Example sentences of "because [pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had taken the trouble to go to school , lessons had often been called off because someone had vandalized some necessary piece of equipment . |
| 2 | I opted for the neckband , as I usually do , because I like to do these double , so if the front bands go on first I have to do two buttonholes on the double fabric of the neckband . |
| 3 | If that 's being an idiot then I guess I 'm an idiot , and I 'll be a happy idiot because I like travelling light and having fun . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I hope it sustains him on his long journey into obscurity , because I intend to make sure Michael Stein never works in the travel industry again . ’ |
| 5 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | it , it may have been because I had raised some concerns , concerning that particular er statement |
| 8 | The time was right for me to leave , because I had become stale . |
| 9 | My dad says I ca n't have sweets because I had to have some teeth out . |
| 10 | We watched you come home , we saw you go into the house and I was all for going right in after you and confronting Imogen , telling you the truth , because I had learned all about how she had dragged you from place to place , from house to house . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | ‘ I was definitely not in my best shape because I had had major surgery in May for an ovarian cyst . |
| 13 | Then one day , when searching for a mattress , because I had put one of ours from the melin into one of the cottages , we were confronted with a problem we had n't anticipated . |
| 14 | In that same year I was posted to South Shields on the south bank of the River Tyne and quickly became aware that I had an enormous burden to carry , simply because I had spent all of my previous service on ‘ the other side of the river ’ . |
| 15 | Darius is struggling to finish his , and he 's smearing it round the bowl so it looks like he 's ate it , and I say I ca n't eat any more because I got to stay sober tonight . |
| 16 | Except I wo n't because I hate doing damn dishes in the morning . ’ |
| 17 | I know how you feel because I 've seen other girls go through it . |
| 18 | There are , and I know because I 've seen both sets of prejudices , prejudices from both sides . |
| 19 | I 've been round there twice because I 've swiped this , one I 've been round there |
| 20 | But do n't 'ang about too long because I 've 'ad that Nottingham Forest on the blower . |
| 21 | Her kindness to me is because I 've expanded those Works . |
| 22 | Because I 've done two two and then knit two and then you |
| 23 | Because I 've done some red I 'll do green . |
| 24 | That because I 've used those before not for golfing or anything like that but just as a general map of reference or |
| 25 | Then on a smile , he added , ‘ Very inadequately , it seems , because I 've scared half of the patients away . ’ |
| 26 | Is it because I 've hurt that insufferable ego of yours ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |
| 29 | I shall need a new one by the winter because I 've had that for four |
| 30 | Oh well I 've it because I 've had two pedigree 's |