Example sentences of "might have had a " in BNC.
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1 | Also , the late Graham Chapman might have had a tribute more fitting to his debunking spirit than a discussion in which the presenter appeared to say the words ‘ epiphany-oriented . ’ |
2 | Barcelona had already been refused a penalty , but they soon drew level through Julio Salinas , the deceptively inelegant striker who has taken Gary Lineker 's reluctant ill-fitted role on the right wing and , on Saturday , made such a good job of it that he might have had a hat-trick but for Francisco Buyo 's reflexes . |
3 | You might have had a slightly harder time finding the money in 1965 than in 1964 , though . |
4 | I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this . |
5 | On the other hand , if Lewis had been allowed to live in this way , though we might have had a few more mighty works of literary history from his pen , it is doubtful whether he would have written the works for which he is more popular . |
6 | Voluntary organisations like the Rainer Foundation are at last being listened to and boroughs that ten years ago might have had a dozen children 's homes now have only a couple . |
7 | Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it . |
8 | Had it not been for a diving goal-line clearance from Laws , who replaced Charles after 23 minutes , McClair might have had a second . |
9 | They might have had a miraculous escape . |
10 | Still , they might have had a few more years left in them yet , and so in that respect , it was rather courageous of them to accept Nicholson 's script and Rafelson 's apparent decision that all good things must come to an end . |
11 | The painting , which represented the god of wine , Dionysos , might have had a happier fate had Mummius agreed to the bid of 100 talents made for it after the sack by King Attalus of Pergamum , but Mummius was intent on taking his booty to Rome . |
12 | It is rare to find in his writings any acknowledgement of the possibility that Britain 's dominion overseas might have had a less than immaculate conception . |
13 | When Myra was regressed she was unable to come up with anything which might have had a distressing effect upon her before the incident with her cousin . |
14 | I might have had a splendid pad , |
15 | Every surface that might have had a fingerprint was wiped , every trace they could think of expunged . |
16 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
17 | Hirst 's pace and power was too much for QPR and he might have had a hat-trick . |
18 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
19 | She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way . |
20 | This says that ‘ greater freedom of communication by those professional advisers to the regulators might have had a significant effect on subsequent action , and hence on the later course of events ’ . |
21 | His claim about South African involvement was subsequently ridiculed in the press and elsewhere in a way reminiscent of the scorn poured for so many years on the suggestion that British intelligence might have had a link with the Zinoviev letter . |
22 | ‘ Harriet might have had a glass or two that morning but she was n't drunk ! |
23 | Quinn might have had a hat-trick and added : ‘ The last two games have been among my best performances here . |
24 | Even Phyllis 's racial prejudice might have had a touch of the humorous about it , if it were n't so offensive and pathetic . |
25 | I thought he might have had a place at the Youth , it seemed to me that he might have been a leader if he 'd had the encouragement . |
26 | I 'm not saying they 'd have been sucked down with the yacht but they might have had a rather uncomfortable time . ’ |
27 | Walking into a parliament of psychologists , like the governing Council of the British Psychological Society ( BPS ) , she might have had a similar reaction . |
28 | The Times Diary suggested recently that parent company W H Smith 's reluctance to write off shopfitting costs estimated at £500,000 might have had a bearing on the newfound amity between the companies . |
29 | Unfortunately , I think they are few in number ; they are mainly young intellectuals who might have had a career but now can not . |
30 | One of the people with the piano might have had a pencil between their teeth , but would probably have been annoyed if we had taken it to mean the pencil and said : |