Example sentences of "might [verb] [vb pp] such " in BNC.

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1 A staff with a heavy rounded handle might have done such damage , but the crater it had made was large indeed , and jagged , not regular .
2 I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’
3 I suppose it is out of the question that one of our own police stations might have received such a notification , and failed to pass it on ? ’
4 If she had not so foolishly thrown away her life , perhaps she , too , might have worn such a gown !
5 He thought again about how the changes which had occurred in the Southern Capital , to which Surere had now been exposed after so long away , might have affected such an inflexible heart .
6 When one considers Godwin 's illustration ( Fig. 38 ) and Disraeli 's description in Sybil of such a room , where the loom is placed centrally ‘ so as to gain the best light which the gloomy situation could afford ’ , and the ailing wife and children lie on mattresses in the comers , it is not difficult to see why many , as well as Dickens , might have thought such a separation an improvement .
7 ‘ I might have expected such an answer from you , McAllister ; it fits in with the general picture , ’ said Dr Neil angrily , picking up his cane .
8 Certain other events or conditions might have occurred such that we got yesterday but not last night .
9 It is not true that certain other events or conditions might have occurred such that we got the solar conditions but not last night .
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