Example sentences of "might have [verb] their [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other businessmen , he knew , might have made their excuses and left , worried about the effect of such a purchase on their bankers , their colleagues , the City . |
| 2 | If the two had liked each other more , they might have cast their eyes heavenwards . |
| 3 | Perhaps the lesson for parents is to ignore the quarrel at the time ( if no harm is being caused ) but get both children together later on and discuss how they might have settled their differences . |
| 4 | " Profit " lies here also and some members of this school might have passed their lives in prim obscurity had their names not been made by their own publicity . |
| 5 | It was thought that some people might have changed their views . |
| 6 | The growth of bureaucracy led to the proliferation of officials with functions as police , tax collectors and customs officers who might have had their offices in such places . |
| 7 | To begin with , they left it too late — but , measuring the distance from Shiel Bridge way below and behind me , and judging the terrain , even though this modern road has been impressively built , I do not know how they might have bettered their arrangements . |