Example sentences of "he might have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have been using it to make him feel good and as a means to escape boredom or because he feels under pressure to join a group who were sniffing . |
| 2 | When he looked at the picture of Tace he might have been looking into a mirror . |
| 3 | Two , he might have been reclaiming the flag for non-racists . |
| 4 | ' … which he thought he might have been wearing that afternoon and then changed his mind and said he had n't , ’ continued Harris , unperturbed by the interruption . |
| 5 | He might have been reading her mind . |
| 6 | Rolle also hints that he might have been damaged in some way . |
| 7 | A GLASGOW bus driver said yesterday that he might have been blinded during an attack by a drunken passenger who had broken into his cabin and assaulted him as he drove through the city centre one Saturday evening . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's difficult to understand why he might have been moving badly going to the start — perhaps it was the dirt or maybe it was because the heat was so intense . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's difficult to understand why he might have been moving badly going to the start , perhaps it was the dirt or maybe it was the heat . ’ |
| 10 | He might have been killed ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He — he might have been killed ! ’ whispered Ann , hurrying down . |
| 12 | ‘ Is it possible , in your view , that he might have been killed because of his ‘ little campaigns ’ as you call them ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Do you know of any reason why he might have been killed ? ’ |
| 14 | He might have been watching over all of them for a century . |
| 15 | His stillness made them hesitate ; he might have been watching for fish but the stream was hardly large enough for trout , only minnows or sticklebacks Libby pressed close to George , they stayed on the path watching . |
| 16 | He might have been listening to Moses when he came down from the mountain . |
| 17 | Again , she felt she was only entertaining him as he might have been entertained by a clever child . |
| 18 | There was also there a vociferous ( John and later said they thought he might have been drunk ) Russian , about 35–40 who is currently on a short term study period at Florence University into the history of space travel and aeronautics . |
| 19 | Indeed , he might have been perturbed to think that I was diverting so much energy towards his defence ; but , so far as I know , he was ignorant of these interventions of mine , as I never showed him the letters or alluded to them . |
| 20 | In another mood he might have been goaded to further efforts by her extremely obvious , even insulting , indifference , but now , if anything , he was inclined to give her credit for it . |
| 21 | People were wandering in and out of that room the whole time , he might have been seen . ’ |
| 22 | He might have been intending to go back to his family and appear utterly horrified while breaking the news of my death . |
| 23 | Had he been there earlier he might have been asked a less direct question . |
| 24 | We think he might have been trying to find you . ’ |
| 25 | Another place where he might have been shot . |
| 26 | Gould might have been disorientated — his record of dates , distances and directions are sometimes unreliable ; he might have exaggerated the achievements of his expedition — he would not have been the first explorer to do so ; or he might have been misquoted by an over-enthusiastic press . |
| 27 | In repose Biff 's arm hung in mid-air ; he might have been recuperating in a wing of the Apothacarion with his limb in traction … |
| 28 | He might have been receiving her in the best parlour on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 29 | He might have been tempted to say , it 's sort of a job by which he meant , it 's something that I have to do . |
| 30 | Again , he might have been tempted to land and feed , but he felt an urging to fly on , to travel far , as if today of all days he would begin to feel freedom at last . |