Example sentences of "might as well [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He continues crunchingly : ‘ You might as well advise them to win a gold medal in the Olympic 100 metres . |
| 2 | One might as well compare a soft grass path with a concrete walkway . ’ |
| 3 | There were witnesses to that , so he might as well earn a bonus point by mentioning it first . |
| 4 | ‘ We might as well face it . ’ |
| 5 | You might as well face facts . ’ |
| 6 | Long time officials , lay officials , staff at the organization , you might as well face up to the fact colleagues , a lot of you will have to go . |
| 7 | Er , might as well move the next one in and that cell 's got a file linking formulae which is updated cos of the files in the memory . |
| 8 | I might as well move into the place . ’ |
| 9 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 10 | You might as well move . |
| 11 | At this point I might as well confess to being what is called in the trade a ‘ megalithomaniac ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ THE sheep industry is buoyant we might as well confess it , ’ said Lord Geraint of Ponterwyd , when he opened the National Sheep Association 's Hill Sheep ‘ 93 , the first specialist open day to be staged by the NSA 's Wales and Border region for three years . |
| 13 | IT might as well rain until September — Carole King . |
| 14 | One might as well welcome them , after all : there is not much point in rejecting them . |
| 15 | First , you will want to define the problem for yourself , but later it is equally essential to define the problem at the actual negotiation — we might as well check that we are both talking about the same problem ! |
| 16 | ‘ Might as well bring out several colours of that cordeeroy , ’ he said . |
| 17 | And he advised Premier John Major : ‘ Once you have accepted the slump in the pound you might as well bring them down more . ’ |
| 18 | If he is in there , then he is in there , and they might as well bring each other what comfort they can . |
| 19 | Might as well bring clothes and get ready here and |
| 20 | Might as well bring the clothes and stay here as go home , all the way home and all the way back again . |
| 21 | Right well yo well you might as well bring it down I 'll see if I can somebody |
| 22 | I might as well end the pain now . |
| 23 | ‘ The mothers 'll only be skivvies anywhere they get billeted , so I might as well choose my own place . |
| 24 | Pointing is tedious , so do n't break the pieces too small , but do n't use them too big either , or you might as well lay proper slabs . |
| 25 | As a result , the British can write novels and plays , even produce an occasional world-class painter but , when it comes to cinema , they might as well forget it . |
| 26 | I thought : No one is going to find me attractive , because I 've got one leg , so I might as well forget it . |
| 27 | You know the problem with putters , if they do n't feel right as soon as you pick 'em up and swing them , you might as well forget it . |
| 28 | it 's coming up to time now anyway so we might as well forget the break . |
| 29 | Goldie takes one look at Rainbow 's shaggy ankles and sighs ; Rainbow says that if she has to wear tights or stockings , we might as well forget the whole damned thing . |
| 30 | So might as well forget it . |