Example sentences of "might have [verb] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If they had lost they might have wanted 3 a bit more .
2 ‘ Well , ’ said he , ‘ I might have handled that a trifle better .
3 Her agent — perhaps he was n't the best in the world — never got her an American tour which , again , might have made all the difference .
4 I told you that I loved him , that 's God 's truth , I love him and I tell you they might have made such a place just for him . ’
5 I suppose it is out of the question that one of our own police stations might have received such a notification , and failed to pass it on ? ’
6 If she had not so foolishly thrown away her life , perhaps she , too , might have worn such a gown !
7 Because if yo if you got to the end of testing and then you found an error , you might have to go all the way back to the beginning again , because what it affects affects something that you did earlier on , so you have to go back and test everything again .
8 In other cases , Zuwaya threatened reprisals for injuries suffered : they might have to make good the threat , but usually persuaded their antagonists to pay compensation .
9 Eliot himself might not have recognized them , just as he might have considered negligible the surface of his life which is apparent to biographers .
10 When one considers Godwin 's illustration ( Fig. 38 ) and Disraeli 's description in Sybil of such a room , where the loom is placed centrally ‘ so as to gain the best light which the gloomy situation could afford ’ , and the ailing wife and children lie on mattresses in the comers , it is not difficult to see why many , as well as Dickens , might have thought such a separation an improvement .
11 ‘ I might have expected such an answer from you , McAllister ; it fits in with the general picture , ’ said Dr Neil angrily , picking up his cane .
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