Example sentences of "[pers pn] might [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself |
| 2 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 3 | Although I might have layered a lot of notes on one part it 's still basically , say , a D minor chord or whatever . |
| 4 | ‘ I might have kicked a few people in my time , and some would say I got away with it for twenty years . |
| 5 | I might have made a mistake to turn down offers when they were there . |
| 6 | Ken , would you say though that erm one or two recent announcements connected with these judgments , I think including the er the judge in a recent M C C case which actually went I think against the administrators , b on shares but actually the judge said if the argument had been made that er these assets were held er on a trustee basis , then I might have made a different decision . |
| 7 | Given a set of circumstances — and of course more height — I might have completed a turn onto an adjacent runway , but from low down and with a suitable field ahead I should have treated the reduction as an engine failure , and made an early decision to land . |
| 8 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 9 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 10 | He turned west , down to the hotel at Loweswater where , as he was to report to Newton , ‘ I might have landed a fine salmon trout . ’ |
| 11 | I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this . |
| 12 | I might have had a splendid pad , |
| 13 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
| 14 | I might have had a word with him if I 'd caught him . |
| 15 | If whatever happened to Summerchild had n't happened , I think , once again , then … then Timmy and I might have had a rather better quality of life . |
| 16 | ‘ I might have had a hat-trick and I wanted that . |
| 17 | ‘ I might have had a chance if the fates had n't conspired against me , but my left leg 's still giving me some stick . |
| 18 | I think I might have caught a cold . ’ |
| 19 | Thought I might have got a chance at Pat Weaver , but you 're too efficient for me , Mister Doyle . ’ |
| 20 | I might have tried a few quick manoeuvres to lose those shadows . |
| 21 | Each of them might have engaged a separate average adjuster to advise him : had these not agreed , a dispute could have arisen between the parties which they might have submitted to arbitrationa somewhat unusual course in business of this kind . |
| 22 | I said she might 've sent a full packet give one to Barry , one to Rhys and one to Cerys but there was only two |
| 23 | Dalgliesh 's wife had n't wanted to be with her mother , she had wanted to be with him , had wanted it with such intensity that he had wondered afterwards whether she might have felt a premonition . |
| 24 | She also began to realise that she might have made a very big mistake . |
| 25 | She touched the stone of the walls as she might have touched a cheek , deliberately and lingeringly . |
| 26 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 27 | Mrs Ross ’ s condition had deteriorated ; she had fallen out of bed and it seemed she might have suffered a further stroke . |
| 28 | Her brother Howard said : ‘ We believe she might have suffered a heart attack , despite her age . ’ |
| 29 | The police suspected that it was an inside job and promptly arrested the dismissed worker , for no reason other than that she might have borne a grudge against her erstwhile employer . |
| 30 | She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way . |