Example sentences of "might have [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the batsman not ducked , the ball might have struck him in the solar plexus . |
| 2 | Oh well you may find you might have to renegotiate something in the summer term then I suppose , but you 'll just have to see it how it works out . |
| 3 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
| 4 | At home I might have fed it to the fish , but here I felt sorry for it and watched until it was time to move on . |
| 5 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 6 | If , for example , old man Jordan had come into the kitchen at that moment , Wycliffe might have seen him in the mirror ; but what of it ? |
| 7 | After all , she might have seen it on the ceptors and come out to help . |
| 8 | And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’ |
| 9 | Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against . |
| 10 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
| 11 | By this time I was feeling very friendly towards them and I might have said something to the effect : " If you will just mosey on down this trail ( meaning the main road between Cambridge and Huntingdon ) you will come to Alconbury , some 15 to 16 miles away . " |
| 12 | — as she might have said herself at the time ) . |
| 13 | She might then have sought and received public assistance or have pledged her husband 's credit with tradesmen : in which case the National Assistance Board might have summoned him before the magistrates , or the tradesmen might have sued him in the county court . |
| 14 | Such a context might have presented itself during the struggle to secure the passage of the Reform Bill . |
| 15 | You might have put it on the word processor and she could print off |
| 16 | I might have put it in the the bin . |
| 17 | Alternatively , you might have found yourself without the ready money you needed to snap up a bargain — like that washing machine you saw in the sales . |
| 18 | Had John Dorahy not rashly attempted a dropped goal on the first tackle in the closing stages , the Second Division side might have found themselves in the final . |
| 19 | I said you might have left it in the car . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've lost my lighter and I thought I might have left it in the car the other day . |
| 21 | We might have got her at the ferry . ’ |
| 22 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 23 | Had they followed the example of Aled Williams , who scored a scintillating try around the Neath cover , the game might have released itself from the siege strangehold . |
| 24 | I might have to modify it in the light of circumstances . |
| 25 | His voice was a mere whisper , but such was the effect of his words on the woman that he might have shouted them from the rooftops . |
| 26 | ‘ He might have thrown it over the cliff . ’ |
| 27 | She might then have sought and received public assistance or have pledged her husband 's credit with tradesmen : in which case the National Assistance Board might have summoned him before the magistrates , or the tradesmen might have sued him in the county court . |