Example sentences of "might [adv] have [been] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the judgment , Lord Denman C.J. states that the court need not inquire what the effect of a demurrer to that plea would have been , thus hinting that if the plaintiff had then demurred , the defence might not have been found sufficient . |
| 2 | Shortly thereafter , the Party took the unusual step of assembling the Armed Forces heads and demanding their collective endorsement of Beria 's arrest — a step which might not have been judged necessary by a leadership firmly in the saddle and truly confident of its prerogatives . |
| 3 | The equipment might possibly have been reconstructed pre-Civil War relics . |
| 4 | They can be turned into money on demand in most cases ; even where notice might originally have been specified this can usually be waived for a small interest penalty . |
| 5 | It might even have been thought perverse . |
| 6 | He travelled as a seaman to Sydney where he won the Australian heavyweight title before transferring to San Francisco where he was persuaded by the Earl of Lonsdale to operate in England , a move which enhanced his status greatly , as a contemporary noted : ‘ I knew him in the days of his greatness when sitting on top of the pugilistic world , fêted and lionized , he might well have been excused some slight vanity ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , pp.20–1 ) . |