Example sentences of "might [verb] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little bit I think that he was just concerned that perhaps there might 've been other people who might 've wanted to come and if people had rung up and you had had a waiting list something could 've been done about it |
| 2 | I do n't know whether , whether it might 've been worthwhile just questioning a bit more about the the link because he was obviously very keen on it |
| 3 | If I 'd ever done anything — made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance — it might 've been different . |
| 4 | I mean I think you 'll find that erm that there was an amaz you know I mean that , that while the language might have been simple it was n't simplistic and , but the change in a in a way now is around . |
| 5 | It might have been easy for Celia to persuade herself that it would all make little difference to me . |
| 6 | But if the then Prime Minister had been governing by decree based on policies formed by her own beliefs , credit might have been easy . |
| 7 | A hundred of these were ambushed by Corporal Aitken , unfortunately ahead of the platoon or his bag might have been greater . |
| 8 | In 1990–91 the figure was 2,853 , which is the third highest of that period ( 2,928 in 1985–86 , 2,952 in 1982–83 ) ; it might have been greater , for no manuscripts could be issued during the last five weeks of the year because of the installation of the new fire alarm system in the strong-rooms . |
| 9 | The prognostic value of this parameter might have been higher if the follow up of our patients had been longer , since some of the patients with high upper crypt labelling indeces who did not relapse might have experienced later recurrences . |
| 10 | The figure I think might have been higher if we had n't had some hot weather which er meant the fish were keeping rather low in the lochs , and it was difficult for the ospreys to find sufficient food . |
| 11 | For example , where 18 months ago the annual income on a level annuity might have been 13 per cent , now a new annuity might offer 12 per cent . |
| 12 | If it had n't been for Müller 's exposure , he might have been amenable . |
| 13 | The speculation might have been premature but Rioch has since applied for the job . |
| 14 | Sandys ’ proposed deployment of the Army might have been practicable if Afro-Asia had remained quiescent , and if the Army had been given the strategic mobility needed to compensate for its reduction in manpower . |
| 15 | Mum and Dad 'd come , get interviewed by the Chief Inspector : ‘ Do you think , Mr Marquis , that your daughter might have been involved in something more serious — breaking and entering , drug trafficking ? ’ |
| 16 | Limerick being warned not to drink their tapwater , as local authority officials worried that cyanide might have been involved in the spillage . |
| 17 | This business of him going missing … ’ began the Brigadier , ‘ It 's possible that he might have been involved in something big . |
| 18 | However , some reports speculated that Sikh extremists might have been involved in the murder . |
| 19 | They say they have only tenuous evidence Gary might have been involved in drugs . |
| 20 | The serious losses suffered by the party in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in 1989 were repeated on a larger scale , and the rout might have been complete had not the assassination of Gandhi reduced the anti-Congress ( I ) swing in the June polling . |
| 21 | Dead is dead , no matter who signs the warrant , though it might have been nice to think that BW had felt compassion when she typed that letter and a bit of respect , maybe , for Stoker Gerry McKeown of the Mercantile Marine . |
| 22 | Even then , all might have been well . |
| 23 | ‘ Just as it might have been possible for you also , madame , ’ he had said . |
| 24 | It might have been possible for Britain to enforce Anglo-American nuclear collaboration by withholding ore stocks , but to have done so would have reduced American production of fissile material to the Soviets ' advantage . |
| 25 | A IT was Powdery Mildew and it might have been possible to save the Begonias . |
| 26 | During your two years in Paris as Colnaghi 's representative , how much has your presence been of importance to selling as opposed to finding more sources of paintings than might have been possible from the London or New York base ? |
| 27 | Initially Verity Lambert was resistant to this change , only in retrospect agreeing this gave Susan 's character greater depth than otherwise might have been possible : |
| 28 | The memory was there , and recall at leisure might have been possible if your study techniques were good . |
| 29 | More involvement by Contact members might have been possible , with a radical reformulation of internal policies clarifying the group 's primary function . |
| 30 | Fifteen , maybe twenty years ago it might have been possible . |