Example sentences of "might [adv] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it might not have been counting when I think of it , cos it 'd be one guide coming out . |
| 2 | Presenting their greatest hits as a pension plan nest egg might not have been playing the cutting edge game but , blimey , who is ? |
| 3 | It was n't jerky , just a little unsettling , and Maxim might not have been asking so many questions if he 'd been able to sit back and watch the countryside flow past . |
| 4 | What , you might not have been going to ask but I 'll tell you anyway , was their favourite food ? |
| 5 | There are signs that an upturn in consumer spending might already have been appearing ; keeping Mr Major in Downing Street ensures that that recovery is under way . |
| 6 | ‘ Though of course he might just have been making routine checks . |
| 7 | Bowe might just have been demonstrating an innate sense of psychological testing techniques . |
| 8 | Before Nathan entered , her mind had been filled with the prospect of playing Lady Macbeth at last , and to all appearance she might still have been thinking of nothing but that . |
| 9 | Grace O'Malley , the Pirate Queen of Connaught , might still have been living there . |
| 10 | It would therefore be incredibly naive to conclude from the PIMS data that it is erroneous for companies to increase capital intensity — when their snapshot was taken by PIMS they might still have been waiting for their day to come . |
| 11 | He might even have been standing up as he tasted the first mouthful . |
| 12 | He might even have been planning to meet her at the restaurant direct … |
| 13 | I do n't think he was any more upset , but I might n't have been paying attention . ’ |
| 14 | Some of the 15 year olds might well have been helping underground , but ignoring this , it leaves us with 174 adult underground workers . |
| 15 | With 20 : 20 vision , hindsight is very easy , but if only some of the things that are now happening at Asfordby had been accepted more readily a few years ago , we might well have been having a very different debate today . |
| 16 | He might well have been working a small place on his own behalf . |
| 17 | He was making for a taxi , which might well have been waiting for him . |
| 18 | ‘ You might almost have been eavesdropping , Connie . |