Example sentences of "because we have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 2 | Because we had a tender board operation which said you take the cheapest tender . |
| 3 | Because we had a long discussion about training needs , audits and all this sort of thing . |
| 4 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
| 5 | I know your ego finds that hard to believe , but just because we had a good time together for a couple of days does not necessarily mean that I 'm yours to play with whenever you feel like it ! ’ |
| 6 | I also joined Gaysoc , partly out of respect for a close friend ( and former boyfriend ) who had come out as gay , partly because we had a gay president . |
| 7 | That was because we had a sensible framework of industrial relations laws . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Maybe it 's because we have a major problem with superfluous hair . |
| 10 | Not because we have a vested interest , personal or impersonal , in challenging , compromising or embarrassing the ecclesiastical establishment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Because we have a good house already , with the new beds and windows . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's the way I want him because we have a quiet bunch of lads who need bossing about . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We would like to see British people come because we have a special relationship with you , ’ says Ali Said . |
| 15 | This is a mistake , though understandable , because we have a profound lack of role-models in this area . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ No , and just as well really because we have a marked lack of success in that area ! |
| 18 | because we have a direct desire for these things . |