Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] might have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Modi 's reserve might have sprung from a desire to shield Jeanne from gossip , and perhaps a feeling of shame in front of a married man , at his own role in the affair . |
| 2 | Had Leeds United not removed Stuttgart , Germany 's coach might have experienced the same difficulties as Roxburgh . |
| 3 | If that was the case , then the example of the rule of the Ceauşescus suggests what the People 's Mafia might have turned into had it ever succeeded in gaining power in Sicily . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think Nicola 's work might have put her in danger ? ’ |
| 5 | It had not occurred to him that Jessica 's behaviour might have put a suitor off , more that Parr would want to go and smack her cheeky face , as he would have done . |
| 6 | Crawford attended the world premiere of Hello , Dolly ! , at the Rivoli Theater , New York , on 16 December and , for a while , it looked as if Twentieth Century-Fox 's gamble might have paid off . |
| 7 | Marcus 's hand might have gripped the handle of his glass a little more tightly , but that was all . |
| 8 | She felt a deep flush of embarrassment crawl up her neck as she gauged how far the sound of her and Mandy 's conversation might have carried . |
| 9 | Hardwick 's involvement might have ended there , if it had not been for one of the tradesmen , who addressed a petition to the Company nine months later : his original estimate of £2,514 18 1¼d had left him bearing a loss of £266 6 3¾d . |
| 10 | LORD Spencer 's death might have served to remind this country of the dread winter of 1978/1979 when rubbish was uncollected in the streets , the fire brigades were on strike , hospitals were picketed by auxiliary workers who demanded to approve all surgical operations , housewives fought each other over a cauliflower leaf and the dead lay unburied in every churchyard . |
| 11 | Memories of Selkirk 's death might have receded slightly but the mystery still remained . |
| 12 | It was always possible that Will Sin 's death might have signalled the end for the band . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought perhaps Stephen 's brother might have come to the party with you ? ’ |