Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] as [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a cutting reference to Rovers ' multi-millionaire chairman , he scoffed : ‘ Jack Walker might as well buy Walker 's Crisps before he gets Roy Keane . |
| 2 | But Menzies Campbell , Liberal Democrat MP for North-East Fife , warned : ‘ If the submarine refit goes to Devonport and not Rosyth , the Tory Party in Scotland might as well go into receivership . ’ |
| 3 | If that 's how it is to be here the BBC might as well change its motto to ’ Anything for a quiet life ’ . |
| 4 | Australia may as well have been on another planet to post war Britain . |
| 5 | Over the past few games McAllister might as well stayed in bed for all he did IMHO . |
| 6 | Assuming the trustees use the loan to acquire Newco shares which they then distribute to employees ( relying on the Revenue 's press release of 5 December 1990 to ensure the trust does not suffer a capital gains tax charge ) , they will not be able to repay the borrowings , in which case Newco might as well have made a gift of the necessary funds to the trustees at the outset . |
| 7 | Oh dear If you 're not going to eat that piece of cake Mark may as well throw it out . |
| 8 | Mark might as well say it now . |
| 9 | Vologsky might as well try to take off and escape in a hot air balloon . |