Example sentences of "[vb infin] done [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could 've done without the naughty words in the scrolly , but this is a minor niggle ( prude ! — Ed ) — Dutch Breeze 1 & 2 are mighty fine demos . |
| 2 | But I do n't at all mind saying what I think I should want done in the circumstances . |
| 3 | Afterwards he asked himself whether he did all that he should have done about the miners and the working men . |
| 4 | Eve looked out of the window down the town , standing as she must often have done over the years . |
| 5 | After the door shut behind him , she sat looking at it , wondering what she would have done over the years without him . |
| 6 | And I could n't have done without the bike . |
| 7 | However , one could have done without the editors ' patriotic digs at Australian journalists who are certainly no more chauvinist than British fans with typewriters ( or indeed television cameras ) . |
| 8 | The future still looks brighter than it would have done without the new plans . |
| 9 | I never asked her , but I do n't imagine oral penetration figured as high on her list of priorities as it did on mine , and she could probably have done without the anal variety altogether . |
| 10 | Dougal could have done without the B-movie dialogue . |
| 11 | In particular , she could have done without the bad jokes . |
| 12 | I could have done without the ‘ vote of confidence ’ the Board gave me a month ago … every football manager knows what that invariably means . |
| 13 | Could have done without the lip I got from the scouse stallholders though ( sample : ‘ The League Title cost a fortune in them days … ’ ) . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not want to view any of what has happened in a negative light , though it goes without saying that I could have done without the loss of our first-pick forwards for a game of this type . ’ |
| 15 | He took a holiday he should not have done during the Gulf War crisis when this country was facing its greatest possible crisis . |
| 16 | So how confident are you that potential adversaries will not have the capability in two thousand and twenty to make a mess of our runways as the Soviets would have done during the er the cold war ? |
| 17 | Her make-up she had purposely applied slightly more heavily than she would have done during the day , silver-grey shadow adding emphasis to her eyes , a touch of blusher for her cheeks , lipstick . |
| 18 | They would never have done for the vicarage windows . ’ |
| 19 | There 'll be no more lolling about on the Costa del Sol in future because too much Sol will have done for the Costa . |
| 20 | ’ It might have revived her career , as it certainly would have done for the 42-year-old Doris Day . |
| 21 | She looked on it , without telling him , as a way of exercising her voice , practising her breathing as she would have done for the stage . |
| 22 | If he had n't met you , what would he have done for the fare ? " |
| 23 | None of it would have done for the Grail Castle and the gentle remote creature to whose bed Grainne was going . |
| 24 | It would n't have done for the women to be met by his men . |
| 25 | Erm but that 's if you just progr project forward where we are cos we used up in , in three months what we should have done for the whole year so you 've only got ta do that , so we 've done a hundred thousand pounds this first quarter and if you 've four more , three more quarters there 's another three hundred thousand pounds over budget . |
| 26 | When they are grafted to a foreign site , they continue to develop as they would have done at the site of origin . |
| 27 | Just once , as the waves came up over her feet , she hesitated and gave a short gasp , as anyone might have done at the sudden cold . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose they might have done at the beginning , ’ he said , ‘ but by the time I can remember we had become part of the place really . |
| 29 | If they had , what would they have done with the bird 's skull ? |
| 30 | What Leapor would have done with the money can be surmised . |