Example sentences of "that might [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 Partition had cut off the Pomeranian Poles from the areas of Poland that might have sustained a more confident sense of Polish national identity .
2 Watching him ride thus , strongly recovering from wounds that might have killed a lesser man , and whistling softly and contentedly into the sea wind , it was impossible to think evil of him .
3 Yet it even made a suggestion to CSM that might have made a dent in its sales graph .
4 She was a very tall and very fair and dazzlingly beautiful creature whose skin was goose-pimpled under the impact of McIllvanney 's air conditioning which was set to a level that might have made a penguin shiver .
5 ‘ Because you have a face that might have launched a thousand ships .
6 Every surface that might have had a fingerprint was wiped , every trace they could think of expunged .
7 The visitors bounced back with Mitchell heading wide at the far post and Cormac O'Donnell bursting into the box where Mark Donnelly 's tackle ended the danger in circumstances that might have brought a spot kick .
8 But yes , I grant you that might have seemed a bit odd to the members if it had n't been explained properly . ’
9 She had perhaps a few spoonfuls of oil ; she was told to pour those minute contents of her jar into jars that might have held a hundred times as much as she had .
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