 'mightn't
The Wallypug in London Alan Wright 1910
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Well, Mrs. Flamm, as far as old Bernd goes, his mind is as far as the sky from any suspicion that somethin 'mightn't be quite right.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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And then I wondered if 'above the stair across the hall' mightn't mean this platform across this hall.
Patty's Friends Carolyn Wells 1902
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Y 'mightn't guess it, but that same cough runs in my fam'ly.
Tales from Bohemia Robert Neilson Stephens 1886
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I knowed the skipper to be a man o 'innocent, unsuspishus nature, an' mightn't gi'e belief to such 'trocious rascality, as bein' a thing possible.
The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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"I don't see why you oughtn't an 'mightn't -- you're as good as him, if it goes to that."
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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Government customers drive 22% of its sales, and networking gear mightn ' t be a high priority right now.
Snakes on Cisco Rolfe Winkler 2010
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' Sacred Tax Break Recommendations from the president ' s deficit commission mightn ' t go anywhere, but the group deserves credit for trying to lead some sacred cows to the altar of fiscal discipline.
Challenging Munis David Reilly 2010
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