Example sentences of "might have done " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have done , too . |
| 2 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |
| 3 | They also want to assess more fully the damage that the debacle might have done to long-term customer confidence in Ferranti . |
| 4 | Conran acknowledges that in the face of-City rumour it is important for a group such as his to communicate to the outside world what its overall strategy is and to spell out the logic of its master plan — something he feels Storehouse might have done to better effect prior to becoming besieged by unwelcome take-over bids . |
| 5 | I think perhaps in the Habitat-Mothercare-BHS merger things have taken rather longer to settle down than they might have done if it had been a take-over . |
| 6 | It could be argued that on occasions I 've taken on things which probably I have n't done as well out of financially as I might have done if I 'd done something else . |
| 7 | Pity , I thought after the performance , it might have done her good if he 'd missed . |
| 8 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 9 | ‘ I might have done , ’ Erika said . |
| 10 | She might have done it in private — she is fun and without question , a little flirtatious — — but Diana had understood from the start that her public image had to be beyond reproach , and it always had been . |
| 11 | You think of all the things you might have done and did n't . |
| 12 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 13 | ‘ I think she might have done it as a quick way of finding out how the business worked . |
| 14 | It is not up to us to forget or forgive the crime that Germany committed only a few decades ago ; the only ones who might have done so died on the battlefield or , worse yet , in the gas chambers . |
| 15 | The museum did what any other body might have done : it firmly denied the veracity of the new evidence , not owning up until 1861 . |
| 16 | Greenidge was happy to admit that playing alongside the South African was ‘ an education and an inspiration ’ , but he also conceded that while they both had many outstanding days individually they did not score as many runs in partnership as they might have done , since they were both attacking players and therefore risk-takers . |
| 17 | In a game that went to the fifth day only because many hours were lost to the weather — the actual playing time was two and two-thirds days — one was left wondering what he might have done had he been fully fit . |
| 18 | It sounded quite plausible written down , and swapping cards was the sort of spiteful thing Karen might have done . |
| 19 | If he was in her place , he might have done the same thing . |
| 20 | The fact that the Labour Party did not lead public opinion as strongly as it might have done meant that the National government had an easier ride than it might otherwise have expected . |
| 21 | Getting up , he walked over to the mantelpiece and took the glass ball , which he concealed in his hand , as Vic might have done . |
| 22 | Frankie stared at the floor and tried not to think of all the things he might have done , or failed to do , to cause this latest upset . |
| 23 | Some thought the scandal might have done better , in terms of audience ratings , if the name had not been the leaden ‘ Iran-contra affair ’ but something with panache , cloak-and-dagger stuff . |
| 24 | Thank goodness we were never occupied — not so much because of what the occupiers might have done to us , but because of what we would probably have done to each other . |
| 25 | Harries , already unsuccessful with two very kickable penalties , and replaced by Jones , who had landed an angled one from 28 yards , might have done rather more with the opportunity , but Newport scored straight afterwards . |
| 26 | Although this looked worse than it might have done since it covered fourteen months instead of twelve — the result of an adjustment to a different financial year — such figures demanded a response . |
| 27 | We had a late luncheon , cold fowl and a salad got up by Liza , walked in the Park in the afternoon , worked , and in the evening had a dish of warm milk and white bread , sprinkled with sugar , quite as Wordsworth himself might have done . |
| 28 | She handed this creature to Roland , who took it as he might have done a kitten , cradling it in the crook of his elbow , and adding to it , in turn , the nightcapped one , in tiny white pleats and broderie anglaise , and the dark-headed one , severe in dark peacock . |
| 29 | You and I might have done the same if we had been there , though we would have had none of the technical skill and detailed knowledge of Fleming . |
| 30 | As one officer said to Levi : ‘ If we nicked everybody we thought might have done a long-firm , we 'd never finish our paperwork , the cases might never come to court , and if they did , they 'd never have the room to try them . ’ |