Example sentences of "might [vb infin] be [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been there earlier he might have been asked a less direct question . |
| 2 | That might have been written a week ago following the extraordinary dispute over a young girl 's ear . |
| 3 | ‘ Things might have been handled a bit better — but it 's between him and the team . ’ |
| 4 | We might even have had a decent election and the country might have been saved a good deal earlier , but everyone knows that that is how we got here . |
| 5 | Alexei 's favourite spot was in what he supposed might have been termed a clearing — at least it was in the centre of a circle of four rocks , each one the size of a crouching man . |
| 6 | The latter view might have been applauded a year previously : after Tiananmen , it sounded merely cynical . |
| 7 | Until last week this latter option might have been considered a possible piece of government lunacy . |
| 8 | For instance , domestic violence is now seen as unacceptable , whereas until recently it might have been considered a ‘ private ’ affair . |