Example sentences of "[noun pl] might [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rovers might have had a penalty after 29 minutes when Aldridge was felled by Prior but referee John Lloyd of Wrexham dismissed the appeals . |
| 2 | The miners might have lost a political battle , but they had not lost a war . |
| 3 | This says that ‘ greater freedom of communication by those professional advisers to the regulators might have had a significant effect on subsequent action , and hence on the later course of events ’ . |
| 4 | The testers might have got a clue from this that such a question was entirely artificial , constructed out of test situations and irrelevant to children who did not go to school and so were not used to being exposed to such tests . |
| 5 | It was further agreed that a three-year course would be too expensive , especially as entrants might have served a part or the whole of a long apprenticeship beforehand . |
| 6 | Government leaders might have welcomed a united report from the Royal Commission , which could have justified real reform of the Poor Law . |
| 7 | Had this been the only ground of complaint , their Lordships might have reached a different conclusion on the appeal . |
| 8 | The children might have made a collection of shiny things or things made of metal , and be invited to think of things that they use at home which are shiny or made of metal . |
| 9 | The CBI pointed out that the rush to beat the VAT increases might have encouraged a shopping spree . |
| 10 | Others might have appreciated a list of participants — usually a routine feature of such meetings . |
| 11 | Indeed , there was a period about three years ago when it looked as though even 35mm slides might have found a match with the introduction of devices like the VideoShow system which project the image on the computer 's screen directly onto a conventional viewing screen . |
| 12 | One would have thought that the Incas might have invented a llama cart , given other ingenuities that they displayed . |
| 13 | Suddenly , Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner . |