Example sentences of "because i have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We had to be washed , dressed , have our hair immaculate ( which was difficult because I had to plait mine ) , strip all the bedclothes off our beds ( which seemed totally a pointless exercise and got right up my nose the entire time I was at Styal ) , and fold them to a complicated and immaculate design — sheet , blanket , sheet all wrapped round with the counterpane and put at the end of your bed .
2 There was no time to think about it , because I had to pick Toby up at ten o'clock — at the crack of dawn , as he put it — to drive down to the Supersight factory .
3 Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues .
4 ‘ I thought it was food poisoning because I had prepared fish which I had not cooked properly and when the doctor arrived he thought the same way .
5 I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits .
6 When the bus pulled to a halt and I got off I was relieved because I had finished school and I had the weekend ahead of me so I could enjoy myself .
7 In fact I only had time now because I had left Rebecca parked in her pram outside the supermarket .
8 And , as we rode , we laughed because I had fought Duke Michael 's dangerous men — with a tea-table !
9 I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them .
10 I do n't think what you run makes any difference , because I 've run companies of very diverse natures and the principles that apply to British Steel at one end apply equally to a small company at the other end of the scale .
11 I intend to remain faithful , simply because I 've given infidelity a whirl and it does n't work for me .
12 You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace .
13 Yes , does that happen quite often , because I 've noticed people go home at about half past 4 at Eynsham .
14 ‘ Yes , and I hope you 're going to approve , because I 've made arrangements for them to come and stay here .
15 But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’
16 does n't it come back to the issue of wh who they trustees are and who 's interest , given that trustees are expected to be independent , in the end , who 's interests do the trustees represent , because I 've had experience of working with a pension fund that was in massive surplus and the actualar actuaries refused to agree their final report until that surplus was dealt with , so that the trade unions and the employer through the trustees had to negotiate a way of spending that surplus and er given the pressures of the actuaries to say we were not allowed th the funds to continue unless you deal with this surplus , then it comes back to the issue of how the Board of Trustees is made up and if we accept that there is a degree of representation on that Board , then just exactly how that representation is divided .
17 But er because I 've had requests I 've approached them and said , Well we 'll get your documents released and see see if we can speed matters up because use your experience .
18 I 'm not writing anything off because I 've had problems like this in the past which have suddenly turned round in a week .
19 Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’
20 ‘ She thinks the same as Dora , that Dieter 's only interested in me because I 've got money .
21 Because I 've got work to do
22 Because I 've got myriads of things to do .
23 I know how I would , because I 've got Nick .
24 Now I 've made a mess on your the these need wiping because I 've got butter on my fingers .
25 But I ca n't walk because I 've got emphysema and I 've only got about a third of a lung as well as arthritis to go with it .
26 ‘ You think because I 've spent money on you , lass — because your Dad 's spent money on you , you can do what you like now — eh Lily ?
27 Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV .
28 My mother made me take up tap dancing , because I 'd got sparrow legs .
29 Because I have loved life , I will love death also .
30 But I 'm beginning to enjoy it now and I positively like my regular spot on Going Live because I have to interview people which I love doing . ’
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