Example sentences of "might [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little bit I think that he was just concerned that perhaps there might 've been other people who might 've wanted to come and if people had rung up and you had had a waiting list something could 've been done about it |
| 2 | There was no way of being certain how long she 'd spent on the ward ; it might have been six weeks or six years , but she was guessing at six months because this had been the first commission review that she 'd received . |
| 3 | I know your degree meant a lot to you , but in all honesty you might have been better resting for longer … ’ |
| 4 | and then while he was upstairs seeing and helping his wife , then the the stove blew up downstairs , now that might have been the house saving from a real disaster whilst attacking his wife in a minor way , or it might have been pure coincidence . |
| 5 | This might have been five knots , five miles an hour , |
| 6 | Oh it might have been eight pounds . |
| 7 | it might have been eight pound qui Judy , but she said that they had fifteen |
| 8 | The label on the bottle bore a picture of Dr MacLaren , who looked as if he might have been personal physician to Mr Gladstone . |
| 9 | He said slowly and dangerously , ‘ I daresay I might have been four bob down at the end of an evening . |
| 10 | It might have been that way for a while , Scum argued , but after a couple of weeks the Boroughs shitkickers moved in , and the game was up . |
| 11 | A reasonable defence might have been that field sports were preferable to roaming the docks but , instead , the chief rabbi was assured that the boys needed the exercise . |
| 12 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 13 | It might have been that night I dreamed |
| 14 | It might have been that thing that er that bloke puts in them . |
| 15 | But it raises the question whether a celebration of the sciences might have been one means of differentiating Protestant cultural values from those of Roman Catholicism . |
| 16 | They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin . |
| 17 | Secondly , he decided the case on the basis that the bank was innocent of any knowledge that there might have been undue influence exercised by the husband upon the wife . |
| 18 | If your next-door neighbours insist on blasting you at all hours with Wagner 's Gottedammerung " , be thankful : it might have been Heavy Metal . |
| 19 | That might have been some deterrent of some description . |
| 20 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
| 21 | At a news conference on Aug. 11 the mayor of Shenzhen admitted that there might have been some mishandling of the issue of forms , and promised to seek out corrupt officials . |
| 22 | One reason the 1989 regulations were passed was to satisfy the United States as to the protection offered in the United Kingdom , otherwise there might have been some doubt as to whether topographies derived from the United Kingdom would have been afforded protection in the United States . |
| 23 | If the increase in child benefit had been a real increase , there might have been some logic in that . |
| 24 | There might have been some difficulty there because of Giles ‘ s position , because of the conflict of interest . |
| 25 | If only they 'd started when they were young like himself , there might have been some hope for them . |
| 26 | If she had picked on anyone else there might have been some hope ; but not a Felton . |
| 27 | In the past , when such knowledge was inaccessible or dangerous to promulgate , there might have been some justification . |
| 28 | I was hoping it might have been some tobacco . |
| 29 | It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle . |
| 30 | ‘ You sure you do n't mind me talking about your sister ? ’ he said slowly , with what might have been some sort of smile on his face . |