Example sentences of "he [modal v] have [vb pp] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean really what he should have done if it , if it was that difficult he should have gone back another half a brick and the j bricked it up all the way |
| 2 | She reached for Miguel 's hand , but he must have moved back and she could n't feel him near her . |
| 3 | But Guido was there all right ; he must have come back without Ronni knowing , and he was facing Silvia in the enormous hallway , a fulminating tower of bristling black anger . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , he might have come back . |
| 5 | Assuming he was murdered , assuming that the murderer went first into the kitchen , then he could have crept back silently and attacked Berowne from behind . |
| 6 | ‘ He could have gone back later and done all the things he claimed to have done … ’ |
| 7 | He could have come back on that one , if he 'd really tried , but sometimes it was much easier to lie on the floor and watch the lights on the ceiling and listen to the count going on . |
| 8 | An inch higher and a thought quicker , and he could have climbed back down the rocks vindicated and free , with all his debts paid . |
| 9 | ‘ He could have slipped back . ’ |
| 10 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
| 11 | He could have doubled back to Gainsborough later . |
| 12 | ‘ If he was alive , he 'd have come back to us ! |
| 13 | He 'd have come back , was beginning to ; so many years bound us . |
| 14 | He 'd have come back at the weekend , most likely . |
| 15 | Richard would never have left anything behind anywhere , or , if he had , he would have gone back for it . |
| 16 | Ironically , Rockefeller was exactly that type of capitalist he would have despised back in England . |