Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , because I like little children |
| 2 | If you 're here because I said certain things about you after the race , you can sod off back south right now . ’ |
| 3 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | Because I mean little kids are seeing father christmas and decorations |
| 6 | Because I found historical films about men on horseback so moving I was pleased when my then wife , Jenni , set to writing a book about the wild west . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't buy this because I think striped shirts have been overplayed — and I prefer black jeans . ’ |
| 9 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 10 | Yes members of the jury we will resume at two o'clock , erm because I have other duties later on this afternoon we 'll have to finish at four o'clock today , it may help you to know that , it may help council to know that as well . |
| 11 | The way I look at it is that if I was scoring goals for Juventus we might be conceding more at the other end because I have other responsibilities now . ’ |
| 12 | This , he explains , was ‘ partly because I used four-letter words in front of the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 13 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |
| 14 | Yes , because I believe European makers must be encouraged to provide competition and technological challenge to all Pacific Basin car companies . |
| 15 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not that tall , but I know I look it , because I wear high heels — not to college , but when I go out . |
| 17 | I enrolled under my maiden name , because I wanted other students to know me as a person first , as opposed to a professor 's wife . |
| 18 | I did n't employ you on that business because you had other duties . |
| 19 | Just because you eat blasted snails does n't mean you 've got to behave like one ! ’ |
| 20 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 21 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 22 | Nobody knows who you are on Remembering Night because you wear black clothes that cover you from head to foot , and there is no name of your name-animal . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish ! ’ |
| 24 | Because she lacked academic qualifications , Miss Green never conducted a Tutorial Class , but she revelled in her Terminal and , less frequently , One-Year courses . |
| 25 | She in her turn had discovered a man who might be charismatic in public , but privately was one who was also ruthless , single-minded , and a loner , an attitude that disconcerted her , because she recognised similar traits in herself . |
| 26 | Because she took electric baths |
| 27 | Her experiment was successful because she exacted high standards of cleanliness and co-operation ; but it also involved her exceptional degree of commitment , and although her success was often cited and sometimes emulated , it could no more serve as a general prescription than the 5 per cent philanthropy of Peabody and others . |
| 28 | Britain encouraged the growth of Zionism in Palestine in the early years of the First World War because she wanted American Jews to ally their country in the war against Turkey . |
| 29 | She went inside for a moment , because she loved old things — and St Peter 's , Overclyst , was very old indeed . |
| 30 | It was terrific because we had young boys out there . ’ |