Example sentences of "[vb mod] 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 | He might well have formed his own opinion but he knew that would not bear cross-examination at some later date . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If he was right , then Lorton 's ingenuity might well have taken him one step further . |
| 6 | Had it not been for her chance meeting with Estabrook — who saw through her tumbling , distracted manner to the woman she was — she might well have taken her own life . |
| 7 | Retiring BBC chairman Sir Marmaduke Hussey might well have managed one this time around . |
| 8 | His features were regular , rather ordinary , though some might well have thought him handsome . |
| 9 | A Conservative government had emerged that the Liberty and Property Defence League could well have called its own , but as a consequence it was a government that had very little to do with Conservatism . |
| 10 | On her money she could well have afforded something grander , like a Porsche , but evidently she had decided against ostentation . |
| 11 | Wexford had victory snatched from their grasp on each occasion and they could well have had their last real bite at the cherry . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As well as major settlements with minsters , hamlets and farms may well have had their own small churches . |