Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah alright we 'd better go and put the flowers in because I put a lot of the plants out this mo today . |
| 2 | Have to get that documentation out the way because I 've a habit of of giving things back to people that I 'm supposed to keep . |
| 3 | I do n't know because I mean a couple of people have changed cos it 's the only time that they can have it . |
| 4 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 5 | Well because I think a thanksgiving service for victory and for praying for those who 've died on both sides , I think that 's perfectly reasonable , but a victory parade , goodness a hundred thousand Iraquis died . |
| 6 | And I will say that myself I was very promiscuous sexually , I will say that because I think a lot of people want to leave that out of the story , well not me thank you very much . |
| 7 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 8 | Because I do a lot of travelling on my own |
| 9 | There are great dangers in the royal family speaking out because I have a memory of the nineteen seventy nine , just prior to the devolution bill in the referendum in Scotland , when the Queen spoke out against devolution , now she in , in effect denied a large number of Scots the opportunity to have some sort of Scottish Parliament based here , and we probably would n't , I think , be debating this subject today , if in fact we 'd got that eleven years ago . |
| 10 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 11 | But all is not yet lost , because I have a plan . ’ |
| 12 | I tell you something , I tell you this as a friend , because I have a sympathy for you … |
| 13 | And this is not a sales pitch just because I have a contract with Wilson to make the clubs . |
| 14 | Do the books feel very hard because I have a tendency to pull my head back onto them with excessive and habitual tension in the muscles of the neck ? |
| 15 | ‘ It would n't matter much because I have a reputation , one that I 'm really stretching to the full in doing a feature on sunny Spain . |
| 16 | I still do a lot of recording , because I have a recording setup in my house and I 'm in there most every night I can . |
| 17 | ‘ People say because I have a wife and baby I 'm not committed as before do n't believe them ’ |
| 18 | Is the tape recorder still on because I have a word that is |
| 19 | I shall not be present for the statement because I have a series of meetings with hon. Members immediately after Question Time . |
| 20 | Erm , it interests me very much how people choose er not only in light fitting , but how you choose furniture and they choose designs generally , because I have a theory that er a lot of people do n't consider the practical things , maybe as much as you know like you or me when we 're conscience of that sort of thing |
| 21 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 22 | No , because I have a parish of my own . |
| 23 | but she 's had quite a lot of training in other things actually and with the man marketing department that they 've got there they might not need that the thing coming up I 've just had what 's interesting about that and what I do n't like about it is not to because I have a lot of respect for her . |
| 24 | They know how to set traps , they know how to ask you questions which will lead you into using emotive words , they will have you on tape , they will also possibly be in a position to edit that tape , and at the end of the day you can not say , ‘ I did n't say that , ’ because I have a piece of tape that says you actually did say it . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's partly make-up and partly because I drink a lot of water , ’ the princess replied , according to one of the home 's sponsors . |
| 26 | Is that because I can cook , or because I possess a mother , like other men ? ’ |
| 27 | I shall give way because I need a drink of water . |
| 28 | ‘ I will be playing in the reserves at Newcastle tomorrow night because I need a game under my belt to get ready for Zimbabwe 's qualifying group match against Egypt in Harare a week on Sunday . ’ |
| 29 | Then there came it think it was the gearbox or something went on the gar , you know , because I tow a caravan , and the car just would n't pull the caravan , and it was going to cost over a thousand pounds and that like . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're out of date because you know a lot ’ , one of his colleagues tells him . |