Example sentences of "he might [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have discovered a modern-day equivalent of the Club . |
| 2 | Had Forbes lived longer , he might have founded at Edinburgh a school of naturalists as he hoped , and which was impossible at that date in London ; and he might have written a major work . |
| 3 | He might have met a great hero , or the cunningest of thieves , or some wise and great sage . |
| 4 | Anyway he might have hit a willow twig in the river . ’ |
| 5 | He might have made a doctor as well as a poacher … . |
| 6 | He might have made a pass given time . |
| 7 | His mind is open to the possibility that he might have made a mistake in hiring Stephanie to head Advertising and Promotions . |
| 8 | He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter . |
| 9 | He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian . |
| 10 | Today the branch chairman said that had Mr Taylor tried again , he might have faced a similar rebellion . |
| 11 | By the age of 18 or 20 , he had completed his apprenticeship in life : he might have become a very good photographer , probably an excellent painter , a good mountaineer and hiker , or a fine skier . |
| 12 | More important , the Theatre Royal ( 1836–7 ) and the Grey column ( 1837–8 ) in Newcastle , stately neo-classical structures which were key elements in the heroic replanning of the city centre by Richard Grainger [ q.v. ] , were evidently also his conceptions , and suggest that he might have become a more significant figure in his own right had he not died relatively young , surviving his father by a mere six years . |
| 13 | A gentle schoolmaster with old-fashioned notions of courtesy and decency , he might have led a still life behind glass if Irina had n't rescued him . |
| 14 | I guess Damien Hirst did n't go clubbing in the mid-Eighties in NY , otherwise he might have noticed a shark in a tank in artist Eric Goode 's nightclub , Area . |
| 15 | She handed this creature to Roland , who took it as he might have done a kitten , cradling it in the crook of his elbow , and adding to it , in turn , the nightcapped one , in tiny white pleats and broderie anglaise , and the dark-headed one , severe in dark peacock . |
| 16 | he might have done a roast dinner and that they |
| 17 | He might have gained a place in the ASB in any case as a representative of the protestant Reformation . |
| 18 | Sentencing R v Barney ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 3 Oct 1989 A judge was in error in implying that , had a defendant been in a position to pay compensation to his victim , he might have received a shorter sentence than that in fact imposed . |
| 19 | If Mr Bumble had known this earlier , he might have told a different story , but now it was too late . |
| 20 | In time he might have proved a good replacement for Chapman , but it would have needed a refinement in tactics . |
| 21 | In his want of pleasure , in his obvious anxiety , he might have opened a bank statement ending deeply in the red . |
| 22 | He might have got a flea . |
| 23 | He might have got a flea Rudy . |
| 24 | And er I say , I du n no , he might have got a solicitor , it might be all going on , who knows ? |
| 25 | She thought he might have meant a New York accent , but she was from Los Angeles and would n't have tried anyway . |
| 26 | It is thought he might have hitched a lift and motorists who saw him have been asked to come forward . |
| 27 | It 's just that Hubert was always such a fool when I knew him , and I hoped he might have acquired a little common sense in the meantime . |
| 28 | Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug . |
| 29 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
| 30 | Hirst 's pace and power was too much for QPR and he might have had a hat-trick . |