Example sentences of "be at the [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near me , in a white open-necked shirt with short sleeves was a stocky , rather wooden-looking man , who gave me a rather uncomfortable feeling of only being at the party because he had to be . |
| 2 | ‘ It is all a bit overwhelming and we are more frightened now than we were at the start because we know so much more about her condition . |
| 3 | He said you were at the Tower because of Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . ’ |
| 4 | But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu . |
| 5 | So I then , I do n't stipulate whether that 's during the week though or whether that 's at the weekend because I , I agree with what 's been said about they 're , they 're more productive during the weekend cos they do n't get the interruptions |
| 6 | The bank is at the centre because it is usually the only firm that does business with every other member of the group and thus also owns a small ( typically 3–5% ) shareholding in all the other members . |
| 7 | And it is at the moment because nobody 's buying any goods . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave , ’ said Major Astle . |
| 9 | Major Astle said : ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave . |
| 10 | ‘ I was at the NME because of punk rock really , ’ he says blandly . |
| 11 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 12 | One of my colleagues , John Savage , put it forcibly when he said in the programme that pure road racing — that is racing on public roads — was at the crossroads because of lack of numbers and I 'm inclined to agree with him . |