Example sentences of "do it out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had done it out of love . |
| 2 | I should have done it out of school because in school everything is organized . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't put it past the old devil to have done it out of sheer bravado . ’ |
| 4 | I thought father had done it out of spite . |
| 5 | You 've done it out of grammar books ? |
| 6 | These concessions from the mining company seemed to point to another Irish solution to an Irish problem — ‘ We 'll do it but we 'll do it out of sight ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I know he 's indiscreet , but he does n't do it out of malice . ’ |
| 8 | if you can do it out of the bath , so I thought , oh , that 's it , get the razor |
| 9 | Er , er , we used to do it out in the muck yard . |
| 10 | I buy a packet of Silk Cut and carefully smoke a cigarette — making sure that I 'm actually enjoying it , not just doing it out of habit — while managing to fit in a couple of large and very refreshing G&Ts before the flight 's called and there 's just time for a single knocked-back whisky to provide a bit of nominal support for the Scottish export drive . |
| 11 | I 'm not doing it out of tradition but necessity , and these things should n't take too long . |
| 12 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 13 | Although erm his second idea second way of limiting the possibilities on is rather more difficult to accept now and his claim is that we should n't pay members of parliament , that people who go to parliament ought to be doing it out of duty and not out of er interest . |
| 14 | Why are you doing it out of school ? |
| 15 | This guy who lives round the corner had just come out and he 'd started up in business again and he was laying it on me a gram at a time and I was doing it out in bags . |
| 16 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 17 | THE eavesdropping ex-bank manager who sold a tape of Princess Di 's lovey-dovey phone chat admitted yesterday that he did it out of greed . |
| 18 | Perhaps she just did it out of the goodness of her heart — or perhaps ( and this thought provoked a fresh spurt of giggles in my throat ) half the little souvenirs that littered her room were tokens of gratitude — from Torquay , Margate and Llandrindod Wells — I pulled myself together with a great effort , and took my hands from my face . |
| 19 | I did it out of boredom , it was something to do , and for status . |
| 20 | I did it out of necessity . |
| 21 | I know he stabbed the portrait but he 'd got over all that and he never killed her … he did it out of sheer unhappiness and frustration … but that was months ago … you must believe me ! ’ |
| 22 | I thought that Wilko giving him the number 2 shirt this season was a positive sign , but I 'm starting to think that he did it out of loyalty rather than in expectation of a comeback . |
| 23 | My Lord m may I add one further matter , er , My Lord may I say on behalf of the family er the that your Lordship 's comments will be very gratefully received er , neither Mr or Mrs , although they 've sought recognition for what they 've done for their daughter , they did it out of their fond love for her but nevertheless having such a and such comment from your Lordship will be very , very good . |
| 24 | Well I only did it out of curiosity basically to see how much er , one spent in in calls with th , like Lyndsey in Hong Kong . |
| 25 | First , always do it out of a dark tone , preferably a uniform one . |
| 26 | And if you 're going to cry , ’ with a brooding look at her , ‘ damned well do it out of my sight and hearing . ’ |
| 27 | I do it out of friendship . ’ |
| 28 | And I said well you 'll have an interest to keep it clean I mean I 'm sure you just do it out of necessity when it 's not your furniture . |