Example sentences of "he might [not/n't] [vb infin] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perkin had always been presumed to be busy in his workshop , and yet there were hours and days when he might not have been , when Mackie was out of the house seeing to the horses . |
| 2 | John Aubrey records how Thomas Hobbes , the philosopher , was ‘ put into a Woollen shroud ’ at his death in 1679 , arguing that had Hobbes received the £100 per annum pension granted by Charles II in 1660 — ‘ At the Restoration , Charles II awarded him a pension of £100 a year — which , however , His Majesty forgot to pay ’ — then he might not have been buried in such a common shift . |
| 3 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |
| 4 | He happens to be called " Shakespeare " , but this does not make " Shakespeare " equivalent with " the man called Shakespeare " , for he might not have been called " Shakespeare " at all . |
| 5 | The way he flushed told Jenna clearly that though he might not have been involved he certainly knew about it . |
| 6 | Any of them might have died prematurely , he might not have been able to earn these sums , and other misfortunes might have occurred so allowance must be made for this . |