Example sentences of "as [adv] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll take yer to 'im , you might as well meet each other now . ’ |
| 2 | I might as well do some work . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If he is in there , then he is in there , and they might as well bring each other what comfort they can . |
| 5 | Those who want equal time for creation science in biology classes might as well make similar demands for Flat Earth theory in astronomy classes . |
| 6 | On the other hand , I 've got nothing at all against backing the scum.That way , if they lose and the bet does n't come up , you 're still happy anyway because they 've been beaten , and if they are going to win , you might as well make some money out of it . |
| 7 | May as well make some money . |
| 8 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 9 | If you are going to cheat and sneak bars of chocolate or packets of salted peanuts into your cupboard to eat when no one 's around then you might as well give this book to somebody else . |
| 10 | Since in your life and work you are going to do things anyway , you might as well kill two birds with one stone by doing and learning in parallel . |
| 11 | Those of you ( few , I hope ) who answer these questions in the wrong way , the stupid Philistine way , might as well close this book now and go walking about the world pretending to be real . |
| 12 | We can only rely on each other , and we may as well get one thing straight here and now , Dr Blake . |
| 13 | Besides , they cost so much , you might as well get some fun out of them . |
| 14 | One response to this objection , though , is that sooner or later you have to decide what someone means and how it is relevant to you ; so you might as well take that decision consciously , while you have the book or article in front of you to check . |
| 15 | Determined not to let him keep the advantage , she bundled the unwanted attraction she felt for him into a cupboard and locked the door on it , before retorting sweetly , ‘ Well , as your invitation was so pressing , I thought I might as well take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 16 | In the meantime , she might just as well take another look at those ledgers and see if she could make any sense of them . |
| 17 | I might as well pack this hand up . |
| 18 | and then er I thought oh I might as well put some veg in , you know , so I put some veg in , so when we , I says oh I 'll do this , I 'll do this stew , you know , nearly to finish it like , and erm when we come in we 'll have a meal ready for us , it were right nice coming into it meal ready |
| 19 | Obviously , you need a heavy bomb to cast the distance , so you may as well use bolt-rig tactics that will take a great deal of sag out of that great length of line when you clip up to the rod . |
| 20 | Might as well use this tape up and |
| 21 | I 've just come to realise : this is my life , I do n't know how long I 've got , I might as well enjoy that time being me , because I 'm stuck with this body , this face , this skin colour ; I have to make the most of it . |
| 22 | ‘ Might as well demolish this stuff ; I 'm not leaving it behind . ’ |
| 23 | I am very much displeased with the freedoms you have taken with my name , and you may as well have real cause to take these freedoms with me . |
| 24 | because she might as well have some A levels just in case or whatever , but erm you know I , you know she 's , you know , I can understand that actually , she 's being quiet sensible about it she said there 's nothing else I want to do and I might as well do something that I enjoy , you know , you 've only got one life have n't you when it comes down to it ? |
| 25 | Because she might as well have some A levels just in case or whatever . |
| 26 | Might as well have some light on the matter . |
| 27 | ‘ Since we 've come so far , ’ he said , ‘ we may as well have another chat with Mrs Hatton . ’ |
| 28 | Even those who had arrived in early 1939 or before did not as yet have complete command of English and this made communication with their new and sometimes reluctant hosts difficult . |
| 29 | We do not as yet have full details of the standard assessment tasks which will be used at the ages of seven and eleven and subsequently ; if they do not provide a means of screening for learning difficulty , and identifying the nature of the difficulty , a significant opportunity will have been missed . |
| 30 | We do n't as yet have any friends in the street , but we 're on Hello terms with a few neighbours , and frankly I would n't want them to see me putting all these flowers on a skip . |