Example sentences of "because i have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We had to be washed , dressed , have our hair immaculate ( which was difficult because I had to plait mine ) , strip all the bedclothes off our beds ( which seemed totally a pointless exercise and got right up my nose the entire time I was at Styal ) , and fold them to a complicated and immaculate design — sheet , blanket , sheet all wrapped round with the counterpane and put at the end of your bed . |
2 | There was no time to think about it , because I had to pick Toby up at ten o'clock — at the crack of dawn , as he put it — to drive down to the Supersight factory . |
3 | Although I insisted to the referee that the goal should stand because I had sent Pahdra on as substitute , the ref was not fooled , especially as Mr Singh was still wearing his dufflecoat and brogues . |
4 | ‘ I thought it was food poisoning because I had prepared fish which I had not cooked properly and when the doctor arrived he thought the same way . |
5 | I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits . |
6 | When the bus pulled to a halt and I got off I was relieved because I had finished school and I had the weekend ahead of me so I could enjoy myself . |
7 | In fact I only had time now because I had left Rebecca parked in her pram outside the supermarket . |
8 | And , as we rode , we laughed because I had fought Duke Michael 's dangerous men — with a tea-table ! |
9 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
10 | I do n't think what you run makes any difference , because I 've run companies of very diverse natures and the principles that apply to British Steel at one end apply equally to a small company at the other end of the scale . |
11 | I intend to remain faithful , simply because I 've given infidelity a whirl and it does n't work for me . |
12 | You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace . |
13 | Yes , does that happen quite often , because I 've noticed people go home at about half past 4 at Eynsham . |
14 | ‘ Yes , and I hope you 're going to approve , because I 've made arrangements for them to come and stay here . |
15 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |
16 | does n't it come back to the issue of wh who they trustees are and who 's interest , given that trustees are expected to be independent , in the end , who 's interests do the trustees represent , because I 've had experience of working with a pension fund that was in massive surplus and the actualar actuaries refused to agree their final report until that surplus was dealt with , so that the trade unions and the employer through the trustees had to negotiate a way of spending that surplus and er given the pressures of the actuaries to say we were not allowed th the funds to continue unless you deal with this surplus , then it comes back to the issue of how the Board of Trustees is made up and if we accept that there is a degree of representation on that Board , then just exactly how that representation is divided . |
17 | But er because I 've had requests I 've approached them and said , Well we 'll get your documents released and see see if we can speed matters up because use your experience . |
18 | I 'm not writing anything off because I 've had problems like this in the past which have suddenly turned round in a week . |
19 | Never ! 'Cos I would die of shame if I retaliated and hit back ; and I would , because I 've levelled men almost as big as you before today , and you know it . ’ |
20 | ‘ She thinks the same as Dora , that Dieter 's only interested in me because I 've got money . |
21 | Because I 've got work to do |
22 | Because I 've got myriads of things to do . |
23 | I know how I would , because I 've got Nick . |
24 | Now I 've made a mess on your the these need wiping because I 've got butter on my fingers . |
25 | But I ca n't walk because I 've got emphysema and I 've only got about a third of a lung as well as arthritis to go with it . |
26 | ‘ You think because I 've spent money on you , lass — because your Dad 's spent money on you , you can do what you like now — eh Lily ? |
27 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
28 | My mother made me take up tap dancing , because I 'd got sparrow legs . |
29 | Because I have loved life , I will love death also . |
30 | But I 'm beginning to enjoy it now and I positively like my regular spot on Going Live because I have to interview people which I love doing . ’ |