Example sentences of "might have [been] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He woke on top of her , she might 've been a beach , he might 've been abandoned there by waves . |
| 2 | possible , it might 've been a joke and she had managed to convince him unclear |
| 3 | I think the image might have been a ghost-negative of doctor number one — his black tracksuit and powerpack plimsolls , and the satisfied wince he gave as he pointed at my chest with a shake of his head . |
| 4 | He says he might have been a clerk or a waiter if he had gone ; he sees very clearly how circumstances makes lives . |
| 5 | More detailed examination shows that the burial at Cnoc na Faire , Ardnave , contained the skeleton of a girl and under her there was a rusty object which might have been a spear head . |
| 6 | Lavender , an intelligent , thoughtful man nearing 40 , might have been a guerrilla chief in another war . |
| 7 | Stephenson admitted that the appointment might have been a mistake . |
| 8 | He thought now it might have been a mistake . |
| 9 | This might have been a mistake , he now reflected , as he seemed to have indigestion . |
| 10 | Nu might have been a village schoolmaster , or a teller of tales , respected for his piety . |
| 11 | The monastic chronicler in later Wessex who wrote up the entry classifying the invasion seems to have got his dates wrong ; recent scholars have suggested he might have been a quarter of a century too late . |
| 12 | There is the further difficulty that mortgagees , in circumstances where there might have been a conveyance or transfer at less than full consideration ( whatever that is in a matrimonial context ) , are requiring indemnity insurance to protect the mortgagee for an amount equal to the advance ( see Halifax Building Society practice notes 1992 paras 22 and 25 ) . |
| 13 | It might have been a lie . |
| 14 | It was in 1927 for example that Kenneth Macpherson speculated whether those early film audiences had not just been distracted and drawn mindlessly from the streets but rather it might have been a case of ‘ the people getting in some dim way the fact that there was something under their eyes , a sense of life and expectancy ’ . |
| 15 | And came to the uncomfortable conclusion that it might have been a warning … |
| 16 | It might have been a Seiko , but I could n't be sure . |
| 17 | Though I suppose the trusted associate bit might have been a problem . |
| 18 | With only around 1,350 candidates throughout the UK in 1992–93 , the availability of tuition might have been a problem ; however , as the subjects are ‘ shared ’ with the Banking Certificate , evening classes and correspondence tuition are widely available . |
| 19 | Later I learned that the wedding had nearly been postponed , as the two families thought I might have been a terrorist uttering a veiled warning against the nuptials . |
| 20 | The low line was closed about thirty years ago but there was never a track just where the lights were positioned ; distance is deceptive especially at night , there might have been a branch line , but maybe not ? |
| 21 | It might have been a relief to confide in someone , to get another person 's opinion , especially as Richard had known Elise . |
| 22 | The victim might have been a crow , a jackdaw , a pigeon , even a pheasant , but it would n't have stood much chance against the peregrine 's talons . |
| 23 | The maid fled to her room but could still hear Mrs Putt 's shrill voice until there was a brief , muffled scream , followed by a whole series of sounds that might have been a fight . |
| 24 | It is also a question we would ask about the tomb of a knight , whose collar suggests he might have been a Lancastrian . |
| 25 | Again those expressions of disgust : I might have been a leopard trapped by big-game hunters , when mercy did not enter into their thoughts . |
| 26 | It might have been a necklace . ’ |
| 27 | He could not see where Terry Place and his killing of William Egan , nor the idea that he might have been a poisoner , fitted into all this , perhaps nowhere , but his violence seemed to have a kind of a parallel in the Essex cases , which might illuminate his own problem . |
| 28 | Zervos had a huge dense beard that might have been a cutting from the grotto 's undergrowth . |
| 29 | In former times he might have been a nobleman 's factotum , now I dare say he is a film director 's personal assistant , and he leans forward obsequiously to catch his companion 's every word . |
| 30 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |