Example sentences of "[modal v] as well " in BNC.
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| 31 | Besides , they cost so much , you might as well get some fun out of them . |
| 32 | You might as well enjoy it . ’ |
| 33 | I might as well get up — I could do with summat to eat , to tell the truth . |
| 34 | ‘ You might as well say take him on the swings in the park . |
| 35 | ‘ It 's just that I might as well have stayed in the sitting-room , that 's all . ’ |
| 36 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 37 | After all we might as well put all that hot air you produce to some good . |
| 38 | She might as well be pumping a bicycle ! ’ |
| 39 | As a result , the British can write novels and plays , even produce an occasional world-class painter but , when it comes to cinema , they might as well forget it . |
| 40 | Anyone who just wants to play arcade-type games might as well buy a games console . |
| 41 | You might as well buy an Atari ST , with its better built-in disc drive , to start with . |
| 42 | He was only a few miles away but for him it might as well have been a million miles . |
| 43 | Or if it can — there is a case for that too — it might as well be thought about first . |
| 44 | There is a nettle for a somebody — it might as well be the new Environment Secretary — to grasp . |
| 45 | They might as well have a badge on them saying Steal Me in big black letters . |
| 46 | 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 . ’ |
| 47 | He wandered restlessly about , and decided that the lie might as well become the truth . |
| 48 | Catherine was so quiet that she might as well not have been in the room and it occurred to him that he must train her to make some unobtrusive signal to him when she thought he was missing something . |
| 49 | He might as well get used to it , the cold . |
| 50 | ‘ You might as well take the whole lot , the orange and all , ’ said Philip . |
| 51 | He might as well not bother . |
| 52 | But we might as well eat the food anyway . ’ |
| 53 | Might as well . ’ |
| 54 | Since we 're in town , we might as well enjoy ourselves while we got the chance . |
| 55 | ‘ Oh heck , ducks , you might as well know . |
| 56 | Thought I might as well come down here . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ You might as well save your breath , ’ they had said . |
| 58 | Might as well have a go , eh , now that I 'm here ? — I 'll pay for us both , if that 's what you 're worried about . ’ |
| 59 | Might as well write my letters . |
| 60 | ‘ We might as well go home as stand here , ’ Otley said . |