Example sentences of "[ex0] might have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Until quite recently there might have been a sting of sarcasm in her voice , the anger of the betrayed . |
2 | There is the further difficulty that mortgagees , in circumstances where there might have been a conveyance or transfer at less than full consideration ( whatever that is in a matrimonial context ) , are requiring indemnity insurance to protect the mortgagee for an amount equal to the advance ( see Halifax Building Society practice notes 1992 paras 22 and 25 ) . |
3 | … then , without any question of resort to a court of equity , there might have been a defence in a court of law on the ground that any money recoverable on the note by the plaintiffs was recoverable by them merely as trustees for Sir Richard Temple , and that , under the circumstances disclosed by the correspondence , the relations between the father and son were such that it was impossible to suppose that the father wished to insist on payment of the note by the son . |
4 | I suppose there might have been a bit of unpleasantness . |
5 | The low line was closed about thirty years ago but there was never a track just where the lights were positioned ; distance is deceptive especially at night , there might have been a branch line , but maybe not ? |
6 | Roland said , ‘ We thought there might have been a correspondence . |
7 | A slight discoloration of the lining of the breast pocket of the jacket suggested that there might have been a tailor 's label , but if there had been , it had been removed . |
8 | He tried to move inside her , but she gripped him so tightly that there might have been a claw inside her vagina . |
9 | Judge Simpson said : ‘ I suspect there might have been a hint of sexual promise in the air but Mrs Tate changed her mind . |
10 | But there might have been a hint of defensiveness there , too . |
11 | For all Wexford knew or could remember there might have been a bank robbery in that city at that time . |
12 | Coming up , which would have been more serious , maybe , cos it meant there might have been a break somewhere or |
13 | There might have been a rug and a sheet missing from the bedroom a picture gone from the wall an incomplete rack of spice jars . |
14 | Walter Smith made the point yesterday that while there might have been a reaction on the part of his players today in a bread-and-butter league match , the atmosphere generated by an Old Firm game would bring out the best in them . |
15 | Probably because there might have been an echo of the headmaster in so public a request . |
16 | There might have been an improvement earlier with an expansion of the German economy , but that is now being deflated . |