Example sentences of "might have give " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have problems socializing , looking better might give you more confidence but you still might have to give yourself that final push to get out there and start mingling . |
| 2 | ‘ You realise you might have to give hir back , do n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | If he turned and looked at her , she might have to give a straight reply , but to his narrow back , which could have been the back of a much younger man , she began to tease , in the way that she had learned so many of her new friends liked , when they made similar inquiries too , like the painter who 'd lain on her bed and asked her earnestly if she 'd ever experienced simultaneous orgasm , or the musician who 'd volunteered he 'd show her a ‘ perversion ’ he was sure nobody would have demonstrated to her before , and began nuzzling between her legs . |
| 4 | ‘ At first , it looked as though I might have to give up snooker completely but I have persuaded the doctor otherwise . |
| 5 | ‘ Because if you try to do anything so misguided I might have to give a Press interview to explain just why I got under your skin so badly ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Over the last three or four years it has gradually got worse and if I ca n't find a cure I might have to give up distance running , ’ he said . |
| 7 | At the time she thought she might have to give up riding , and decided that if she had Bubbles broken to harness she could have some fun driving her and doing some in-hand showing . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ Sven Hjerson went on , ‘ it is in fact , I am thinking , that all those people who might have given that not very well balanced car the one push needed have also possible reasons for wishing the death of Lord Woodleigh . |
| 9 | He got off the mark with an uppish straight drive for four , which might have given a less myopic bowler than Malcolm a return catch , and in Malcolm 's next over , he attempted a square slash which , if he had got an edge , might have prevented him ever setting foot in India again . |
| 10 | ‘ Fortunately I was strong , but had I been weak , I might have given in . |
| 11 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |
| 12 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 13 | Data accumulated subsequently suggests that the M 52 could have been flown safely and might have given the British aircraft industry a commanding lead in supersonic fighter development . |
| 14 | It is interesting to think that had they snatched — or preferably caught cleanly — that victory , the pattern of English Test cricket might have been changed for years ahead , for , as the other four matches were all drawn , a victorious first series might have given Botham 's captaincy the shove it needed to get airborne . |
| 15 | It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill . |
| 16 | If only Boy had known , there was lots more where that came from ; there was lots of advice which Madame might have given him , but did n't . |
| 17 | For me , their own evaluations and this record book tells more about the progress of the children than any written examination I might have given them . |
| 18 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 19 | Three out of four of these accidents fix on the properties of individual men as decisive variables directing the course of events : had Churchill been a less charismatic politician Britain might have given up her fight against Germany ; had Franco permitted an assault on Gibraltar it would probably have fallen ; and if Mussolini had not ‘ taken it into his head ’ to invade Greece , Hitler would have moved into Russia . |
| 20 | The crises of 1947 and 1949 might have given strong impetus to planning . |
| 21 | Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one . |
| 22 | A director other than Browne might have given more theatrical conviction to the Furies , as other more recent productions have done , and a more enthusiastic public response might then have persuaded Eliot to continue with his exploration of symbolist drama . |
| 23 | The first observation might have given the answers " here " or " there " ; sometimes it gives one and sometimes the other . |
| 24 | You might have given her another stroke . ’ |
| 25 | They were both straining to reach , leaning forward as far as they could , agonisingly aware that the door and its ring handle that might have given them some leverage were out of their reach , when another sound fell on their ears . |
| 26 | That in turn might have given wider diplomatic and political options a chance . |
| 27 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
| 28 | The plaintiff might have given or refused leave . |
| 29 | ‘ I might have given up — ’ |
| 30 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |