Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun sg] because " in BNC.
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1 | Writing about this film thirty years later John Clellan Holmes recalled how as an adolescent he had been initiated into manhood by the momentary revelation of ‘ the soft , white trembling curve of Jean Harlow 's breast ’ , but even at the time Welford Beaton argued that it had succeeded at the box-office because more than any other picture we have had , it demonstrates that the true mission of the screen is to supply visual entertainment' . |
2 | Right they 're getting everything they want at the moment because erm er ease the situation . |
3 | ( At one conference delegates were told to talk at the floor because Special Branch had hi-tech microphones trained on the windows to catch the sound-waves . ) |
4 | ‘ The work is an incredible carrier of anxiety , ’ John Caldwell , curator for painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , says of the Biennale piece , ‘ In a pornographic movie , the people never look at the camera because we need to sense that we 're looking through a window , we 're safe , we 're the voyeur . |
5 | So do n't prejudge , the purpose of being there is to organize yourself , get a prime preparation about the customer , look at the area because that could be part of er your talking point so appropriate thing . |
6 | At the 14th , the par-5 , which is now the 15th , Jacklin looked at the scoreboard and Lee says to him ‘ Tony , do n't look at the scoreboard because I can beat all of them up there . |
7 | Problems should be measured at the start because : |
8 | Well I would probably want her not to have too much less than what she 's got at the moment because |
9 | Yeah , so they 're paying that off , er I think , I think they 're mad , I really do they only , they only pay a hundred and odd pound a month for this mortgage they 've got at the moment because they bought it , it was only sixteen thousand , well it was cheap it was before the boom |
10 | They 've asked him to look at the case because it makes a mockery of justice . |
11 | There is no reason to look at the ceiling because it no longer exists . |
12 | I believe that er we did n't er consider going to look at the development because it was quite clearly in the minds of a large percentage of us that it was contrary to the town plan and so we did not think it was necessary to do that . |
13 | Private Barry Aindow ( 23 ) said he fired at the car because he feared his colleagues ' lives were in danger . |
14 | ‘ I fired at the car because it was going into the rest of my team , endangering their lives . ’ |
15 | However , Beecroft 's attempts , little noted at the time because they were mounted from Fernando Po , proved much more successful than the highly publicized expeditions that set out from England . |
16 | Before Mr Boutros-Ghali 's announcement , Red Cross officials in Sarajevo said the city 's soup kitchens would begin closing at the weekend because they were running out of food . |
17 | Such criticism was doubtless deserved at the time because his films were to Hollywood what some of today 's tabloids are to the newspaper industry . |
18 | And Francis has yet to decide whether he can recall Carlton Palmer , who was axed at the weekend because illness has affected his form . |
19 | Then he said : ‘ You think it is too dangerous for any Baskerville to live at the Hall because of this supernatural hell-hound . |
20 | In the dressing room before kick-off , Ian wo n't need anyone to dangle pieces of raw meat in front of him and make him strain at the leash because he 'll be bursting to get stuck into the Turks more than anyone . |
21 | We can stay at the top because we 've got a good enough squad to keep us there . |
22 | They are the cat-lovers , gazing at the cat because they like it . |
23 | Our daughter wanted me ( Dave ) to preach at the funeral because she said , ‘ I do n't want my brother 's death to have been a total loss . |
24 | Well it does at the moment because erm I 've got really sore calves not from this from erm |
25 | Speedy wo n't agree at the moment because he 's writhing in agony and there 's a little bit of retribution that followed that . |
26 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
27 | It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting . |
28 | you know , for a few days like that , I mean th it , it , I al almost shudder at the thought because there 's so much else I would , you know , prefer to do with five hundred pounds . |
29 | I wondered at the time because it was professional jealousy after all , I suppose . ’ |