Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [subord] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly half an inch fell this morning , but it may as well not have bothered . |
| 2 | But it might as well save its money if it is merely going to flow out of the country into the pockets and profits of foreign firms . |
| 3 | Not in Switzerland , but it might as well be . |
| 4 | Only a few miles , but it might as well be the other side of the galaxy . ’ |
| 5 | But it might as well not be , because we can never know what is determined . |
| 6 | But it might as well have been a million miles away . |
| 7 | This leads some to claim it for immediately after the return , but it can as well be immediately before the flight , and in any case it dates the change securely to the time around 480 . |