Example sentences of "[pron] might [vb infin] [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back I am increasingly grateful to the many people who took a share in this fortunate happening , though now I realise that I might have expressed my gratitude to them more often and more appreciatively . |
| 2 | I thought I might have lost my job , but I was n't sure . |
| 3 | You think I might have killed your brother because he worked for Richardson ? ’ |
| 4 | I might have broken my luck had I been able to get over the Alps on a raid to Turin on 11 June . |
| 5 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 6 | Then , in missing the trial because of my collarbone injury , I thought I might have missed my chance because Greig Oliver played very well in the trial . |
| 7 | Oh I think I might have finished my tape actually . |
| 8 | Given my circumstances , I might have found their manner insultingly casual . |
| 9 | I might have held my end up in a brawl with a three year old kid , if the kid was n't feeling too good either . |
| 10 | While the village unit remained small there was less chance of a decision 's being imposed by the community 's more influential members , and in any case the imposition of status and ranking tended to reduce the passive acceptance of inferiority which might have attended its acquisition through achievement or wealth . |
| 11 | The miracle , which might have saved her life and converted the heathen , was not granted . |
| 12 | It is a Romantic version of modernism which is viewed as genuinely progressive and critical , rather than merely the means by which capitalism destroyed any tradition which might have opposed its hegemony . |
| 13 | True , she had been a baby at the time of the war , but her family had moved out to the countryside and their locality had never been troubled by bombing or anything else which might have caused her phobia . |
| 14 | Other times she would go down to the galley to prepare a meal , which might have taken her mind off the water but rarely did . |
| 15 | Although he never published the systematic economic treatise which might have established his reputation , Barton 's closely argued pamphlets were influential . |
| 16 | For those who might have missed his point however , Williams wrote for the ‘ Trinidad Guardian ’ soon after , ‘ I see in the denominational school the breeding ground of disunity ; I see in the state school the opportunity for cultivating a spirit of nationalism among West Indian people and eradicating the racial suspicions and antagonisms growing in our midst ’ . |
| 17 | The only person who might have respected her independence was her father , and he was the one being in whose presence she lost it . |
| 18 | Mrs Robinson , who a few months before had been the mother of a happy and united family , found herself alone in the world ; an inscrutable fate had robbed her of the children who might have consoled her widowhood . |
| 19 | In them she might have seen her reflection . |
| 20 | She might have made her point a lot better by picking up Mouse and dumping him in the garbage can — instead she responded with violence that was really out of proportion to Mouse 's attack . |
| 21 | She might have renounced her family , but she had still her share of pride — in her lineage , in the family name . |
| 22 | Well if it was dark and she could n't see you she might have put her arm out and hit you it does n't what it feels like is n't always what it is if you see what I mean . |
| 23 | For all Luke Hunter knew , she might have put his gesture down to quite another source . |
| 24 | If he 'd told your mum he was fat and 48 with a failed marriage behind him , she might have binned his request for a meeting . |
| 25 | Unless someone had been prepared to take the risk , she might have spent her childhood in institutions . |
| 26 | It was n't until she had almost reached it that she realised she might have left her watch behind . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you might have met my mother , talked to her . |
| 28 | Anything else you think the receptionist , you might have seen your receptionist do ? |
| 29 | But then , if I had waited until you had your full wits about you , you might have realised my intention and signed the house over to your daughter and her bastard . ’ |
| 30 | MAURICE : When you phoned , I thought you might have changed your mind . |