Example sentences of "[vb pp] with the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | RESEARCH shows that as many as a third of all break-ins happen after entry has been gained through glass — often simply smashed with the nearest thing that comes to hand . |
| 2 | The argument was over Zack 's decision to close with the negotiator called Quinn and have done with the whole thing at two million dollars ransom . |
| 3 | ‘ It would have been better if he 'd killed me , and had done with the whole thing ! |
| 4 | Paintings which describe the natural world are indeed easiest for the critic to describe , since any observer can compare an object seen with the same thing depicted . |
| 5 | ‘ Taken with the other thing , you begin to wonder , ’ said Corbett Farraday . |