Example sentences of "might have [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think may- , you know she thought maybe she might have kept it for an occasion |
| 2 | Bristling with moonstones , the collar was primitive and barbaric ; the mastiff of a prince of medieval Persia might have worn it for going out hawking in a miniature . |
| 3 | In his brown canvas boots , faded blue trousers , checked shirt and frayed cap , one might have mistaken him for a man of no consequence instead of a senior member of local government . |
| 4 | As she flew up to her room , she thought her father might have killed her for that speech . |
| 5 | Twenty years ago , with your wits about you , you might have bought it for £5 or less . |
| 6 | Fry felt that he might have left it for good after his latest week of unemployment . |
| 7 | I 'm sure we can get an accountant to come and speak to us , but we might have to pay him for two hours work , you see . |
| 8 | I might have to hurt you for that . |
| 9 | He might have had it for some long time , I do n't know , but I came across it in a drawer in the small bedroom when I was putting his clean linen away . |
| 10 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 11 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |