Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well , I hope it sustains him on his long journey into obscurity , because I intend to make sure Michael Stein never works in the travel industry again . ’ |
2 | Except I wo n't because I hate doing damn dishes in the morning . ’ |
3 | I know how you feel because I 've seen other girls go through it . |
4 | There are , and I know because I 've seen both sets of prejudices , prejudices from both sides . |
5 | But do n't 'ang about too long because I 've 'ad that Nottingham Forest on the blower . |
6 | Her kindness to me is because I 've expanded those Works . |
7 | because I 've known civil servants who 've been er members of my organization , I belong to the Socialist Party of Great Britain , the only socialist party in this country . |
8 | Oh well I 've it because I 've had two pedigree 's |
9 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
10 | ‘ But it does n't matter because I 've had another idea . |
11 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
12 | I erm I hope I pass on Thursday because I 've got two appointments on Wednesday . |
13 | ‘ Because I 've got dark hair , Mr Gooseneck ? ’ |
14 | I thought : No one is going to find me attractive , because I 've got one leg , so I might as well forget it . |
15 | I 'm not stopping eating Arthur , just because I 've got this weight on me . |
16 | Because I 've got some stuff for I B M compatible that she could play with . |
17 | Because I 've got some fu |
18 | ‘ Oh , she 's angry because I never do anything useful , and because I 've got red hair , ’ I said . |
19 | Well I have n't really because I 've got double glazing . |
20 | John Power if you 'd like to stay on the line just a moment , because I 've got another gentleman who wants to actually talk about that , it 's Les erm calling from Oxford — hello Les . |
21 | look , look , I , I , I 've got to go because I 've got another meeting to go to this evening , erm , what , what I , er what we need to do is to get this laid out clearly as to what our projections ar are |
22 | Well I 've got to get some jars from them because I 've got another lot of marmalade to make . |
23 | Because I 've spent more time trying it . |
24 | Mrs Kavanagh 's claim can not be , because I 've spent 25 years editing , arranging and completing his work . |
25 | But it 's sad really because I mean does all sorts of things with them which |
26 | ‘ I object to the principle of the PLR not because I wish to do hardworking authors out of money — I would be eligible for PLR but I have declined to register on principle . ’ |
27 | So I think that that 's an important point , because I do believe that weight is placed by the government on S S A. |
28 | I understand the concerns that people will have about the forthcoming changes , not least because I have seen similar exercises in IBM . |
29 | I 'm the general manager , your husband employed me , and because I have had enormous experience in running hotels , I would appreciate it if you would leave me to get on with my job . ’ |
30 | I only ask because I have had educational advantages , courtesy both of Cambridge and the fresh , clean-limbed members of Her Majesty 's prison service , that may have been denied to readers who , while possessed of many excellent and succulently moist personal characteristics are , perforce , less verbally erudite than moi . |