Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [noun] might have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was extremely fortunate that she came here when she did , ’ said the doctor gravely , ‘ or her situation might have been much more serious . ’ |
| 2 | A hundred of these were ambushed by Corporal Aitken , unfortunately ahead of the platoon or his bag might have been greater . |
| 3 | She had taken , this spring , to a sort of generalized reverence that looked as if it was planned to accommodate any new religion to which her son or his girl-friend might have become attached . |
| 4 | Ellwood was n't telling Carey how tight things were , or what methods might have to be used . |
| 5 | Lord Aldington , 75 , said : ‘ I think I dictated ‘ silence ’ and my secretary might have typed ‘ subterfuge ’ . ' |
| 6 | Folly felt an urge to wash , as if the words had been printed in dark , inky type in the headline of a tabloid newspaper and her hands might have picked up the stain . |
| 7 | As in divided Germany and divided Korea , Ho Chi Minh and his comrades might have accepted that this was the reality : especially as it became ever more clear that the United States intended to uphold the status quo with all their power . |
| 8 | There is an apparent acceptance of format i.e. little conscious manipulation of the elements under consideration : affinities are attributable , therefore , to developments of which the mosaicist and his client might have been oblivious . |