Example sentences of "because [pron] [verb] good [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |
| 2 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Because I hate good music , ’ said Lydia . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to change because I think good actors do alter the way they look and it 's something I plan to work on for my career in the future . ’ |
| 5 | It is not a question of being frightened of the dark ( although it can be pretty spooky on an out-of-the-way water ) , it is because I enjoy good company and a long night becomes more enjoyable with someone there to chat with ; to share the pleasure of catching big fish , or the lesser pleasure of blanking . |
| 6 | Sharon : ‘ Because you serve better cof fee . ’ |
| 7 | Now what I 'm saying is we , because we have good liability what can that imply ? |
| 8 | She never for a moment thought of deserting French for Mrs Hill , having encountered amongst other things some nasty problems about the nature of electricity , but she did enjoy the sensation of flirtation : she spent a long time making her mind up , and finally was summoned by the headmistress , who told her she ought to stick to Sciences , because they offered better prospects . |
| 9 | Other fluids are sometimes used because they give better values of the governing parameters or because they have properties particularly appropriate to an experiment . |
| 10 | He appealed to most New Zealand judges simply because he made good use of the blindside , mixed up his passes and kicks and generally gave the impression that he could play the percentages very much in the New Zealand fashion . |
| 11 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
| 12 | The BBC says it chose Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , for a Bank Holiday special because it offered better car parking than parks in Stockton , while Stockton did not have an auditorium to compare with the size of Middlesbrough Town Hall . |
| 13 | I prefer white bread myself , because it makes better toast , but I always get a brown sliced for the cat which likes a little bit of butter with it . |
| 14 | The large , cheerful village of As Cain is an excellent first taste of this lushly rural hinterland and , although still almost at sea level , a possible place to stay , because it has good hotels set where village hotels ought to be , in the main square . |
| 15 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |