Example sentences of "[subord] well do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boil the potatoes until well done and mash with a little water to achieve a soft consistency . |
| 2 | ‘ Since I 'm home , ’ she said , ‘ I may as well do my duty . |
| 3 | If Klepner 's gon na get his job he may as well do the spiel . |
| 4 | ‘ You might as well do Il trovatore in German , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Naturally , he said , ‘ Well , if you are doing one western you might as well do two . ’ |
| 6 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 7 | As the brigade would probably simply knock down your door , you could just as well do it yourself . |
| 8 | Jane , 41 , said : ‘ I told them , ‘ If you are going to swear you might as well do it properly ’ . |
| 9 | I do not believe , though many readers are convinced of it , that this is what finally attracts them , otherwise they might just as well do a crossword puzzle . |
| 10 | In fact you might as well do the last one as well . |
| 11 | But if my cousin wants to contemplate the mysteries of the unknown , then he may as well do it in the middle of a Ch'noze snowstorm . ’ |
| 12 | After all , if I was going to die anyway , it might as well do some good . |
| 13 | Another point to hit home was that in those cases where girls are prepared to give up everything to play on the Tour , they might as well do the job properly . |
| 14 | I thought we might as well do it properly . |
| 15 | So I thought well I might as well do something , I know a little about . |
| 16 | I might as well do some work . ’ |
| 17 | The system may as well do it , and present the operator with each applicant within the vacancy in turn in numerical order . |
| 18 | But being steeped , like them , in the philosophy that if one did a job at all one might as well do it splendidly — or at least a good deal better than the Braithwaites — he had built a very decent stone school with a walled yard and a tiny house attached for the use of the teacher , where anyone who paid him rent for his mill-cottages or any of his other employees who resided elsewhere might send their children — to suit the convenience of the teacher — free of charge . |
| 19 | Might as well do it right , I thought . |
| 20 | She simply was n't destined to get any rest , so she might as well do something useful with the empty hours . |
| 21 | erm you might as well do a bit of a erm you know kind of give it a go and see what happens |
| 22 | Well that 's we need Christopher to do it as well do n't we ? |
| 23 | Erm might as well do that then had n't I ? |
| 24 | because she might as well have some A levels just in case or whatever , but erm you know I , you know she 's , you know , I can understand that actually , she 's being quiet sensible about it she said there 's nothing else I want to do and I might as well do something that I enjoy , you know , you 've only got one life have n't you when it comes down to it ? |
| 25 | Well you might as well do it and press the two together . |
| 26 | I do as well do n't I , ? |
| 27 | No I might as well do it on that bench there . |
| 28 | But they had one in the corner you see and I could see the back leg was gone said to Margaret an said I might as well do something of that , you know , to do up it 's the only one that they had there that wanted really wanted repairing , so the feller said ooh I do n't know he said hang on , I 'll look in the book . |
| 29 | Well you might as well do it as |
| 30 | it 's the sort of thing you notice when you complain you might as well do |