Example sentences of "[noun sg] might have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Levels of intermarriage , in the first place , varied considerably from republic to republic and from nationality to nationality ; and although the proportion of ethnically mixed families at the national and republican level might have been increasing , it did not necessarily follow that the incidence of intermarriage between each of the major nationalities had been increasing at a similar rate . |
| 2 | The scene might have been absorbing had I not been fighting to keep control of the wheelbarrow . |
| 3 | This way , everyone — including the other mums — has a chance to forget her bad behaviour , and you 'll break the habit of aggression that your child might have been getting into early . |
| 4 | A dragon might have been suffocating there . |
| 5 | But D.W. Winnicott may be helpful in this context in suggesting what sort of process might have been taking place . |
| 6 | Although the ball might have been slipping down the leg side , Taylor was adjudged lbw by umpire Tony Crafter , who was officiated in his 33rd Test , breaking Bob Crockett 's previous Australian record . |
| 7 | DeVore might have been lying when he said he had no motive in helping her , but he was right about Mach wanting her dead . |
| 8 | Engaged in a quarrel , in which some bullying might have been going on , the younger boy had produced a pistol and shouted : ‘ You wo n't touch me when I have this . |
| 9 | Her voice very nearly cracked at the thought that Fen might have been making love to his girlfriend only feet away from where she , Robbie , lay . |