Example sentences of "well [vb infin] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not want to go , but Dana said we had better do as they asked . |
| 2 | As such , they are part of an extremely ancient tradition for Assyrian mothers who used to scare recalcitrant children with the scarecrow Narses ; and a warning widely repeated today is very similar : ‘ You 'd better do as I say , or the boogeyman will get you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd better do as I say , Shih Herrick and get me out of here . |
| 4 | If this stranger was who he claimed to be , he supposed he 'd better do as he was told . |
| 5 | ‘ But you 'd better do as he tells you . |
| 6 | Come on , you 'd better do as he says and look after me , or you 'll end up in trouble . |
| 7 | We 'd better do as she says or we 'll not get a cup o' tea . |
| 8 | Acne spots may well lessen as you get older and your hormones settle down , but by that time , you may have some scarring . |
| 9 | Restrained as he may now appear to be , his precariously balanced control might well snap as his passion mounted . |
| 10 | ‘ I may as well begin as I mean to go on , ma'am . |
| 11 | It sounded good Mick , I mean it 's your first year and I was n't gon na come up here , but I thought I might as well start as I mean to go on . |