Example sentences of "might [verb] [be] very " in BNC.

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1 Without Swahili , the history of nationalism in Tanzania might have been very different .
2 Lorentz might have been very aware that he was an actor , but for Hollywood and its audiences it was Muni 's acting that made the whole ‘ job ’ permissible , acceptable , intelligible , bearable , and successful .
3 If the unofficial ‘ queenmaker ’ had lived and Lady Amanda 's friendship remained undiscovered , royal history might have been very different .
4 Ridley Scott 's design might have been very interesting because he was , and is , an excellent Designer .
5 I might have been very different .
6 It might have been very nearly normal if the movements had been like that .
7 Had he confined his attentions to the Austrian provinces and Bohemia the story might have been very different ; but the nationalism of the Hungarians ( or at least their ruling class ) and the ingrained particularist conservatism of the Netherlands provinces , above all Brabant , proved too much for him .
8 And if some malicious god had n't decreed it was Slane she had to go to , or Slane where he lived , things might have been very different .
9 And , ’ obscurely , ‘ my behaviour ’ , as you call it , might have been very different if I 'd known Hugh was a thing of the past . ’
10 With a register , life for this girl might have been very different .
11 Still we might have been very different .
12 They might have been very good , but they have n't given you this new life , this new birth John , er Nicodemus , you 've got to be born again .
13 went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all
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