Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was n't because I saw some guy and said , ‘ Hey , he gets a lot of girls , ’ or I saw some guy and said , ‘ Man , I want to be that guy , ’ because there 's no-one on earth I want to be .
2 ‘ We met on this show , got married , and now we 're getting divorced because I earn more money than him .
3 What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am .
4 But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody .
5 When I was very young — about 5 years old — I wanted to be a pilot because I had this girlfriend who was going to be a stewardess .
6 But I chose to do the instrumental album , even though it was a lot smaller scale , because I had more control .
7 I could n't be an A&R man because I hate that side of the business .
8 It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving !
9 I got muddled because I thought that teacher , it 's just a psychology .
10 Then why were you so mad with me because I made those arrangements ? ’
11 it 's my go because I took this card .
12 I linked both books to the theme of ‘ Outsiders ’ , not because of the title but because I felt both books told the story of two lives lived on the edge of society .
13 ‘ Simply because I felt some responsibility for you in Bruges , ’ Luke replied evenly .
14 Because I use this boat to travel around on .
15 Yeah well I was only in Gwindy for three years , then I went to Lewis Girls because I lived this end of I had to go to I loved Gwindy school .
16 Because I feel any tenderness towards my prison where all luxuries are insipid ?
17 Because I feel any attachment to this city or this world where I have laboured ?
18 Chairman Mao insisted on re-education : ‘ He said that despite our intellectual development , we still had dirty minds which must be cleansed by contact with true working classes — lucky again , because I learned much folk music from my colleagues .
19 Finally , I use dampened white toilet tissue to get rid of any hard lines that may have occurred in my sky , and most importantly I try not to overwork or rework the sky once I am satisfied , just because I see another effect .
20 I do n't blame the woman for doing as much as possible on television with in those advertisements because I think that woman have got only a short life in those ads because she 'd get bored with them .
21 Well I 'm just putting them on clean dishes because I think these dishes
22 There are quite a few fairly minor changes to the appointment contract procedure but I have n't , I do n't pretend , intend briefing those because I think most people can read .
23 Do stay with us , John , because I think this man has a good word to say .
24 Now might it not be also a very good idea then to report back to another public meeting with the results of those suggestions possibly done in a written form which could be freely available before the meeting so that people can discuss these in a structured way because I think this evening one of the problems about this evening is that points are being missed because issues are being jumped from one to another in no structured way and I think that it might be worth while for another meeting where it is structured but certainly to produce the results of your discussions internally to many of the ideas that you 've heard this evening .
25 ‘ I 've sold out , lock , stock , and barrel — particularly barrel — because I hated that pub , ’ he explained .
26 Because I have such regard for the right hon. Gentleman , it makes me all the more discontented to disagree with him about the proposition of permanent or automatic timetables .
27 Because I have little patience for people who waste their time on idle speculation without any evidence to support their suspicions — and now , ’ he continued inexorably , ‘ since we understand each other , I suggest you go and have your shower , get dressed and eat some breakfast .
28 They nibble hungrily at my legs because I have less hair to protect my skin .
29 ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’
30 I 'm afraid I have n't experimented with these overmuch , mainly because I have some cottons on cone that are not branded , lurking in the cupboard .
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