Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless . |
2 | ‘ I 'm escaping because I like escaping , ’ replied Mould . |
3 | I believe in coil-tapping because I like single coil-type sounds , but all this parallel/series switching is something I 'd probably avoid on my own guitar . |
4 | Yeah , because I like little children |
5 | If you 're here because I said certain things about you after the race , you can sod off back south right now . ’ |
6 | I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men . |
7 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
8 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
9 | 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 ! |
10 | But in the end it was all for nothing , because I got pregnant anyway . |
11 | ‘ I started my classes mainly because I got lonely sitting up in my workshop all day and because going to a class is how I started . |
12 | Yes I did n't really have a good look through it because I got stuck on a an article that was so good at the beginning |
13 | ‘ Because I hate good music , ’ said Lydia . |
14 | But that 's because I act bored . |
15 | I say ‘ allegedly ’ because I know different . |
16 | Because I done extra metal work for three years right ? |
17 | I was worried because I looked small , but it put me at ease knowing everything was all right inside . |
18 | Because I mean little kids are seeing father christmas and decorations |
19 | ‘ I do n't stay around here because I get bored . |
20 | ‘ I doubt that I 'm special just because I get upset when I hear something sad . |
21 | who might vote S.D. P. Because I take Great Issue |
22 | ‘ I am disappointed because I finished fresh and fifth where I would have rather been exhausted and higher in the list . |
23 | ‘ I did n't lose hope of being released eventually because I knew other French hostages had been freed and that the French government would be working hard to free me . ’ |
24 | I actually slept the entire night , because I thought goody , as soon as the divorce goes off , the sooner I 'm on my way out of the ar oh Rocky , Rocky your head was in the way it was your own silly fault |
25 | No , because I thought wicked you know , I 've for Monday I get to bloody fucking lie in bed and then like I have to go to flipping school and bloody give it back . |
26 | But I was also angry for myself , because I felt desperate about my own future . |
27 | I was once or twice approached by stony-faced nuns begging for charities , but I gave nothing because I felt sure that some of those nuns were fakes , possibly men in drag , for their big , dark , hollow eyes , dyspeptic noses bright red in chalk-white faces , compressed , colourless lips and faint moustaches were hardly the signs of religious penance , and they were all wearing rather large boots . |
28 | I asked him to desist not from his prayers but from his actions because I felt sure that God wanted to prepare the Anglican priest for his death . |
29 | I said , ‘ Let me go , Syl ’ , because I felt ridiculous , crushed between this man and the garden hedge . |
30 | ‘ It might be because I felt tired . |