Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] might [subord] well [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if that happened you might as well hide your head in the hedge . |
| 2 | Besides , I did n't think I could now save enough to make a significant difference to my standard of living when I retired , so I decided I might as well enjoy it while I had the chance . |
| 3 | Pamela decided she might as well make herself useful . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Below once more , with everything as secure as she could make it , she decided she might as well have an early night . |
| 6 | It sounded good Mick , I mean it 's your first year and I was n't gon na come up here , but I thought I might as well start as I mean to go on . |
| 7 | Then I thought I might as well go and look for Sabine . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I saw the Dateline ad. and thought of joining other smaller agencies , but thought I might as well get the best . ’ |
| 9 | I could n't sleep so I thought I might as well get going . ’ |
| 10 | I thought I might as well get personal . |
| 11 | I 've been sat there all evening nobody 's eaten it so I thought I might as well get on and eat it |
| 12 | Determined not to let him keep the advantage , she bundled the unwanted attraction she felt for him into a cupboard and locked the door on it , before retorting sweetly , ‘ Well , as your invitation was so pressing , I thought I might as well take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 13 | Me own stuff was all ragged and I thought I might as well nick something decent , it 'elps a girl , knowing she 's dressed decent . ’ |
| 14 | But I 've got one in the do-it-yourself shop here you see , and I thought I might as well put one in Val 's two shops . |
| 15 | er thing , and I thought I might as well use a frying a pan ! |
| 16 | Thought I might as well come down here . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I thought I might as well have a bit of a motoring holiday at the same time , ’ he explains . |
| 18 | ‘ Soon I thought I might as well try to get into a band and so I answered a few ads in Melody Maker and joined a few bands . |
| 19 | ‘ Initially I planned this simply because I wanted to go from coast to coast , but then I thought I might as well try and raise some money for the hospice which is on my beat . |
| 20 | Thought I might as well try it out . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she went on practically , ‘ these were left after I 'd taken my fill , so I thought you might as well have them . ’ |
| 22 | Thought you might as well have the kingsize . |
| 23 | She 'd noticed an attractive country hotel on her way through Issigeac , and thought she might as well return there . |
| 24 | Clara , uninvited , thought she might as well step in , so she did . |
| 25 | ‘ One thing more — ’ She thought she might as well get in while she was at it . |
| 26 | I thought we might as well do it properly . |
| 27 | ‘ They had just finished shooting it , so we thought we might as well make use of it , ’ says Peter . |
| 28 | The government put this here after ‘ Forty-six because they wanted one spot of safety in a wilderness of hatred , and because they thought they might as well get some good of this country once they 'd ruined it . |
| 29 | However , he had bought land from the New Zealand and Australia Land Company on good terms and he thought he might as well take the chance of a place while he could . |
| 30 | He did not believe himself to be any the wiser as regards the reason for it not firing , but he thought he might as well try again . |