Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
| 2 | What 's more they might have done him an injury if he had n't pulled off his cassock pretty smartish and turned back into Matt , which calmed them down . |
| 3 | I might have made you a loan , or found some other way to help you out . ’ |
| 4 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 5 | ‘ Although I must say , Julie , ’ she added , throwing her briefcase down on to a nearby chair , ‘ I do think that you might have given me the ‘ Gypsy 's Warning ’ before I left for work today ! ’ |
| 6 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 7 | ‘ They might have given you a rough ride at first , but you survived — more than survived ! |
| 8 | Ironically , one of Mr Yeltsin 's critics , Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , speaker of parliament , might have swung him a few votes by appealing at the start of the session for deputies to behave responsibly , seek compromise and encourage ‘ dialogue , not monologue ’ . |
| 9 | You know , hardly get a go-round in the in the Dictionary of Quotations but at least you got the person there which is right , but in actual fact , how I might have treated that and I might what might have grabbed me a little bit more would have been the story which I would be looking for , I 'd be looking for my journalist to turn that into and therefore you might as well try and do it for us , because journalists like , like count on your labour , as I |
| 10 | And er I think some people might have called it a slum , I suppose they were in a way . |
| 11 | Rick might have put it a little differently : ‘ The problems of the little people do n't amount to a row of beans in this crazy world . ’ |
| 12 | United put up a brave fight and a little more luck in the second half might have brought them a goal . |
| 13 | It was the sort of contribution to British life which might have brought him an honour . |
| 14 | It seemed to her that , despite all he had done , Ursula might have spared him a word or gesture of encouragement . |
| 15 | If a potential philanthropist did exist , he might have found it a deterrent that there was no established leadership to whom he could talk . |
| 16 | Isabelle might have left her the case , but she 'd hidden these things away , making sure they would n't be discovered at least while her husband was alive . |
| 17 | Maybe he thinks we might have improved it a little , even turned it into a bestseller . |
| 18 | Revelations about his string of dancing partners and unsuitable friends might have earned him a reputation not unlike Fergie 's . |