Example sentences of "because [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You 'll save a lot of wear and tear on your hands if you buy a stainless steel trowel , because nothing causes more blisters than using a rusty trowel .
2 Because everyone uses one set of data , specifications are consistent , standards are uniform , there will be no inaccuracies caused by recopying , and products can be updated quickly .
3 Yeah , because I like little children
4 She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did .
5 I then broke away because I saw two fighters above on the port side .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before .
8 ‘ We met on this show , got married , and now we 're getting divorced because I earn more money than him .
9 Actually , on stage it 's also mixed because I put one Fender cab on top and a Marshall cab on the bottom and then a Marshall cab on top and a Fender cab on the bottom .
10 If you 're here because I said certain things about you after the race , you can sod off back south right now . ’
11 I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men .
12 Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour .
13 Mum was getting very panicky at 8.30 am because I had one sock on , a jumper round the wrong way and my shirt collar in a mess .
14 And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’
15 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 .
16 It was a problem to get the camera set up , because I had two classes , one before the other , I had to think about putting it up there and the set up .
17 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 !
18 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 .
19 She hates me because I am beautiful , and she is not ; because I had three husbands , and she never married .
20 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 .
21 But I chose to do the instrumental album , even though it was a lot smaller scale , because I had more control .
22 Well I rang them up yesterday because I got two cheques left .
23 I could n't be an A&R man because I hate that side of the business .
24 Because I hate good music , ’ said Lydia .
25 Because I done extra metal work for three years right ?
26 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 !
27 Because I mean little kids are seeing father christmas and decorations
28 who might vote S.D. P. Because I take Great Issue
29 ‘ I felt nervous in the second half , because I knew one mistake could cost the game .
30 I got muddled because I thought that teacher , it 's just a psychology .
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