Example sentences of "[pron] might as [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The station cafe was still open so I decided that I might as well go in there . |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'll get much sleep tonight anyway so I might as well save it for food or something . ’ |
| 4 | In some ways I might as well have been in the Outer Hebrides , Now everyone 's got a car it 's difficult to explain how isolated somewhere like Kensal Green used to be in those days . |
| 5 | I might as well get up — I could do with summat to eat , to tell the truth . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that I might as well have stayed in the sitting-room , that 's all . ’ |
| 7 | I 've got Marc Bolan who wants to record day and night and is keen to go , and I might as well put my energies into him because you really do n't want to work very hard . ’ |
| 8 | Thought I might as well come down here . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I might as well ask , ’ SHe said . |
| 10 | I 've just come to realise : this is my life , I do n't know how long I 've got , I might as well enjoy that time being me , because I 'm stuck with this body , this face , this skin colour ; I have to make the most of it . |
| 11 | I thought : No one is going to find me attractive , because I 've got one leg , so I might as well forget it . |
| 12 | I gave him my breath until I was dizzy myself and I still would n't accept it was all useless , that I might as well stop . |
| 13 | — ‘ I might as well tell you what I know , ’ she said , ‘ for all the good it 'll do you . ’ |
| 14 | If I have to lift them for a match of that importance then I might as well walk out of the job . ’ |
| 15 | I might as well and all . ’ |
| 16 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 17 | I might as well have grown asparagus in the time . ’ ’ |
| 18 | At this point I might as well confess to being what is called in the trade a ‘ megalithomaniac ’ . |
| 19 | If I avoid it , I might as well be on a tourist bus , shielded from Tibet and from myself . |
| 20 | If I got ta wait for him , I might as well wait for you too , might n't I ? ’ |
| 21 | So I might as well just relax . |
| 22 | ‘ You and I might as well be getting back to Zimmerman 's , Richter , ’ said Moreau as they shuffled out into the street . |
| 23 | ‘ I might as well get a few elvers for our Mother while we 're here . |
| 24 | Well , I figured that if I was going to have to stick to 55mph all the way to Boston and back , I might as well make the most of it and see as much of the countryside as possible . |
| 25 | The copy began no less engagingly : ‘ The doctor said I might as well have it done ’ , said I , over meatballs and rice around the family table . ’ |
| 26 | I might as well take your details . ’ |
| 27 | If Dad is going to brand me an alcoholic I might as well have the game as well as the name ! ’ |
| 28 | So here I am in Edinburgh , same old place , thinking I might as well write and say hi ya ... |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I might as well be desired to drive twenty foxes to market . |