Example sentences of "[conj] be done [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why the hell did n't I die and be done with it ! ’ frank said bitterly . |
| 2 | ‘ Come to the point then and be done with it . |
| 3 | Just convey the basic facts and be done with it . |
| 4 | Why in the name of God ! did n't you go over to Rome and be done with it . ’ |
| 5 | From this progression it becomes possible to consider chronic diseases either as acute illnesses from which we have not been able to recover fully or as arising from the individual having insufficient ‘ energy ’ , for whatever reason , to develop an acute illness and be done with it ! |
| 6 | Of course the legendary Super Champ ( why do n't they just bring it back and be done with it ) was the nearest thing to a ‘ Boogie in a matchbox ’ ( or , for that matter , why do n't Boogie ? ) and I suppose the Champ 12 forms an obvious transitional link between that and this new model . |
| 7 | I 'll take the English car and be done with it . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps one should have an artificial menopause and be done with them altogether . |
| 9 | And why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
| 10 | OK , so why 's he on the cover , and why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
| 11 | Jesus , I might as well go into a nunnery and be done with it . ’ |
| 12 | Both Simon Draper and Ken Berry had been vehement in their opposition to Branson even contemplating rehiring Wilson , and advised him to now tear up the contract and be done with it . |
| 13 | He considered whether the gun offered him an alternative ; whether it would be better to shoot himself now and be done with it , or fight on and try to take some of his enemies with him . |
| 14 | He might as well capsize the dinghy and be done with it . |
| 15 | You have to say something like ‘ God was always there ’ , and if you allow yourself that kind of lazy way out , you might as well just say ‘ DNA was always there ’ , or ‘ Life was always there ’ , and be done with it . |
| 16 | Just bandage the thing and be done with it . ’ |
| 17 | women coming into their surgeries , highly strung and th the answer to their problems is , give them a tranquillizer and be done with them ! |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 19 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |