Example sentences of "over and done with " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're over and done with . |
| 2 | ‘ Well it 's over and done with . |
| 3 | She clearly has some worry about going in and out and wants to get it over and done with as soon as possible . |
| 4 | All along , Astorre had been longing to get the campaign over and done with . |
| 5 | I 'm glad it 's over and done with . ’ |
| 6 | Wright 's spot kick was so hurried it was as if he wanted to get it over and done with while no one was looking . |
| 7 | Well , that 's Christmas over and done with . |
| 8 | Now I 've got to save up and get it over and done with . |
| 9 | It 's all over and done with , not my fault if you did n't take it in then … |
| 10 | This might happen because the writer is tired , because he or she wants to get the writing over and done with ; but the fundamental reason seems to be that the writer has broken contact with the feeling that originally made him or her want to write the story or poem . |
| 11 | Eubank admitted : ‘ From what I can make out , this will be a good fight — unfortunately for me , because I like to get the job over and done with and go home with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , the whole thing was ridiculous , maintaining that white elephant when every school child knew that the Cold War was over and done with . |
| 13 | Heavy rain had prevented an ; y play on the first day at Old Trafford , and though high scores were not expected when play got under way on the second day , few people could reasonably have expected that the contest would be over and done with in one day . |
| 14 | Getting the turning over and done with as rapidly as possible demands violent measures . |
| 15 | This squirt of wheelspin which initiates the final turning phase is barely visible ; the turning is all over and done with by the time the speculator broadslides complete the rider 's acceleration out of the corner . |
| 16 | Come on then , she shouted silently , let's get it over and done with ! |
| 17 | You 're in the mood for a long spell at the crease , but the penis decides that it ca n't wait to get the game over and done with before heading back to the pavilion to put its feet up on the couch . |
| 18 | He himself was satisfied with Matthew 's apology , and wanted the unpleasant business over and done with ; but the thought of Beth waiting outside the door made him unusually bold . |
| 19 | You must n't tell him you 've seen me — that 's all over and done with . ’ |
| 20 | If they want to punish us , right , punish us , but do n't torture us , get it over and done with . |
| 21 | Yet she knew that if the scentless hothouse rose had symbolized something intangible about their relationship , the dead one surely signified something quite concrete : that it was finished , over and done with . |
| 22 | Time consuming and costly negotiations on pay settlements can be over and done with in hours instead of weeks , as each proposal is fed into the model and the implications displayed immediately for further discussion . |
| 23 | Edward said angrily : ‘ The sooner this divorce is over and done with , the better . ’ |
| 24 | Though the groom looked as if he longed to get the whole thing over and done with , he obeyed the dictates of tradition and refused . |
| 25 | Of course , more fool her for having succumbed to the moment , but it was over and done with , and that was the end of it . |
| 26 | Renner ( 1917 ) argued that as ‘ capitalism is now passing from its industrial to its finance-capitalist stage ’ so the old principle of nationality ‘ the democratic , nay revolutionary principle of the unity , freedom , and self-determination of the nation , is over and done with ’ , and the dominant national idea is now that of ‘ national imperialism ’ , promoted by the ruling classes . |
| 27 | It was that very feeling that all was unlikely , that anything likely was over and done with like last year 's cricket match , which was most frightening . |
| 28 | People standing around in heavy winter coats , stamping their feet and rubbing their hands , keen to have it over and done with . |
| 29 | She wanted to get it out , get it over and done with , and she could not have said anything worse . |
| 30 | He was here , expecting her ; she would get this ordeal over and done with . |