Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] as [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At this point I might as well confess to being what is called in the trade a ‘ megalithomaniac ’ . |
2 | Jesus , I might as well go into a nunnery and be done with it . ’ |
3 | I might as well go into the street and say , ‘ As president of the republic of Cubura [ a Belgrade neighbourhood ] , I demand half of Cubura . ’ |
4 | She gave me a weak smile and said : ‘ I might as well go to bed . |
5 | But I might as well go to bed . |
6 | But I might as well go to bed ? |
7 | Cos I 'm not going to Reading tomorrow so I 'm , I might as well go to football tomorrow instead use that |
8 | And that 's what she said I might as well go with David . |
9 | I 'll make sure May and June top up , because I 'm expecting to have a bad month in July , but because I 'm expecting to have a good month , I might as well go on holiday myself . |
10 | The station cafe was still open so I decided that I might as well go in there . |
11 | I 've got troubles now deep , deep troubles I might as well go in that way round . |
12 | I might as well move into the place . ’ |
13 | " I might as well come with you . |
14 | ‘ Seeing that I 'm awake , ’ he said , ‘ I might as well come with you . ’ |
15 | ‘ I might as well die in comfort . |
16 | If I got ta wait for him , I might as well wait for you too , might n't I ? ’ |
17 | Right , and this is this little bit of it , now , made them come back to us and say , well but yes , that 's not enough on its own , or that 's too much on its own , or whatever , or there is no hope , you may as well forget about this because we 've already done the study , or somebody in Japan 's already written off , whatever , but from this point in time , let us , as the sales company , get the information together as it relates to . |
18 | You may as well sleep under a hedge or in a doorway , and get arrested for being a vagrant , and get put in jail where you 'll be treated like muck but at any rate it 'll be warm and you 'll be made to have a bath . |
19 | Your hair may be well cut , but if you 're a trendy executive and your latest hairdo is just that tiny bit mumsy , you may as well hibernate for a few months . |
20 | Similarly , there is no point in heaving away at a recalcitrant waste pipe if you intend to replace it , so you may as well cut through it a short distance from the wall with a hacksaw . |
21 | The Town Moor draw 's favours are so unpredictable that you may as well stick to choosing a horse for its name alone . |
22 | Enslaved by the mindless dullness of fixed routine , Shirley has taken literally the realisation that she may as well talk to the wall . |
23 | Watching the other girl jog into the distance , Lindsey hesitated fractionally before deciding that she might as well go for a swim anyway . |
24 | It was barely eight o'clock when she decided she might as well go to bed , but , when she headed towards the kitchen to make a suppertime hot drink , he followed her . |
25 | She forgot to call the apartment again , and decided by two in the morning that she might as well stay at the clinic for what was left of the night . |
26 | she might as well sit on her gran 's |
27 | She had looked everywhere else and , although it seemed a long shot , she might as well look in there . |
28 | It had better not be it had better not yeah well you see see how important that I it it on the basis of your voice now you might as well walk out the door . |
29 | ‘ You might as well spit on it as go to them . ’ |
30 | ‘ You might as well pull in every bastard who works there . ’ |