Example sentences of "might not have [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And who knows , Elvis might not have become the phenomenon that he did … |
| 2 | The company might not have liked the idea very much , but rising sales figures for diesels made it just about inevitable . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if foul play had not been suspected , even the overzealous Hassan might not have examined the spot too closely . |
| 4 | The historical ruler , who might or might not have made disastrous political mistakes , gave way to the woman who might or might not have written the Casket Letters ; and scholars plunged into the absorbing task of deciding whether letters whose originals had not been seen since 1584 , and whose texts had been translated from French into Scots and then back into French , were forgeries or not . |
| 5 | The aircraft was so silent , the atmosphere so eerie that as the medical team jumped from the ambulance they all began to fear the worst for the passengers inside — that they might not have survived the shock and impact of the crash landing . |
| 6 | Ellen called warningly , as though I might not have seen the gun . |
| 7 | Ok , he might not have instigated the move , but all he had to do was to reject terms . |
| 8 | On the assumption that he or she might not have carried the murder weapon away Wycliffe had ordered a search of the foreshore , and a police frogman was floundering about in the shallow off-shore waters like a porpoise on the point of stranding . |
| 9 | ‘ God bless John Lennon , ’ he proclaimed , for those who might not have got the message . |
| 10 | The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one . |
| 11 | And another boy might not have had the wits or the gentleness of this one . ’ |
| 12 | Without him we might not have won the Championship or be in a position to be playing Rangers . |
| 13 | After further discussions with the teachers , covering attitudes , methods and topics ( ‘ If a few more people had understood what inflation meant , they might not have won the election' ) , about a quarter of the teachers remained clearly of the view that mathematics education is , and should be , politically neutral . |