Example sentences of "because [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter . |
| 2 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 3 | is n't necessary for me to do my job , but because I have a personal interest . |
| 4 | She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails . |
| 5 | I do n't want to do that because I have a young family and I like living in Hoylake . ’ |
| 6 | The boys at school used to make fun of me because I have a crooked spine . |
| 7 | Though I suppose I was chosen because I have a better understanding of what they are about than your average pen-pusher . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I come across as being intolerant because I have a different sense of what is important these days . |
| 9 | This is probably because I have a romantic disposition . |
| 10 | I should like to intervene only for a moment because I have an important constituency interest in that Gatwick , a major inter-national airport , is within my constituency . |
| 11 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 12 | How to claim help because you have a low income |
| 13 | The most likely reason that waste pipes have frozen is because you have a dripping tap . |
| 14 | You can rest assured that you do not dive in just because you have a weak constitution ! |
| 15 | This is no time for pretending that all will automatically be sweetness and light , just because you have a deep affection for each other . |
| 16 | This is because you have a different role . |
| 17 | Because you have a crazy man in your spaceship — he 's in hospital now . ’ |
| 18 | Just because you have a damp wall , do n't assume the problem has to be directly above it — in other words , where the eaves used to be . |
| 19 | She will twist your poor rich senile arm to pay you out , because you have an airy house on the hill , and she goes home to a room in the damp and humid valley . |
| 20 | First I think it would run completely counter to our internationalist traditions to say that because we have a temporary difficulty , we do n't want the workers of the other er other eleven member states to benefit from a new Social Chapter . |
| 21 | Maybe it 's because we have a major problem with superfluous hair . |
| 22 | Not because we have a vested interest , personal or impersonal , in challenging , compromising or embarrassing the ecclesiastical establishment . |
| 23 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 24 | ‘ Because we have a good house already , with the new beds and windows . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's the way I want him because we have a quiet bunch of lads who need bossing about . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We would like to see British people come because we have a special relationship with you , ’ says Ali Said . |
| 27 | This is a mistake , though understandable , because we have a profound lack of role-models in this area . |
| 28 | Just as we find animal perception hard to imagine because we have a different mind structure to other creatures , so too do we have difficulty understanding their language . |
| 29 | ‘ No , and just as well really because we have a marked lack of success in that area ! |
| 30 | because we have a direct desire for these things . |