Example sentences of "might have [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betrayers of the Truth might have been little more than a scientific rogues ' gallery and , as such , an entertaining if disillusioning read . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | For a few brief moments Carnelian 's face might have been that of a Polymorphine shape-shifter viewed at fast-forward speed passing through absurdly accelerated transformations . |
| 5 | It might have been that night I dreamed |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It might have been that thing that er that bloke puts in them . |
| 8 | There might have been some difficulty there because of Giles ‘ s position , because of the conflict of interest . |
| 9 | If only they 'd started when they were young like himself , there might have been some hope for them . |
| 10 | If she had picked on anyone else there might have been some hope ; but not a Felton . |
| 11 | It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle . |
| 12 | In the past , when such knowledge was inaccessible or dangerous to promulgate , there might have been some justification . |
| 13 | I was hoping it might have been some tobacco . |
| 14 | That is , there might have been some discernible difference in content between them . |
| 15 | In fact , had the recognised procedure been followed , there might have been some slight additional delay . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | There might have been some other more rational explanation , but it was not furnished to the House by the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | As a result , there might have been some minor publicity , but how right my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) was : people would have talked about there being no smoke without fire . |
| 20 | If the increase in child benefit had been a real increase , there might have been some logic in that . |
| 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 | That might have been some deterrent of some description . |
| 24 | She might have been any age between thirty and sixty and Wexford set the lower limit so low only because of her young children . |
| 25 | ‘ Imagine that ! ’ she had said again , to her escort , who wore white gloves , of course , because it was evening , but whose name she could never remember — it might have been any one of half a dozen — and whose fresh , young face was in shadow . |
| 26 | She said carefully , ‘ There is , of course , another way of looking at it , if you can bear , for a moment , to push to one side the thought that there might have been any spiteful intent on my part . ’ |
| 27 | The path that is output might have been any one of many equal interpretations . ) |
| 28 | There might have been more of these . |
| 29 | It might have been more it might have been |
| 30 | Well obviously we want the incident to be brought to an end and until it 's brought to and end you always have that fear that there might have been another tragedy . |