Example sentences of "because [pron] be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very authoritative voice shouted : " Joe , I must come in because I am looking for a wing commander . |
| 2 | The conductor will say , ‘ So that I can communicate my ideas to the orchestra ’ ; and the orchestra will say , ‘ So that he can learn the repertory at our expense ’ ; and the manager will say , ‘ Because I am paying for all this and I insist you rehearse . ’ |
| 3 | " It is different now because I 'm playing for a living , " said Claydon at Walton Heath . |
| 4 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 5 | And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way . |
| 6 | I wanted to put a a morning on when I realised there was problems here just a morning an open morning which would of brought probably nine hundred thousand pounds into this building , in July I came in to try to see the Director of the playhouse I could n't go through the written way because I was waiting for exam date to come through . |
| 7 | ( Although I have twice referred to Milton myself , I did so because I was grasping for images to convey something of the reality of the Devil . |
| 8 | If you are going for a job that you have never done before , either from necessity or because you are looking for a change of direction , you should take care to prepare for this question by listing all the experience and personal qualities you have which suit you for the job . |
| 9 | Salon perms are expensive because you are paying for the expertise of the technician and their time — an average perm takes approx. two hours for short to mid-length hair , more if hair is longer . |
| 10 | I thought ‘ interesting ’ and kept it for pet for about three weeks ; I called it George , and people would give me extra helpings ‘ because you 're eating for two now . ’ |
| 11 | Just because you 're looking for win win relationships all the time that does n't mean that you 're gon na get walked over all the time because by being assertive and by this is this is really what I want , what is it that you want and looking , listening to the other person 's point of view as well as making sure your point of view goes across as well somewhere , somewhere in all of that through all this down here , there 's a way of finding something for both people . |
| 12 | Because she 's heading for trouble . |
| 13 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 14 | There was no time to get you because she was making for the gate . ’ |
| 15 | Maybe it 'll lead him to explain that he latched on to lust because something was missing for the moment in your relationship . |
| 16 | But to get why when er why we want to pay your commission and er it it 's because we are looking for three pieces of paper |
| 17 | The pattern is very much first half er , erm , loss or small profit , second half all the profit and in fact you should watch out for the bigger , the bigger Addison Wesley gets , the more the loss in the second half will be because we 're investing for that sale |
| 18 | " Because we 're going for a trip , " he said . |
| 19 | Erm , what I 'm , I 've just arranged somebody to redo our speaker syste our original system with tannoys , we blew our tannoys speakers , and I did n't bother getting them replaced because we were going for a rock crowd so we just used Bernie and Nigel |
| 20 | Here we had a man who we knew had serious problems that constituted a danger to himself and others , and we sat back , simply because we were waiting for him to admit he had a problem . ’ |
| 21 | Erm , yeah , I was gon na say , it 's not even just like listening to the radio , is it , because they 're catering for the , for the sighted , they 're not , you know , if it was on radio , they 'd say more , but I mean , it 's television , but |
| 22 | Paul Corrigan suggests that teenagers behave the way they do at the seaside , or at football matches , because they are looking for a memorable experience to balance the boredom of the rest of their lives . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 24 | They can not tell us because they do n't know and because they are campaigning for power at any cost . |
| 25 | This was important , because a national study in 1965 showed that one-fifth of women who were working part-time did so because they were caring for a sick or elderly person . |
| 26 | because they were paying for her house , she was n't her husband and herself did n't have to pay over there |
| 27 | That 's one of the reasons why a removal man when he comes into the place does n't start with one room , upstairs shall we say , and f empty that room then empty another , because he 's looking for sizes and shapes that will fit . |
| 28 | They could n't really disapprove of him , though they longed to , because he 's studying for the ministry . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Because he 's studying for the priesthood , ’ said Betty . |
| 30 | because he 's working for his course . |