Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , business analysis may often suggest altering business practices rather than always reveal a need for computer information systems . |
| 2 | Given those odds , claims Salsburg , one might as well flip a coin . |
| 3 | You might as well watch a documentary about depressed women on Channel 4 . |
| 4 | I do not believe , though many readers are convinced of it , that this is what finally attracts them , otherwise they might just as well do a crossword puzzle . |
| 5 | erm you might as well do a bit of a erm you know kind of give it a go and see what happens |
| 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 | We may as well make a day of it , then start out early tomorrow . ’ |
| 9 | There were witnesses to that , so he might as well earn a bonus point by mentioning it first . |
| 10 | We might as well get a bag of chips |
| 11 | He might as well get a gun like Denis Hurley 's gun — and put it to her head and shoot her . |
| 12 | ‘ One might as well ask a tree why it grows , ’ Minton is said to have replied . |
| 13 | May as well ask a man to stop breathing . ’ |
| 14 | She might as well buy a year 's supply . |
| 15 | Anyone who just wants to play arcade-type games might as well buy a games console . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If they are not going to speak out soon they might as well accept a life sentence of watching Esther Rantzen . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , since everyone 's giving speeches , I may as well take a turn , ’ he said , and it was at once apparent from his voice that he had had a good deal to drink . |
| 19 | She might as well put a date to disaster . |
| 20 | er thing , and I thought I might as well use a frying a pan ! |
| 21 | We might as well use a tape up . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I might as well have a bit of a motoring holiday at the same time , ’ he explains . |
| 23 | Well aye , might as well have a bit of comfort . |
| 24 | I suppose I may as well have a drink now that I 'm here . ’ |
| 25 | They might as well have a badge on them saying Steal Me in big black letters . |
| 26 | While we 're out here , I might as well have a look at the sea . ’ |
| 27 | Now I 'm here , she told herself , I might as well have a look round . |
| 28 | I know , but er may as well have a look . |
| 29 | ‘ You might as well have a couple of hours on the settee , ’ Molly suggested , then turned away in her embarrassment . |
| 30 | ‘ We might as well have a rest . |