Example sentences of "might have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Another man might 've attempted to expose Bo-Bo to herself . |
| 2 | I do n't reckon she was so keen on being related to Miss Harker , though the others might 've turned out better . ’ |
| 3 | All the same , I think Mrs Fleming might 've tidied up . |
| 4 | I might 've guessed the worst when the scrum fell apart for me like the Red Sea . |
| 5 | Carlo and McGowan stood on either side of the embalmer , he might 've been in custody . |
| 6 | He woke on top of her , she might 've been a beach , he might 've been abandoned there by waves . |
| 7 | He woke on top of her , she might 've been a beach , he might 've been abandoned there by waves . |
| 8 | The tourist might 've been cake . |
| 9 | He was looking at the ground , he seemed to be concentrating ; he might 've been trying to remember something . |
| 10 | She might 've been calculating something . |
| 11 | It took any jokes he might 've made and threw them away . |
| 12 | Of all the films Ocean might 've obtained the licence to , they chose one that could only be described as mediocre . |
| 13 | In the past it might 've been written off as artwank . |
| 14 | The slow-crawl music they produced might 've been linked with hardcore , but it was really ‘ the end of rock , the dying throes ’ . |
| 15 | And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . " |
| 16 | ‘ Might 've known you would n't miss me — just my cooking and cleaning . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I might 've known he 'd be the first rat to desert this sinking ship . ’ |
| 18 | What they might 've been up to . |
| 19 | ‘ She might 've had two lots of make-up , and you do n't know how many nighties she 's got . ’ |
| 20 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 21 | It might 've helped if Ivor had bothered to be here . ’ |
| 22 | And I 've , I 've done that and it , there 's not one thing you can point to and say there 's no one in here because it 's several things , altogether , that indicate it , it might have been there 's no car on the drive , there might 've been , there might 've been milk still out . |
| 23 | And I 've , I 've done that and it , there 's not one thing you can point to and say there 's no one in here because it 's several things , altogether , that indicate it , it might have been there 's no car on the drive , there might 've been , there might 've been milk still out . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , he said he might 've killed somebody . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He might 've gone to the gym — |
| 26 | If I 'd ever done anything — made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance — it might 've been different . |
| 27 | Possibly because some of them might 've been councillors and knew the ways that sort of er things went on and how to get things done officially and above board . |
| 28 | Tried to cross the nighted ferry ; might 've made it but for a district-nurse calling unexpectedly . ’ |
| 29 | That 's a win lose , you might 've lost that time but you 're gon na get it back another time . |
| 30 | you might 've er I mean you did it right , it could 've been a bit stronger though , a bit more punch to it , er punch is n't the right word erm , you know , well okay look what I 'm really asking for Dave is your help , you know , when people ask you to help what would you normally do , you 'd help would n't you ? |