Example sentences of "you [modal v] as well [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Infuriating it may be , but you may as well shrug your shoulders as the locals do and accept that these things are part and parcel of travel overseas . |
| 2 | You may as well go home . |
| 3 | In ‘ The logic of Waco ’ ( April 24th ) you state ‘ If a man has anti-tank weapons , you may as well bring in tanks . ’ |
| 4 | Come on now , you may as well tell us . |
| 5 | You may as well tell me the worst . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You may as well tell me the lot . ’ |
| 7 | You may as well tell me ! |
| 8 | You may as well forget the idea of banning things . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ If you are going to make cutbacks then you may as well stop talking about a parish ministry . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ You may as well start again from the beginning , ’ Schaffer said . |
| 14 | If you 're an artist preoccupied with what people think , you may as well give up . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Well you may as well give them a ring , you found their number did n't you ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ You may as well stay outside , there 's an awful crowd in there . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Very well , you are here and you may as well stay . ’ |
| 20 | Yes , , you may as well stay there if you like or you can come down or |
| 21 | ‘ You may as well sit down . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There was a time when I slightly resented that , but I realise now that you may as well sit back and enjoy it . |
| 23 | While the snow 's still good you may as well make use of it . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , you may as well come on in now you 're here . ’ |
| 25 | Obviously , you need a heavy bomb to cast the distance , so you may as well use bolt-rig tactics that will take a great deal of sag out of that great length of line when you clip up to the rod . |
| 26 | You may as well use it . |
| 27 | You may as well put it in the water . |
| 28 | A question of : you may as well have it , for ‘ it 's on the table ’ . |
| 29 | I am very much displeased with the freedoms you have taken with my name , and you may as well have real cause to take these freedoms with me . |
| 30 | And you may as well have it if it does n't matter because |