Example sentences of "[modal v] well have [vb pp] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother Francis the celibate nun who had never thought she could know the joy of seeing a child grow up in her care had loved Eve in a way that might well have made her blind to the feelings and sensitivities of other people . |
| 2 | HAD Ford not already reserved the name for its forthcoming off-road leisure vehicle , Volkswagen might well have called its sporting flagship the Maverick rather than the Corrado — for it is , indeed , a car that goes against so many accepted practices . |
| 3 | In these circumstances , it might well have modified its present adaptation to ground dwelling and nesting to something more appropriate to the more complex tundra environments that then existed . |
| 4 | His features were regular , rather ordinary , though some might well have thought him handsome . |
| 5 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |