Example sentences of "because [pers pn] have [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one day I my colleague attacked me for imposing my ‘ middle-class values ’ on the children because I had emphasized polite speech and decent manners in my sessions . |
| 2 | No we did n't because I had bought various things , I like antiques so does my husband , I 'd bought various things while he was away in this erm , the card table and er , I had a new place of stuff , er but since we 've been , but we had odd chairs did n't we ? |
| 3 | ‘ I was definitely not in my best shape because I had had major surgery in May for an ovarian cyst . |
| 4 | I know how you feel because I 've seen other girls go through it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I 've got dark hair , Mr Gooseneck ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , she 's angry because I never do anything useful , and because I 've got red hair , ’ I said . |
| 8 | Well I have n't really because I 've got double glazing . |
| 9 | I understand the concerns that people will have about the forthcoming changes , not least because I have seen similar exercises in IBM . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 13 | It is hardest for your year because you 've known other people to have erm |
| 14 | They 're getting them because you 've got old drug addicts going to the doctors getting prescribed drugs that is nay there . |
| 15 | A smooth skin also tans more evenly because you have removed dead skin cells . |
| 16 | Do not think , though , that simply because you have inserted cohesive devices the logical or rhetorical relationships of your essay are therefore adequately constructed . |
| 17 | The casting was still incongruous but , because she had gained enormous confidence , she began to look better , held herself tautly , lightly , and , by the Saturday matinee , gave a convincing performance of an eighteen-year-old girl . |
| 18 | I think it 's because she 's got good legs . |
| 19 | We 've got current on this axis , voltage on this axis , we 've got equal in this case equal potassium on each side of the membrane , so the reversal potential , here shown as the zero current intercept , that is the point at which the channel 's not passing any current , is zero millivolts , because we 've got equal potassium on each side , and we can simply draw a line through those data points . |
| 20 | The piles are driven down from above into the swamp , but not down to any natural or ‘ given ’ base ; and if we stop driving the piles deeper , it is not because we have reached firm ground . |
| 21 | ‘ But now I am happy to be here because we have made new friends and to get into the team is an extra bonus . ’ |
| 22 | In many respects we act in the shoes of solicitors and legal advisers because we have gained great experience in dealing with these matters . |
| 23 | So often we have fallen into the trap of jealousy because we have judged other people , or even ourselves or our situation . |
| 24 | How do we know this , however , of human artefacts ? — simply because we have had repeated experience of them and of the people who make them . |
| 25 | Dewey then identified the characteristics of practical judgments in terms of their tentative and hypothetical character and suggested that we may often misjudge what is to be done either because we have overlooked relevant facts or misinterpreted them or because we have misjudged the best course of action to be followed . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman 's region has benefited greatly from diversification , not least because we have encouraged inward investment . |
| 27 | Well I do n't know because they 've put new flues and everything on these fires . |
| 28 | She judges everybody by their star sign , too , avoiding Scorpios because they 've got a sting in their tail , Geminis because they 've got split personalities and Taureans because they 're stubborn , irrespective of the staggering complexity of human nature . |
| 29 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 30 | Yeah you 're going on as if , you started off on the fact that you do n't think we 've got any fear of them cos their kids are running round on the street and now all of sudden you say we have because they 've got nuclear weapons you say . |