Example sentences of "[noun] you [vb mod] as [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No , it means that once you 're caught in those waves you might as well give up . ’
2 And he advised Premier John Major : ‘ Once you have accepted the slump in the pound you might as well bring them down more . ’
3 I suppose you might not care for them , in which case you might as well be miserable at home .
4 ‘ I do n't see you have a great deal of choice , ’ he drawled , ‘ unless of course you wish to walk home — in which case you may as well forget our agreement .
5 If we 're gon na spend money you might as well go to Littlewoods or
6 ‘ Not I. You might as well call it Trouble up at t'Mill and have done with it as far as I 'm concerned .
7 Amy said : 'Look , if you 're not going to help with these envelopes you might as well go and put a new washer on that tap .
8 ‘ If you 're going to marry a madman you might as well find out what makes him tick ’
9 After all , if you 're going to marry a madman you might as well find out what makes him tick .
10 Oh there was a tremendous variety , but then there were all the same in , erm you look at the er the three light fitting er it hangs down from the ceiling and has three branches out from it and it either has three lights hanging down or three hanging upwards , er with four ordinary bulbs in or candle bulbs in and shades , sometimes they have four , erm , there 's still an awful lot of those about and any lighting shop you look in you 'll still see plenty of those er and yet they 've got a tremendous number of disadvantages , one thing , a lot of them got glass shades , if you break one shade three year 's time you might as well throw away the fitting because you ca n't get another one er , and erm it 's a design that does n't , it does n't lend itself to giving a good lighting in a room at all er , it they , they harsh glassware , the edges of the glass during all round the room and that sort of thing
11 In fact you might as well do the last one as well .
12 In fact you might as well sign the lot and give them to me . ’
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