Example sentences of "you might as [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might as well drink that now you 've opened it . |
| 2 | She took the flower-filled trug from Dr Neil , admired the blooms , adding briskly , ‘ Come along , McAllister ; you might as well make up for lost time , ’ and all three of them walked into the parlour , Matey and McAllister of necessity , since it was their only indoor access to the kitchen . |
| 3 | On the other hand , I 've got nothing at all against backing the scum.That way , if they lose and the bet does n't come up , you 're still happy anyway because they 've been beaten , and if they are going to win , you might as well make some money out of it . |
| 4 | I keep a supply of batteries to save the blasted generator , so you might as well make use of them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll take yer to 'im , you might as well meet each other now . ’ |
| 6 | You know the problem with putters , if they do n't feel right as soon as you pick 'em up and swing them , you might as well forget it . |
| 7 | As far as I 'm concerned , you might as well eat Whiskas . ’ |
| 8 | And he advised Premier John Major : ‘ Once you have accepted the slump in the pound you might as well bring them down more . ’ |
| 9 | Right well yo well you might as well bring it down I 'll see if I can somebody |
| 10 | The dividing line between the pro-cases and the contra-cases is so blurred and ill defined that you might as well toss a coin to decide it . |
| 11 | And like I say , if you 're gon na carpet it er not carpet it , you 're gon na cover it you might as well cover it totally . |
| 12 | In fact you might as well sign the lot and give them to me . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's no crime and they 'd have known anyway , but you might as well hold on to your dignity if you can . |
| 15 | ‘ I think you 've got what you wanted , so you might as well leave . ’ |
| 16 | You might as well move . |
| 17 | You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases … |
| 18 | The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah was right when he said of an unlikely event that you might as well expect a leopard to change its spots . |
| 19 | So if you are the best man , you might as well prepare a few words . |
| 20 | He continues crunchingly : ‘ You might as well advise them to win a gold medal in the Olympic 100 metres . |
| 21 | My mum said to me , " You 've left once , you might as well stay out . " |
| 22 | Anyway , now that you 've psyched yourself up you might as well stay there . |
| 23 | But as you 're here , you might as well stay where I can keep an eye on you . |
| 24 | Oh well you might as well stay cos five minutes . |
| 25 | Pointing is tedious , so do n't break the pieces too small , but do n't use them too big either , or you might as well lay proper slabs . |
| 26 | But since I am not real and they are not real you might as well stop reading at about this point . |
| 27 | No one would be more grateful than I if I could stop looking at every penny , but you wo n't catch Amsterdam so you might as well stop trying . |
| 28 | You might as well face facts . ’ |
| 29 | Long time officials , lay officials , staff at the organization , you might as well face up to the fact colleagues , a lot of you will have to go . |
| 30 | ‘ You might as well spit on it as go to them . ’ |