Example sentences of "[noun sg] might have be a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was n't sure how she had expected him to react to her announcement — gratitude or admiration might have been a bit much to hope for , she acknowledged wryly , but even a faint hint of relief would have been something . |
| 2 | Though I suppose the trusted associate bit might have been a problem . |
| 3 | Nu might have been a village schoolmaster , or a teller of tales , respected for his piety . |
| 4 | They were concerned that the object might have been a hang glider who 'd got into difficulty . |
| 5 | This championship game might have been a dress rehearsal for the League Cup final ; instead it 's a battle of the moody blues with both Ards and Linfield licking the wounds after being knocked out of the competition . |
| 6 | Drained of its colour , the central square of grass might have been a stretch of water were it not for the absence of reflected buildings on its calm surface . |
| 7 | Stephenson admitted that the appointment might have been a mistake . |
| 8 | It was a bit everything-but-the-kitchen-sink on sexual politics , and its switches from comedy to Myra McFadden 's chilling incest victim 's song might have been a bit startling , but I still felt pleased with it and learned ( I hope ) an awful lot from it , mainly about structure which I find hard , and how to pinch plots from people who knew how to do it . |
| 9 | Dadda might have been a lot different , Stephen thought , if his wife had n't deserted him . |
| 10 | He believes fans would have preferred a more lavish packaging for ‘ Bizarro ’ and that its fierce edge might have been a reaction to signing with RCA . |
| 11 | They were white , decorated with a red emblem which Scathach thought might have been a bear . |
| 12 | The idea that the Star might have been a supernova was touchingly treated in a 1955 story by the science-fiction writer Arthur C Clarke , ‘ The Star ’ . |
| 13 | I think the image might have been a ghost-negative of doctor number one — his black tracksuit and powerpack plimsolls , and the satisfied wince he gave as he pointed at my chest with a shake of his head . |
| 14 | Ferguson ( 1989 , p. 5 ) mentions the idea that the pillar might have been a representation or reduction of a sacred tree . |
| 15 | With only around 1,350 candidates throughout the UK in 1992–93 , the availability of tuition might have been a problem ; however , as the subjects are ‘ shared ’ with the Banking Certificate , evening classes and correspondence tuition are widely available . |
| 16 | The warpscreen might have been a tank choked with bubbling prismatic frogspawn . |
| 17 | The victim might have been a crow , a jackdaw , a pigeon , even a pheasant , but it would n't have stood much chance against the peregrine 's talons . |
| 18 | The noise in the doctor 's throat might have been a groan or a growl . |
| 19 | SAM Torrance returned to action in the GA European Open at East Sussex National today believing that his sleepwalking injury might have been a blessing in disguise . |
| 20 | He also says that high prices and the Northern weather might have been a factor . |