Example sentences of "[modal v] [subord] [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might as well compare a soft grass path with a concrete walkway . ’ |
| 2 | There were witnesses to that , so he might as well earn a bonus point by mentioning it first . |
| 3 | She was giving up anyway when the baby came , so she might as well go a little early . ’ |
| 4 | You might as well watch a documentary about depressed women on Channel 4 . |
| 5 | Given those odds , claims Salsburg , one might as well flip a coin . |
| 6 | The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah was right when he said of an unlikely event that you might as well expect a leopard to change its spots . |
| 7 | The dividing line between the pro-cases and the contra-cases is so blurred and ill defined that you might as well toss a coin to decide it . |
| 8 | So if you are the best man , you might as well prepare a few words . |
| 9 | erm you might as well do a bit of a erm you know kind of give it a go and see what happens |
| 10 | ‘ One might as well ask a tree why it grows , ’ Minton is said to have replied . |
| 11 | They might as well have a badge on them saying Steal Me in big black letters . |
| 12 | Might as well have a go , eh , now that I 'm here ? — I 'll pay for us both , if that 's what you 're worried about . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You might as well have a couple of hours on the settee , ’ Molly suggested , then turned away in her embarrassment . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I might as well have a bit of a motoring holiday at the same time , ’ he explains . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 16 | Might as well have a proper look , while we 're here . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We might as well have a rest . |
| 18 | While we 're out here , I might as well have a look at the sea . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Might as well have a cuppa while you 're waiting . ’ |
| 20 | One guy had already arranged to sell his house and go and live in the Caribbean in 1998 because , as he said , ‘ You might as well have a decent last couple of years . ’ |
| 21 | Now I 'm here , she told herself , I might as well have a look round . |
| 22 | Then I re-thought about it and thought oh , I might as well have a go . |
| 23 | Visit to Australia cos we might as well have a long cruise . |
| 24 | well in that case then I might as well have a tested one and be stingy with it , erm oh where 's sage and onion , oh here we are , sage and onion Right quickly go and find nanny again cos we seem to have lost |
| 25 | so you might as well have a hundred pound for a car |
| 26 | Well aye , might as well have a bit of comfort . |
| 27 | overthrow local tyrants , take the armed forces from the landlords , it 's not , you 'd think they 'd all , they ca n't defend themselves now , we might as well have a go . |
| 28 | It says if you 've got an opportunity of escaping , you might as well assault a policeman because it makes no difference at the end of the day . |
| 29 | ‘ I might as well get a few elvers for our Mother while we 're here . |
| 30 | He might as well get a gun like Denis Hurley 's gun — and put it to her head and shoot her . |