Example sentences of "might [verb] been [verb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferguson 's promise was more praiseworthy than pondering how much Germany might have been holding in reserve . |
| 2 | The nursing home to which her husband has her committed after her eccentricity has become dangerous , and from which she and the other residents are eventually ejected to be cared for by an amorphous ‘ community ’ , might have been lying in wait for her from the day she was born . |
| 3 | ‘ Tom might have been talking in jest a while back , but there 's nothing to say you wo n't have another family between the two of you . |
| 4 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 5 | Official figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed industrial production declining by only 0.6 per cent compared with the same period of 1990 — a lesser decline than might have been expected in view of the Gulf crisis . |