Example sentences of "might have [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His parents might have done well to remember the ancient adage , ‘ Those whom the gods love die young ’ . |
| 2 | As events turned out , therefore , the management might have done better to realise that there are competing definitions as to what constitutes ‘ efficiency ’ . |
| 3 | The bourgeoisie remained unsuffering , and Marx might have done better to have the carbuncles professionally seen to . |
| 4 | I might have revived enough to struggle out , once he was gone . ’ |
| 5 | If she had known of how the Greeks slaughtered the bearers of bad tidings she might have taken longer to decide it was her duty , but , as it was , she saw no need to fear for herself , only for the person to whom she would relate the devastating news . |