Example sentences of "as [adv] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that vegetable blue also must then as now have had a natural home ? |
| 2 | When he brushed some hair away from her face he might just as well have placed his hand on her most intimate spot . |
| 3 | Aunt Christine Smith stormed : ‘ He might as well have run over a dog . ’ |
| 4 | He might just as well have stipulated long white trousers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The fact that he was an outstanding , if not completely graceful athlete , that he played anything with a racquet commendably well — I remember battling him at tennis in the oppressive heat of Guaruja to an 8–8 deadlock before we both gave up to avoid heat prostration — that he is a better than average golfer and could just as well have played football or cricket and enjoyed all sports , made him less exclusively obsessive about racing . |
| 7 | My Mother was n't insured and the funeral director 's bill of £150 was a shock ( he might as well have asked for the moon ) . |
| 8 | She did n't actually say , ‘ Please hurry up , oh please hurry up , ’ but she might just as well have done : her mouth twitched as if she were muttering it inwardly , her eyes kept darting to the clock on the mantelpiece and there were red , nervous spots on her cheeks . |
| 9 | ‘ They might just as well have done , ’ she said despairingly . |
| 10 | Might as well have done it . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just that I might as well have stayed in the sitting-room , that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | Glen Webbe , of international fame and a target for League clubs , might just as well have stayed home decorating his Christmas tree for what he was called on to do . |
| 13 | Wednesday 's match marked the Dutch football federation 's centenary , although considering the side Holland were forced to field , Queen Beatrix might just as well have stayed at home and sent the centenarians a congratulatory telegram . |
| 14 | You might just as well have sent him out naked round the privates . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not an invalid , ’ she protested , but she might as well have argued with a rock . |
| 16 | He might as well have descended on the Palace , announcing that he had come for a stay . |
| 17 | He might as well have saved his breath — a sea of green benches confronted the Ulster members . |
| 18 | I asked , but I might as well have saved my breath because the plane suddenly climbed , banked , then began descending fast towards the island again . |
| 19 | She might as well have saved her breath . |
| 20 | She might just as well have saved her breath , because he kissed her anyway . |
| 21 | She might as well have saved her breath . |
| 22 | Time , these past 30 years , might just as well have stood still . |
| 23 | When they eventually got to Paris , they found that they might just as well have stopped and had a meal in Hanover . |
| 24 | For God 's sake , the silly little twinkle might as well have majored in handwriting or media studies ! ’ |
| 25 | As for the idealistic school , they might just as well have gone to North Wales or Derbyshire . |
| 26 | We might as well have gone on holiday to the Sahara Desert . ’ |
| 27 | He might just as well have said : ‘ It 's all very well asking for more money for the railways , but if the volume of rail freight were doubled , it would still be only a mere 16 per cent of the rail-and-road total . ’ |
| 28 | It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree . |
| 29 | Franks says Glynn died between nine and one , he might as well have said last night sometime . |
| 30 | He might as well have said , Do n't bother with the rest . |