Example sentences of "might not have been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the whole block might not have been completed in its entirety before somebody moved in |
| 2 | I wonder also if the book might not have been packaged in a more sensible manner . |
| 3 | Instead of saying " shirts made in 3 different sleeve lengths " which might not have been noticed by readers , the advertisement carried the headline : " Is your husband in another man 's arms ? " — a proposition hard to ignore . |
| 4 | Halfway through this advertisement , I started worrying about whether it might not have been intended as a joke . |
| 5 | While this language might not have been chosen under Kennedy , the advisers of the new president , Lyndon Johnson , went on to cite specific grievances against Britain which would have arisen under any president . |
| 6 | In fact we may take it from the wording of Section 2 of the Definition Order that , during the conference questions were asked about the liability of individuals to repatriation , or Section 2 might not have been included at all . |
| 7 | John Aubrey records how Thomas Hobbes , the philosopher , was ‘ put into a Woollen shroud ’ at his death in 1679 , arguing that had Hobbes received the £100 per annum pension granted by Charles II in 1660 — ‘ At the Restoration , Charles II awarded him a pension of £100 a year — which , however , His Majesty forgot to pay ’ — then he might not have been buried in such a common shift . |
| 8 | ‘ But if you were Penelope Huntley you might not have been consoled by the thought that your children would inherit after Miss Morgan 's death . ’ |