Example sentences of "what he might have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can study in these terms what an author has written against the background of what he might have written , had he failed to apply certain transformations , or chosen to apply others instead . |
| 2 | Otherwise Roman must leave within ten days and Stephen will never know what he might have achieved . |
| 3 | Aye , that 's what he might have said like before he could fax it up . |
| 4 | In a game that went to the fifth day only because many hours were lost to the weather — the actual playing time was two and two-thirds days — one was left wondering what he might have done had he been fully fit . |
| 5 | I found his blend of assurance , diffidence and wit beguiling , and I have often wondered what he might have done had he been born free . |
| 6 | We 'd never talked about that day , and we never again came near this old air shaft ; I do n't know what he might have done since but I 'd always assumed he was like me and just tried to forget about it , pretend it never happened . |
| 7 | Then I thought of what he might have done . |
| 8 | Maxim never knew what he might have done . |
| 9 | ‘ It kills me to think of what he might have suffered . |
| 10 | on other occasions , he would appear at society functions wearing a chunky-knit pullover and a pair of slacks — in defiant protest over what he might have termed ‘ the folly of fashion ’ ( if he 'd said anything about it ) . |
| 11 | on other occasions , he would appear at society functions wearing a chunky-knit pullover and a pair of slacks — in defiant protest over what he might have termed ‘ the folly of fashion ’ ( if he 'd said anything about it ) . |
| 12 | She tried to guess what he might have found out about Sabine Jourdain that did not hinge on her death . |