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 .
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