Example sentences of "might have been [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 2 | Mr Wildish discounted reports that Nicola , from Biddulph , Staffs , might have been suffering from the effects of laced drinks . |
| 3 | He might have been talking to the sheep when he said softly : |
| 4 | ‘ He might have been standing near the edge and fallen after being struck . |
| 5 | It is true that the two eldest sons , William 19 or 20 , and Thomas 16 or 17 , might have been working in the mine as subsidiary members of a gang and are unrecorded in accounts . |
| 6 | It was so wet and cold that they might have been walking in the sea , but she did not seem to notice . |