Example sentences of "[vb mod] [conj] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , it means that once you 're caught in those waves you might as well give up . ’ |
| 2 | If the House were to follow Palmerston blindly , they ‘ might as well give up talking about science and art and the beautification of the metropolis ’ . |
| 3 | If you are going to cheat and sneak bars of chocolate or packets of salted peanuts into your cupboard to eat when no one 's around then you might as well give this book to somebody else . |
| 4 | Unless I get to her before they pay up we might as well give up looking ‘ |
| 5 | If acting was good enough for Dylan Thomas , who was probably his lifetime 's hero , if it was the world of words of David Jones and the wish of dear old Phil — then all in all he might as well give it a try . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell that brother of yours that we 'll catch him in the end so he might as well give himself up . ’ |
| 7 | If we have no understanding of cultural politics , of the way that civil society offers openings and opportunities for progressive change , then frankly , we might as well give up and just enjoy the ‘ consumer spectacle ’ . |
| 8 | Certainly without guns they had no hope , they might as well give up . |
| 9 | You might then find that having gone to the trouble of preparing a good speech and a joke just in case , you decide that you might as well give the speech anyway ! |
| 10 | ‘ When they 're very old you might as well give them things to eat . |
| 11 | They might as well give up on the spot . |
| 12 | He was not reading the district well this evening , he might as well give up and go home . |
| 13 | At this rate she might as well give him a blow-by-blow description of the last time they had shared the bench , and save him the trouble of remembering . |
| 14 | ‘ We might as well give up right now , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ We might as well give up and die right here . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You were saying we might as well give up and die right here , ’ said Granny Morkie helpfully . |
| 17 | in fact I feel the price we charge for concessions and youngsters is a giveaway we might as well give them away for nothing . |
| 18 | Just cos it 's your birthday I might as well give you one I suppose |
| 19 | If you 're an artist preoccupied with what people think , you may as well give up . ’ |
| 20 | But look up once from that paper , get up from the table to make coffee or stir the fire , even just raise your head to look at the view outside the window , and you may as well give up until tomorrow . |
| 21 | ‘ They may as well give us justice now and exonerate these men from this horrific crime . ’ |
| 22 | May as well give it straight to the bank . |
| 23 | Well you may as well give them a ring , you found their number did n't you ? |
| 24 | really I mean what you 're almost sort of presiding over is a sort of steady decline , really , but on the other hand I think some people think if you can make that as erm as sort of dignified as you can and actually give them sort of support when they actually need it , |
| 25 | I think that 's probably come down through the years and things are still that way for musicians : get them as cheap as you can and never give them the credit that they deserve . ’ |
| 26 | Things are still that way for musicians : get them as cheap as you can and never give them the credit that they deserve |
| 27 | ‘ While researchers can as yet give us no clear answers as to what this signifies ’ he said , ‘ it is probable that the brain will be affected by the chemical working environment as we nowadays know it in factories , office buildings with an unhealthy internal climate and polluted city air ’ . |