Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [be] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rather similar , and equally mistaken , line of thought which might appeal is as follows . |
| 2 | would would help it , it 's it 's not quite secure enough , because it might have been before I arrived , but all the weaknesses show up |
| 3 | At least when he was not with her she now knew where he was but the comfort this brought her was not as complete as it might have been because he was also with Annunciata during those times . |
| 4 | He suggested this might have been because at the time an aircraft 6km up was dropping laser-guided bombs onto the next platform ( or target as they are usually known ) . |
| 5 | Our afternoon was not as enjoyable as it might have been because of a large number of supporters who had to stand alongside our seats in the east stand as they had purchased transfer tickets for seats and there were no seats for them . |
| 6 | If your original application was rejected by some or all of the institutions you listed , this might have been because it was delayed and did not reach the admissions tutor until after the course was full . |
| 7 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 8 | We suspected that this might have been because Coventry did n't score . |
| 9 | Charlie 's departure is the first of several , and this event is succeeded by the announcement of a further theme when the rabbi 's thunderings pass over the heads of his congregation and the writer notes : ‘ in later years I would wonder how different my life might have been if a few people , those closest to me , had been frightened — just a little . ’ |
| 10 | Just think what the reaction might have been if she 's responded by saying she had no plans to quit . |
| 11 | How much easier and clearer it might have been if it had been possible to say that both parents and husband were equally concerned and that they might all talk together . |
| 12 | He sounded as enthusiastic as I might have been if talking about paving stones in Manchester . |
| 13 | Then , quickly she opened the door and went out and left them standing in a half circle , silent , no laughter on their faces now , just memories of what might have been if they had had a child like the little girl who used to run into them , and a daughter as she was now . |
| 14 | We wo n't ever know what might have been if the two had met . |
| 15 | The excitement is in the expectation that , having been around and seen all that you can , the end product will be at least a little more interesting than it might have been if you had stayed at home . |
| 16 | Bartlett 's recall may be elusive , while the popular Roland Lefebvre is left pondering sadly on what might have been if he had not suffered that pre-season arm injury in a misplaced prank involving Sussex 's Brad Donelan . |
| 17 | She might have been if she was going at you would n't she ? |
| 18 | I often have wondered what the Dalek might have been if some other Designer had designed it . |
| 19 | A veterinary is what Uncle Tommy might have been if there had been the money to send him away to train , because he was very good with animals . |
| 20 | She might live to rue this impetuous decision , but at least she 'd never look back with regret on what might have been if only she 'd had the courage to dare . |
| 21 | I often wondered how different my life might have been if I had had a wife and family to come home to all these years . |
| 22 | It would be idle to speculate on what the figures might have been if it were not for the security situation . |
| 23 | Such simulations , based on observed system behaviour , can tell us how things might have been if we are looking at unrepeatable , past , events or how the system might behave in the future , if the transition probabilities remain unaltered . |
| 24 | And that hurt was slight , compared to what it might have been if things had n't happened the way they had tonight . |
| 25 | The movement revealed her face as it might have been when she was young , comely and a temptation to coachmen . |
| 26 | By now , the Amsterdam was heaving much as it might have been when the quays were lined with ships , although probably it was not half so fetid . |
| 27 | William of Orange , whatever his initial intentions might have been when coming to England , was now determined to obtain the English Crown for himself , and he secured James 's second , and this time enforced , removal from his Kingdom on 23 December . |
| 28 | He says that the circumstance might have existed as it did , the other events and conditions in the universe might have been as they were , and there might have been no smell . |
| 29 | Men have the advantage of better nutrition and education , and one question development communicators might pose is whether society ought to give greater responsibility for caring and educating children to the best qualified among us — the men . |