Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb past] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | it 's my go because I took this card . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm here because I wanted this job . ’ |
| 5 | I came to Taipei because I wanted this job , not to be with Florian Jones . |
| 6 | I do n't think it could be done today but there was a lamentable lack of security because nobody thought this sort of thing could happen |
| 7 | ‘ It 's about what faith , courage and the judicial system can do , because nobody gave this kid the time of day about this case , ’ he added . |
| 8 | Heavenly Father , thank you that as I come to you with my concerns about the conflicts in my life I come to a God who understands my humanity completely because you shared this experience fully in the life of your Son . |
| 9 | Alice , with a thousand terrible things to say about her father , kept them back , because she loved Jim , loved his helplessness , his vulnerability , and her own part in alleviating these wounds ; because she knew this man , or boy he was twenty-two — was really sweet , had a sweet gentle warmth in him ; and she knew that a spell of happiness , of success , would transform him . |
| 10 | Because she possessed this eldritch beauty so briefly each week , it was almost shocking . |
| 11 | and you know it 's a case of whether you believe that we 're in favour because we got this money and therefore we 're likely to get |
| 12 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 13 | That is why Irenaeus hit the Gnostics so hard , because they rejected this life as unimportant . |
| 14 | Edmund was lucky because he got this chance to do a university you see in |
| 15 | ‘ Liza Jane ’ and ‘ Pity the Fool ’ were released at the time we joined him because he brought this record along and said , ‘ What do you think of this ? ’ |
| 16 | Doctor 's obviously a more frugal character than me because he had this room and the radiator was turned off . |
| 17 | I know he was a ratepayer because he repeated this fact in the subsequent inquiry , a dozen or so times , adding that he did n't pay rates to have his hat ruined , a view I could understand . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the charterer himself might not have dealt with any or all shippers , because he delegated this function to the vessel 's master . |