Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb base] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I prefer playing at centre half because I like to attack the ball in the air and I 'm in the thick of it more in the middle . ’ |
| 2 | Because I like to keep a little record myself . |
| 3 | Eubank admitted : ‘ From what I can make out , this will be a good fight — unfortunately for me , because I like to get the job over and done with and go home with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 4 | Except that this condition clodhopped into view only because I intend to tell the unlipsticked truth to Gill . |
| 5 | I have one other , can I reserve one matter to the end of the meeting because I wish to make a proposal which er would be erm I think ought to be taken erm in closed session because of the nature and confidentiality of the business and personal interests , so perhaps I can propose the closure of the meeting to the press and public at the end of the meeting and defer the final item an item relating to this matter at that time . |
| 6 | I am the Countess , no , the Princess Ludmila Hohenkopetal , imprisoned by my cruel stepfather because I wish to marry the impecunious Lieutenant Longlegs who is really a king 's son in disguise . |
| 7 | And what did they say , I can tell you what they said , because I happen to have a petition here , signed by a hundred and four county council tenants out of the hundred and six that we have . |
| 8 | But I also began by raising the question of Milton 's sense of dedication because I want to talk a little bit about the egoism of creation . |
| 9 | Anyway , I will risk it , not because I want to give the fish a chance ; I do not believe in giving any fish a chance , I go to the races when I want to gamble . |
| 10 | ‘ Because I want to collect a bouquet from the florist . |
| 11 | Similarly , in an 1894 speech , Millicent Fawcett pressed for the vote on the grounds that she ‘ wished to strengthen true womanliness in women , and because I want to see the womanly and domestic side of things weigh more and count for more in all public concerns ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ I will go to South Africa at some stage because I want to arrange a foundation or some sort of memorial to Julie and Elizabeth . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I just hope surgery is put off until after Christmas because I want to spend the holiday with my children . |
| 14 | Watson , for whom The Mirror helped raise £150,000 in a special appeal night in July , is being cared for in an East London neurological rehabilitation unit , added : ‘ I am here until next March — it 's driving me crazy because I want to make a comeback . |
| 15 | Now I 'm not going to do any more now because I want to play a birthday game with you now okay ? |
| 16 | ‘ No thanks , Alan , I 'll do it , because I need to keep an eye on the soufflé anyway . |
| 17 | you know it does n't mean to say that you 're wrong because you like to have a go or jump in and you 're not wrong if you like to have time to spend , there are no right or wrong styles and also what we ca n't associate the styles with , which people try to do sometimes is they try and identify the introverts and extroverts . |
| 18 | We 've sent them tapes to see if there 's a chance of opening for them , which would be great , because you get to do a thirty-five minute set , really powerhouse it , then watch a few of their numbers , get on the bus and go . ’ |
| 19 | because you have to wear the goggle |
| 20 | Because you have to take the last number off it . |
| 21 | I suppose you 're hoping for good digging weather because you have to dig a fairly big hole to put a tree in it , do n't you ? |
| 22 | Things can and do go wrong and you do n't want to pressurise yourself because you have to get the equipment back to the hire shop . |
| 23 | It 's nice to use on the move , because of the way it 's weighted ( DOS notebooks tend to tip away from you ) but slightly harder to use on the desktop because you have to adopt a Phantom Of The Opera keyboard technique to type properly . |
| 24 | ‘ People have baulked at technology-based training because you have to pay a lot up front before you start getting the benefits of the system , ’ says Stephen Weil , marketing manager of CD-I Training , ‘ CD-I takes the hardware cost out of the equation . |
| 25 | ‘ She told me she always put the most beautiful girls next to Bernard when setting the table for a party , and that I should do the same , because you want to give the best to the man you love . ’ |
| 26 | Sometimes " of course " is added not because the information is obvious , but rather because you want to create the effect of being someone so deeply familiar with the material that this information is basic or obvious . |
| 27 | I mean there 's no reason why you should n't take longer if you 're intending to take longer because you want to enjoy the , the view . |
| 28 | I do n't know , I felt that was , I mean , erm it 's so easy to be snobbish , but if the problems of experimentation that comes out of accident because you want to achieve an accident and you want to achieve the fall of things on the page , and the accident that occurs because , as you say , nobody 's ever told you that you 're not supposed to do that , so the accident is n't a case of reacting against a rule to test it , to see whether it would stand up to being broken , the one that 's just happened I think , I |
| 29 | ‘ It 's all right , Shannon , you wo n't burn in hell just because you dare to say the words . ’ |
| 30 | Weight loss is itself a rewarding consequence , but because you need to lose a fair amount of weight before it is really noticeable in terms of body shape , you will probably require extra rewards to keep you going . |