Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She might still have shed a few tears when the dogs were put down but those tears could have represented a fitting tribute of respect to lovely creatures whom human beings treat so shabbily .
2 It will also have learned a few lessons in how not to go about setting up a business .
3 They might well have done a thousand years ago , but the Imperial Age converted that horizontal relationship into a vertical one so that Sri Lankan schools still teach vertical history ‘ Ceylon Under British Rule ’ and Senegal continues its cultural obsession with France .
4 I think she may even have said a few words to it .
5 You must surely have observed a few things about Fräulein Müller . ’
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