Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb base] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's definitely a unique sound , with that percussive effect that ca n't be recreated on an electric bass — and I know that because I 've been getting sampled a lot recently … |
| 2 | I ai n't been to no doctor 's , well I 'm lying I had to go again , I had to like because I 've been getting these here bloody , I must 've had them ten or fifteen year or more and , cos I 'm on these here tablets now for the old stomach like , and that like . |
| 3 | She said , ‘ Because I 've been feeding you for all these years and buying your shoes and your clothes ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Because I 've been thinking , Kit . |
| 5 | " Because I 've been thinking , " said Dottie , " what a good idea it would be for you to spend Christmas at my place . " |
| 6 | He said , I asked you to come here when I was alone , because I 've been thinking quite hard about this . |
| 7 | ‘ Because I 've been thinking over what you said and … |
| 8 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 9 | Erm , I 've been in discussion , because I 've been trying to rescue their electricity bill situation , which is again , something which has blown up on them . |
| 10 | Because I 've been trying to swop between that one and that one . |
| 11 | Trouble is with this quarter , with this discount I 'm probably not going to get to a hundred pound at the office because I 've been using it at home so much . |
| 12 | But so far , that 's why I chitted at him this morning about that coal because I 've been using this all morning , I 've not been lighting fire till between one and three o'clock . |
| 13 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 14 | I will , because I 've been recording all this . |
| 15 | ‘ And , if I have n't yet got around to getting a divorce , it 's … well , it 's just because I 've been working so hard , that 's all . ’ |
| 16 | Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about . |
| 17 | er , then , so that 's at least , well in fact that 's more than sufficient , I should get paid more than six hours because I 've been working on the students , on the disabled games all day Friday |
| 18 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 19 | because I 've been turning the heating , it 's the |
| 20 | but , because I 've been knocking it off that bit earlier |
| 21 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
| 22 | I really must finish the rest of it which I have n't done at the moment , because I 've been doing other things . |
| 23 | ‘ On this new album there 's one huge track called The Lighthouse , which a lot of people have heard because I 've been playing it on stage — an hour out of two and a half is this album . |
| 24 | I ask because I have been throwing out a raft of old notebooks and discovered some scrawled lines from years ago about the open air factor . |
| 25 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 26 | I know this because I have been glancing at a magazine called Rubiks printed in English and published in Budapest . |
| 27 | Now what is the point of saving money if you 're in a job and you 're worried about being made redundant when , if you become redundant you are ineligible for housing benefit because you 've been saving money . |
| 28 | I 'm gon na get in trouble because you 've been shouting away |
| 29 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 30 | In a couple of years time the other schools have gone past you and you suddenly find these services that you need to buy in are become very expensive and become unattainable because you 've been spending your money in other directions . |