Example sentences of "[noun] might have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Ferguson 's promise was more praiseworthy than pondering how much Germany might have been holding in reserve .
2 McMenemy might have been thinking of Steve Williams , another promising talent who 'd already won six England caps when he moved from Southampton to Arsenal in December l984 .
3 This way , everyone — including the other mums — has a chance to forget her bad behaviour , and you 'll break the habit of aggression that your child might have been getting into early .
4 Tom might have been talking in jest a while back , but there 's nothing to say you wo n't have another family between the two of you .
5 The other monkeys might have been responding to a visual signal or they may have seen the leopard themselves .
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