Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remembering to take his weight on his elbows as a gentleman should and desperately trying to restrain his passion , he entered her gently , but firmly . |
| 2 | Since current levels of utilisation of native pastures are extremely low , being around 20–25% at best for Agrostis-Festuca and about 10–15% for blanket bog and heather-dominant communities , opportunities for improving utilisation should and indeed do exist . |
| 3 | Similarly , the Andante ‘ on an old German Minnelied ’ does not move along as freely and naturally as it should and so loses something of its song quality . |
| 4 | Whereas the discussion of strain and its measures involves kinematics only and may be conducted with no mention whatever of the forces that cause the deformation we must when considering stress involve ourselves in mechanics , that is , the nature of the forces operating on a system and the application of Newton 's laws ( we exclude in this discussion any relativistic effects ) . |
| 5 | Er , how do I get down at all , erm , of course that might not be a worry , you might and just remain in the realm for all eternity . |
| 6 | He continues crunchingly : ‘ You might as well advise them to win a gold medal in the Olympic 100 metres . |
| 7 | One might as well compare a soft grass path with a concrete walkway . ’ |
| 8 | There were witnesses to that , so he might as well earn a bonus point by mentioning it first . |
| 9 | ‘ We might as well face it . ’ |
| 10 | You might as well face facts . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Er , might as well move the next one in and that cell 's got a file linking formulae which is updated cos of the files in the memory . |
| 13 | I might as well move into the place . ’ |
| 14 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 15 | You might as well move . |
| 16 | At this point I might as well confess to being what is called in the trade a ‘ megalithomaniac ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ THE sheep industry is buoyant we might as well confess it , ’ said Lord Geraint of Ponterwyd , when he opened the National Sheep Association 's Hill Sheep ‘ 93 , the first specialist open day to be staged by the NSA 's Wales and Border region for three years . |
| 18 | IT might as well rain until September — Carole King . |
| 19 | One might as well welcome them , after all : there is not much point in rejecting them . |
| 20 | First , you will want to define the problem for yourself , but later it is equally essential to define the problem at the actual negotiation — we might as well check that we are both talking about the same problem ! |
| 21 | ‘ Might as well bring out several colours of that cordeeroy , ’ he said . |
| 22 | And he advised Premier John Major : ‘ Once you have accepted the slump in the pound you might as well bring them down more . ’ |
| 23 | If he is in there , then he is in there , and they might as well bring each other what comfort they can . |
| 24 | Might as well bring clothes and get ready here and |
| 25 | Might as well bring the clothes and stay here as go home , all the way home and all the way back again . |
| 26 | Right well yo well you might as well bring it down I 'll see if I can somebody |
| 27 | I might as well end the pain now . |
| 28 | ‘ The mothers 'll only be skivvies anywhere they get billeted , so I might as well choose my own place . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |