Example sentences of "[noun] might [verb] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compliment might have delighted any other woman , but the whispered words made Beth 's heart sink . |
| 2 | Presenting less raw data might have allowed more scope to look at certain issues in more depth . |
| 3 | Some referees might have interpreted that as a sending off offence . |
| 4 | The Marx brothers might have shown more tolerance than Karl Marx for Stalin 's antics : throwing food at guests unwise enough to nod off at table during his interminable late-night dinner parties , or racing round in meetings ‘ cursing like a cab driver ’ . |
| 5 | Archives department might have salvaged some records from the theatre . |
| 6 | Until Thursday Labour might have shared that joke . |
| 7 | KPMG was asked to resign as auditor in November last year because of the board 's ‘ loss of confidence' , but it refused to accept the request because shareholders might have inferred that it acknowledged criticism of its audit work . |
| 8 | I ca n't bring myself to tell her that if she 'd stayed dead her views might have carried more weight . |
| 9 | Project 2000 students are involved in preparation and presentation of seminars , as are polytechnic and university undergraduates , whereas the vast majority of nurses whose route to registration was via a traditional preregistration course might have had little or no experience of teaching . |
| 10 | Cos really , I mean an E C G might have guaranteed some . |
| 11 | Had the besweatered Pakistanis held their catches there is no knowing to what depths of despair England might have sunk that evening . |
| 12 | They would have provided the basis for greater parliamentary co-operation between labour representatives and liberal politicians , and a framework in which the appeal to nationalism and the efforts of Church , school and middle-class reformers might have had more effect in moderating working-class attitudes . |
| 13 | No one asked the matron if she thought the boy might have done this to silence Charley rather than avenge his mother . |
| 14 | Maurice might have stored some papers there . ’ |
| 15 | I suppose it is out of the question that one of our own police stations might have received such a notification , and failed to pass it on ? ’ |
| 16 | Mussolini might have entertained another fancy , Churchill might have become too drunk to cope , and so on . |
| 17 | Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down . |
| 18 | Not only was Marx willing to accept that historical development might have followed several different lines in different places but it also shows that he was always revising his ideas . |
| 19 | Trueman might have done that if he 'd had his way , but Meredith-Lee was n't such an idiot . ’ |
| 20 | Certain other events or conditions might have occurred such that we got yesterday but not last night . |
| 21 | It is not true that certain other events or conditions might have occurred such that we got the solar conditions but not last night . |
| 22 | ‘ I have tasted it , ’ he explained to the stonewalling Scot , whose riposte might have upset some shareholders : ‘ And you 've lived to tell the tale ! ’ |
| 23 | If you like bosomy blondes with no clothes sense I wanted to answer , but said instead : ‘ Some people might have thought that . ’ |
| 24 | He thought that Craig might have lost some votes because people had not forgiven his voluntary coalition heresy but recognized that , had Craig emulated Paisley and created a reputation as an active constituency MP , he would have retained the seat . |
| 25 | Alcohol might have played some part in this serious miscalculation . |
| 26 | Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the coordination of index terms at the search stage ( see 17.2 ) . |
| 27 | A few nights later she went with Maureen to Benediction , and as she glanced at her sister , deep in prayer , Anne was conscious of how much Maureen 's faith meant to her , and how her own well-meant interference might have severed that lifeline for her beloved sister . |
| 28 | Whilst an extension of the deconcentration of central government might have gone some way towards abating these feelings , it was not considered by the majority to be a sufficient remedy . |
| 29 | A staff with a heavy rounded handle might have done such damage , but the crater it had made was large indeed , and jagged , not regular . |
| 30 | But for Clark 's six wins , BRM might have had another world title . |