Example sentences of "he [modal v] have just [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He might have just taken a walk and got lost , ’ said Pascoe without conviction .
2 He could have just got the ferry to Fishbourne and spent a fortnight at Butlins .
3 It takes a very special person to dedicate so much of his life to helping others when he could have just milked the lecture circuit for his own gain .
4 All the facts of the case will be fresh in his mind and he will have just heard the mitigation of counsel .
5 Typically , he will have just encountered a major and overwhelming life event , such as loss of a spouse through death or separation , be in a state of ‘ shock ’ and have resorted to self-poisoning or self-injury as an acute reaction to the event .
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