Example sentences of "might have seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some idiot might have seen a well-dressed elderly gent near the railway line and then you could have been questioned . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Browning was still pale and shaky as we settled ourselves by the fire ( and what the moon saw , or what it might have seen if its beams could have penetrated the closely-drawn curtains supplemented by plastic sheeting to foil the poison gas , might have seemed a little unusual ; but who can tell what strange sights are enclosed within the cheerful light of a curtained window ? ) . |
| 3 | A few activists might have seen it as more than that , but that was never the view of the General Council . |
| 4 | ‘ Thought you might have seen some friends of mine , ’ he continued with his mouth full . |
| 5 | The man might have seen us , Vern and me — he was trying to do a rough count , I could see his lips — but there were some screaming kids trying to push in behind the Germans and he had to go and sort them out . |
| 6 | ‘ We would like to hear from anyone who might have seen these four men . ’ |
| 7 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 8 | ‘ I know , ’ said the Marshal patiently , ‘ that 's why I thought you might have seen something . ’ |
| 9 | Another appointee might have seen the ideological struggle about money for the arts as politics-as-usual . |
| 10 | England might have seen ghostly , ghastly visions of Bruce Reid 's capacity for mass destruction . |
| 11 | Those who took an interest in Clara might have seen in his death the loss of an ally , because outwardly at least he appeared to be more intelligent than his wife ; at least he did not scorn in public , as she did , all efforts of the mind , and all the aims of education . |
| 12 | When she realized what she was doing and that those policemen might have seen her , she felt her face grow hot . |
| 13 | The police took the immediate neighbours into their confidence out of sheer necessity , hoping one of them might have seen or heard something significant the previous Tuesday ; but none had . |
| 14 | Had she turned round quicker , she might have seen Kellerman advancing upon her . |
| 15 | Other visitors might have seen the business-card as merely a piece of litter — it could have stayed there , its drawing-pins slowly rusting , for years ; but Flaubert gave it function . |
| 16 | Find out what kind of birds and animals Columbus might have seen when he landed in the Bahamas . |
| 17 | His boyish , open face with its look of disciplined idealism was vaguely familiar to Massingham , who suspected that he might have seen it in a police recruitment pamphlet , but decided in the interest of harmonious co-operation to give Underhill the benefit of the doubt . |
| 18 | After all , she might have seen it on the ceptors and come out to help . |
| 19 | You could never tell who might have seen you . |
| 20 | On the other hand , from a different vantage point they might have seen the body without having to go right to the edge . |
| 21 | If , for example , old man Jordan had come into the kitchen at that moment , Wycliffe might have seen him in the mirror ; but what of it ? |
| 22 | ‘ I want you to organize inquiries as to the whereabouts of Alfred Glynn , starting at the bookshop then going on to residents in the street who might have seen him ; get in touch with his brother at the pottery . |
| 23 | The unions might have seen an opportunity , trustees might have been appointed … ’ |
| 24 | Well I think that a number of you might have seen that definition of quality . |
| 25 | ‘ But you might have seen signs , ’ Sophia reassured her . |
| 26 | Anybody who might have been er at the Tesco store on Saturday any time during the day who might have seen the pony or even people who walk their dogs because the field 's used quite extensively for dog walkers . |
| 27 | It was a pity that he turned away to join the others in the bar when he did , otherwise he might have seen that Kate appeared to change her mind about something and was returning towards the small reception desk . |
| 28 | Someone might have seen Alice there . |
| 29 | ‘ You might have seen the girl at the Wychwood Forest Fair , last year . |
| 30 | Though I 'll say as I said earlier in the half there 's some play some referees might have seen that as a sending off offence . |