Example sentences of "she [modal v] [subord] well " in BNC.
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| 31 | She might as well be wearing a notice . |
| 32 | She might as well let him get his excuses off his chest . |
| 33 | It was barely eight o'clock when she decided she might as well go to bed , but , when she headed towards the kitchen to make a suppertime hot drink , he followed her . |
| 34 | She might as well have saved her breath . |
| 35 | as if pleading helped — she might as well try to appeal to the better nature of a power-crazed tyrant . |
| 36 | It was clear he had more to say and she might as well get it over with in one go . |
| 37 | ‘ You are quite mistaken , ’ she said desperately , but she might as well have spared her breath . |
| 38 | Deciding she might as well get it over and done with , and indeed settle up , she took a deep breath , and pushed the study door wide . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | She 'd noticed an attractive country hotel on her way through Issigeac , and thought she might as well return there . |
| 41 | Below once more , with everything as secure as she could make it , she decided she might as well have an early night . |
| 42 | Whatever Carolyn did would n't please Bryony , that was plain , so she might as well get on with it . |
| 43 | She might as well put a date to disaster . |
| 44 | If there was going to be trouble , she might as well make herself as comfortable as possible . |
| 45 | If she went to Veronica with this story , she might as well tell her the complete truth . |
| 46 | It was n't until Thursday that it occurred to Loretta that if she was going near Oxford , she might as well call in on Bridget . |
| 47 | She might as well try Veronica 's house again , although she was disturbed to find that she was on the same track as hordes of newspaper reporters . |
| 48 | She might as well accept the challenge . |
| 49 | Her previous placatory approach had failed , so now she might as well just say what she believed . |
| 50 | She might as well have addressed her request to the tablecloth . |
| 51 | Watching the other girl jog into the distance , Lindsey hesitated fractionally before deciding that she might as well go for a swim anyway . |
| 52 | But within five minutes of her putting a foot on the pavement outside the large building she 'd found that she might as well be in a hot and steamy sauna bath . |
| 53 | ‘ One thing more — ’ She thought she might as well get in while she was at it . |
| 54 | And , on reflection , she might as well come straight to the point . |
| 55 | The American troupe were refreshingly different , innovative , but Virginia reflected afterwards that she might as well have been watching a film with no pictures , in a language she did n't understand , such was her lack of concentration on the details of that evening . |
| 56 | At this rate she was n't likely even to scrape the surface , and she might as well accept that . |
| 57 | She simply was n't destined to get any rest , so she might as well do something useful with the empty hours . |
| 58 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 59 | She had looked everywhere else and , although it seemed a long shot , she might as well look in there . |
| 60 | She was giving up anyway when the baby came , so she might as well go a little early . ’ |