Example sentences of "that he might [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 More important , the Theatre Royal ( 1836–7 ) and the Grey column ( 1837–8 ) in Newcastle , stately neo-classical structures which were key elements in the heroic replanning of the city centre by Richard Grainger [ q.v. ] , were evidently also his conceptions , and suggest that he might have become a more significant figure in his own right had he not died relatively young , surviving his father by a mere six years .
2 His mind is open to the possibility that he might have made a mistake in hiring Stephanie to head Advertising and Promotions .
3 And almost nothing he could do , about Parker , his affections ; he felt the mouth slobber his belly , his thighs , and the head , thick with bone that he might have punched a cannonball .
4 Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes .
5 Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug .
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