Example sentences of "[verb] done with a " in BNC.
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1 | It was Sally 's dying wish that he should throw himself into his role as country copper Inspector Reg Wexford — and that he has done with a vengeance . |
2 | The best she can do is to try to secure it by non-military , legal means , and this she has done with a fair measure of success . |
3 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
4 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
5 | Now I remember another chap , he got done with a pothole . |
6 | If he hopped into bed with you that night , he was only doing what he 'd done with a hundred and one others . ’ |
7 | Although , at that moment I could have done with a little less myself . |
8 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
9 | Her red suit was smart , but too bright a colour for her pale English pink and white skin , her brown hair could have done with a wash and her nails were ragged and bitten . |
10 | He knew he could really have done with a saw . |
11 | He could have done with a saw . |
12 | I think he could have done with a general chapter on the French State , which would have placed Diderot more firmly in his times and made clearer the difficulties he encountered . |
13 | I could have done with a little more natural variation in the sound , but seeing that all Kirk is probably going to do with it is leave it on the neck pickup , knock all the middle off at the amp and turn it up to an excruciating volume , it does n't have to be the most variable guitar in the world . |
14 | The little devils could have done with a firm hand ! ’ |
15 | I could have done with a few . |
16 | Chelmsford could certainly have done with a bigger pool of players . |
17 | It immediately grabbed my nose and twisted it round as it would have done with a fish . |
18 | Mesmerised by that wagging right hand , the South Africans he blew away on that dramatic fifth morning at the Kensington Oval in April could certainly have done with a few chunks of green kryptonite . |
19 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
20 | Not a cloud , not a shiver of cold air , though Liz for one could have done with a little less heat , as she wiped the sweat from her brow and sought the shade of a chestnut tree . |
21 | He could really have done with a steaming hot beaker of |
22 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
23 | Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor . |
24 | I could have done with a bit of support from you once in a while . |
25 | We did not collect as much objective data as we might have done with a white group . |
26 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
27 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
28 | I could have done with a bit of weeping and gnashing of the old teeth . |
29 | My time would only be impressive if clocked by sundial but I was pleased with it , though I could have done with a couple of gym sessions to get in shape . |
30 | yeah — gazza can be macca , batty and even strachan — and what 's more he can be cuntona : as good as our midfield is we could have done with a ‘ tales of the unexpected ’ -type of player — the player who does things no one thinks of before said player actually does it ( im not talking about cuntano 's new shirt look … ) |