Example sentences of "[pron] might have [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | I 've always , I might 've had a little moan , but I 've always to myself |
2 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
3 | ‘ Because if you try to do anything so misguided I might have to give a Press interview to explain just why I got under your skin so badly ! ’ |
4 | Although I might have layered a lot of notes on one part it 's still basically , say , a D minor chord or whatever . |
5 | ‘ I might have kicked a few people in my time , and some would say I got away with it for twenty years . |
6 | I might have made a mistake to turn down offers when they were there . |
7 | Ken , would you say though that erm one or two recent announcements connected with these judgments , I think including the er the judge in a recent M C C case which actually went I think against the administrators , b on shares but actually the judge said if the argument had been made that er these assets were held er on a trustee basis , then I might have made a different decision . |
8 | Given a set of circumstances — and of course more height — I might have completed a turn onto an adjacent runway , but from low down and with a suitable field ahead I should have treated the reduction as an engine failure , and made an early decision to land . |
9 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
10 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
11 | He turned west , down to the hotel at Loweswater where , as he was to report to Newton , ‘ I might have landed a fine salmon trout . ’ |
12 | I might have had a different man , a bigger apartment , a bigger car , travel that way instead of this . |
13 | I might have had a splendid pad , |
14 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
15 | I might have had a word with him if I 'd caught him . |
16 | If whatever happened to Summerchild had n't happened , I think , once again , then … then Timmy and I might have had a rather better quality of life . |
17 | ‘ I might have had a hat-trick and I wanted that . |
18 | ‘ I might have had a chance if the fates had n't conspired against me , but my left leg 's still giving me some stick . |
19 | I think I might have caught a cold . ’ |
20 | ‘ I might have to stretch a point for Rory Collins . ’ |
21 | Thought I might have got a chance at Pat Weaver , but you 're too efficient for me , Mister Doyle . ’ |
22 | I might have tried a few quick manoeuvres to lose those shadows . |
23 | I might have to unbend a few things , though . ’ |
24 | If it was definitely linked to her death I might have to break a promise — which I 'd hate doing because the repercussions for the crew could be very serious — but it 's too vague to go to Foucard and run risks with other people 's livelihoods . ’ |
25 | Each of them might have engaged a separate average adjuster to advise him : had these not agreed , a dispute could have arisen between the parties which they might have submitted to arbitrationa somewhat unusual course in business of this kind . |
26 | To the south , across a wasteland which might have become a park , is the House of Science . |
27 | Furthermore , although there was no shortage of surgical complications which might have formed a focus for psychological discontent , the researchers noted that ‘ even those who had experienced complications tended to underrate their seriousness and to express satisfaction . ’ |
28 | In addition to regulating the lives of the Christian subjects of the Merovingian kings — and also to circumscribing the activities of the Jews , the one recognized religious minority in the kingdom — the bishops at least tried to monopolize the local centres and objects of devotion , which might have presented a focus of religious power outside their control . |
29 | He got off the mark with an uppish straight drive for four , which might have given a less myopic bowler than Malcolm a return catch , and in Malcolm 's next over , he attempted a square slash which , if he had got an edge , might have prevented him ever setting foot in India again . |
30 | There are the rare cases , as with the bronze and brass Etruscan statuettes described above , where a few moments spent performing a surface analysis can unequivocally solve a problem , which might have remained a stylistic conundrum for ever . |