Example sentences of "he might have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had Pilcher lived he might have achieved proper powered , sustained , and controlled flight before the Wright brothers did so in December 1903 . |
| 2 | I think he might have discovered some kind of organisation like The Hell Fire Club . |
| 3 | I gathered that he 'd been around in some pretty exciting — oh , do you mean he might have made that up , too ? |
| 4 | He might have killed both of us , ’ Guy said very gently . |
| 5 | Well I suppose he might have asked some of the fitters , but I doubt it somehow seeing some of the acquisitions that he made from Llanberis when they were closing down there . |
| 6 | ( Thucydides never saw Pericles at his demagogic debut , or he might have felt less dismay at the look of the great man 's successors : ii.65 . ) |
| 7 | In 1963 he fell only 31 votes short of being elected Labour leader ; he might have become prime minister . |
| 8 | Li Po is leaving the world of men for a far more perfect world but there is in his poem nonetheless the idea that he might have wanted both of these worlds , but he has lost one of them ; thus he is chastened . |
| 9 | Then afraid he might have sounded gallant George added : ‘ Somebody 's got to make sure your military instinct for loot does n't take over . ’ |
| 10 | He might have lost those threads when he climbed over the rail during the search . ’ |
| 11 | So if some 500 million years ago , an astronaut , from some other planet passed near the earth , he could easily have noticed in the blue seas , a few new and mysterious turquoise shapes ; and from them he might have guessed that life on earth had really started . |
| 12 | McKenzie looked as if he might have done enough to retain his crown after coming back from a ninth-round crisis in which he was floored by a two-punch combination to the body . |
| 13 | He might have done this a good deal earlier if he had wanted for it was completely blank . |
| 14 | Which means he might have to do some design . |
| 15 | One of the major problems for us , whichever Party 's in in control , and I think if Councillor had gone to the press after this report was done and , rather than trying to score points and saying it 's all because it 's lack of Government cash , if he 'd appli if he 'd said , let's all get together on this , let's try and solve the problem , the problem 's been going on indefinitely , let's try and s , he might have gained more credibility . |
| 16 | He might have received some — or know who has . |
| 17 | It might not have prevented her feelings for him from developing as they had , but it would certainly not have caused a change in the atmosphere in this place , and he might have remained livable with . |
| 18 | Rufus wondered if he might have invented that part because he had so much to do with wombs in the course of his own daily life . |
| 19 | You are n't seriously suggesting he might have spent fifteen years building up a simpleton 's profile , in case it would come in handy if ever he wanted to commit a crime ? ’ |
| 20 | Obispal believed in the force of will , in his own ruthless aura ; and indeed , except for the evidence of lurid , puckered scar tissue across one cheek , he might have seemed invulnerable . |
| 21 | He should have looked himself ; he might have got some indication . |
| 22 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 23 | Eliot himself might not have recognized them , just as he might have considered negligible the surface of his life which is apparent to biographers . |
| 24 | He might have to get some dark glasses and retire to a small island off the coast of north-west Scotland . |
| 25 | In fact , Rabbit need n't have that belief : he might have forgotten all about his honey until Pooh 's question made him look for it . |
| 26 | He did not flatter himself that he might have had that effect on her , but he did wonder what course their liaison would take . |
| 27 | Of course , he might have had dental work done abroad . " |
| 28 | But there might come a time , there was no denying it , when he might have had enough , and then if he wanted to move it would have to be up . |
| 29 | Theories that attempt to unite Nature 's forces within one framework suggest that monopoles should have been produced in the early stages of the Universe : and just over a year ago Blas Cabrera , a researcher at Stanford University , thought he might have found one ( New Scientist . |
| 30 | With another couple of laps he might have finished close on the heels of the two Dunlops . |