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

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1 ‘ Since we 've come so far , ’ he said , ‘ we may as well have another chat with Mrs Hatton . ’
2 We may as well start at the top , then . ’
3 The danger with this was that the longer it went on the more likely it became that both players and fans would get their priorities wrong , so that the feeling of ‘ we may as well concentrate on what we 're good at and not bother too much about Tests ’ would become steadily more predominant .
4 We may as well find out .
5 One had to be guided by the judgement of ‘ the true ladies and gentlemen ’ , argued the Society , or else ‘ we may as well adopt the proprieties of Bolshevik Russia ’ .
6 ‘ Now we have lost the horses we may as well go back by the paths . ’
7 There is in fact a detailed expression of Plan B , which we may as well call Plan C. It was put out earlier this week as a joint reconstruction programme for LA by the Bloods and Crips , the LA gangs whose truce in fact began before the riots began .
8 We may as well use these same descriptions even if there is no intention of shooting movies from detailed scripts , because they act as a useful discipline when we are shooting any kind of material .
9 If he goes on trial we may as well all start looking for other jobs .
10 If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party .
11 " Since our friends are n't here to push us , " said Bigwig , " we may as well make sure the place is n't crawling with stoats and owls before we go out . "
12 Because if I 'm going to check out the council elections and things we may as well go together and do our business there and annoy all the people at the council all at once .
13 Of course the field of view is 3-dimensional , so in principle we need only state three of these four coordinates , but there is no point in discarding information and so we may as well keep them all .
14 Eventually , Terry said , ‘ Well , I guess John 's right , we may as well carry on , ’ and ate a biscuit .
15 So We will wait for Andrew to come up with his amendments and therefore we may as well go through the rest of the agenda .
16 So as we can not predict human behavior , we may as well adopt the effective theory that humans are free agents who can choose what to do .
17 We sha n't be able to do a thorough coverage , I know , but it 's a relatively small area , and we may as well keep it under what control we can manage between us .
18 We may as well say goodbye now . ’
19 We may as well make a day of it , then start out early tomorrow . ’
20 If that is the case , we may as well throw all our debates and the report out of the window .
21 We may as well sit down and begin with sorting out what we can afford . ’
22 Mind you we may as well call the Leeds team ‘ anonymity-r-us ’ .
23 Yeah , quick f if a the end of the day it 's a quick fix we may as well take somebody we 've got
24 ‘ It 's obvious nobody 's going anywhere tonight , so we may as well play out the charade of being rational people .
25 Right , if you 're ready , darling , we may as well be on our way and pay our respects to the lady who made the complaint and set her mind at rest .
26 ‘ I 'm sure you are , but , seeing that the sergeant is watching , we may as well finish this off properly for his benefit . ’
27 Now , if you 're ready , we may as well leave .
28 We may as well call it a day now , though .
29 We can only rely on each other , and we may as well get one thing straight here and now , Dr Blake .
30 Not that there 's a great deal of point , Kathleen thought to herself , but we may as well go through the motions .
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