Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's only because she thinks all you 've achieved is quite amazing . |
| 2 | Doctors fear Mrs Conlan may have taken her daughter away because she thinks further treatment is futile . |
| 3 | She submits , not because she is threatened with or fears immediate violence , but because she feels helpless to resist in a situation in which he is all-powerful and she is powerless . |
| 4 | And more often than not , when I come back from me mum 's , I find little bits in the bottom of the bag because she feels sorry for us . |
| 5 | And that 's when I think it starts to get into into shady ground where where the woman has n't actually said no because she feels intimidated not by violence but by social pressure . |
| 6 | ‘ She had to deliver us here , but she ai n't coming with us because she gets seasick . |
| 7 | I think she 's just upset because she meets all her chums there . |
| 8 | Elsewhere , the close-up , detailed approach which works brilliantly , say , for Imogen Stubbs 's affecting Desdemona ( the pathos of her disoriented , jittery jauntiness intensified by beautiful touches such as the sepia photograph of her estranged father she keeps on the bedside table in Cyprus or the chocolates from Casio that she has secreted in a locked draw , not because she fears sexual misconstruction but because she would like to be thought too grown-up for frivolous sweet-guzzling by Othello ) paradoxically diminishes Iago because it encourages the belief that he can be realistically ‘ explained ’ like a figure in a novel . |
| 9 | She is not keen to eliminate all these sources of sugar because she derives such pleasure from them . |
| 10 | Now she will be a target for the Mafia 's bullets because she knows all of Falcone 's secrets . |
| 11 | yeah , that 's what I thought and , but if that was n't bad enough , my mum because she knows these things , even said that he does n't even say ho , ho , ho , Green Giant , does n't , they do n't even sing that song when they 're working they could n't sing , and you know the little corn on the cob man |
| 12 | I mean alright , you can see mum 's point in one respect , because she works nine till six every day . |
| 13 | In her company I feel she is my friend because she likes me , and not because she looks good beside me . |
| 14 | Strephon allows himself to be duped by the charms of this woman who , in Swift 's view , seems immortal because she appears clean . |
| 15 | Because she has mild heart disease , she may serve her whole sentence in the medical facility . |
| 16 | You know what I mean and erm she wants this job because she wants the money and , but I do n't really think that you know , she , she er , had the time to two jobs because she has three young children anyhow , I know that 's her problem , erm you know who looks after them or what . |
| 17 | Because she has this afternoon job , she must get through her own work in the mornings ; but she gets her work done in the mornings in order to create time for a job . |
| 18 | The ‘ expert ’ may have to be interviewed because she has special knowledge of a situation which it is vital for the researcher to have guidance on . |
| 19 | She has even formed her own film and video group because she finds most training films ‘ a yawn a minute ’ . |
| 20 | She has never hired anyone with a business-school education , because she believes such people are too rigid in their outlook . |
| 21 | Howard has now become scrupulous about washing his socks in fairly hot soapy water ( they can not be washed in extremely hot water because he favours woollen socks , though cotton would be preferable ) and regularly airing his boots . |
| 22 | Senator Ricardo may enact such a bill so as to increase his chance of re-election , or he may oppose it because he favours public spending on ideological grounds . |
| 23 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 24 | and back , because he does that every year , you do n't hear it in the winter , it 's every summer he starts , he starts |
| 25 | I can tell when he is having a hypo because he gets disorientated and confused . |
| 26 | At parties he does not join in and he gets very upset when you try to do anything with him because he gets frustrated . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Burun 's a great fighter because he diverts all his sexual energies into fighting and giving orders . ’ |
| 28 | Hall ( 1987 ) , for example — possibly because he uses different definitions and sample size — presents a somewhat contrasting picture . |
| 29 | You need to encourage the patient with gentleness , but you will probably have to be firm if he wants to stop a task simply because he feels bored and lazy . |
| 30 | Keith arrives an hour early because he feels guilty about not doing as much as Paul . |