Example sentences of "we might have [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 2 | But for the quick thinking of the two officers — the first with his hunch about north Wales , the second with her code breaking — we might have lost the whole team . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We thought we might have to spend the night down there and that 's when we started getting a bit worried , ’ he said . |
| 4 | We might have found the pair of scissors that killed Nicola Sharpe . |
| 5 | ‘ But after that show we might have deserved the points . ’ |
| 6 | She goes we might have won the prize yeah . |
| 7 | ‘ I think we might have got the bastard , ’ said Dexter , taking deep breaths to calm himself . |