Example sentences of "they might [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near . |
| 2 | People might 've messed around with it by putting this overhead profit to risk , they might 've put a negative er element in there , er they might 've put a high-cost element in there , they might put nought in there , so it 's very difficult to recognise that , that bill rates er from the labour , or the labour from the bill rate , there is n't a standard relationship , nowhere near . |
| 3 | Almost as a bonus they might have gained a very cheap solution to an expensive problem . |
| 4 | By this time they might have gained a portfolio They might well have got hooked . |
| 5 | I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding . |
| 6 | They might have precipitated a split between moderate and radical wings of the labour movement comparable to that which proved so critical to the stabilization of the West in the aftermath of the First World War . |
| 7 | On another day , they might have scored a handful but this was n't the night . |
| 8 | When the negotiations began at Dalat it was Giap who assumed the principal role on the Vietnamese side and while , as communists , they might have accepted a smaller but communist state that could conceivably have been free of the French , it was as nationalists that the Vietminh argued their case for indissoluble national unity . |
| 9 | Had the Lebanese gunmen not been so enthusiastic in their celebrations , they might have noticed a small but symbolic incident which cast a shadow over the Syrians ' arrival . |
| 10 | Most of the other mourners were listening to this with the same rapt attention they might have accorded a vaguely accurate account of Donald 's life . |
| 11 | Surely they might have got a cleaner , or a waiter , or even some other member of the committee . ’ |
| 12 | They might have forced a lot of corners , but they created nothing from them . |
| 13 | They might have had a miraculous escape . |
| 14 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
| 15 | I 'm not saying they 'd have been sucked down with the yacht but they might have had a rather uncomfortable time . ’ |
| 16 | If she 'd taken her courage in both hands , and told him of her true feelings , they might have had a chance to work something out . |
| 17 | ‘ They might have had a good sleep — but we certainly have n't ! ’ |
| 18 | Did you say somebody called but perhaps they had a key though , I wo n't say anything to her , they might have had a key . |
| 19 | If they 'd played badly they might have expected a hiding . |