Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb -s] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | because she 's just not got the time |
| 2 | Her brown eyes creased with amusement , Feargal 's mother explained , ‘ Because she 's just had twins . ’ |
| 3 | And if Jane could babysit because her mum ca n't because she 's just come out of hospital . |
| 4 | John Wain , who is said to reread Johnson 's Rasselas every year , has the heroine of his first novel , Hurry on Down ( 1953 ) , call herself Moll Flanders because she has just been reading Defoe 's novel and scents a resemblance to herself ; and Iris Murdoch , who seldom reads twentieth-century fiction at all , is profoundly immersed in the great realistic fiction of earlier ages , whether English , French or Russian . |
| 5 | Those who say they like washing up do not like the task itself — one woman likes it because she has a dishwasher , one because she has just acquired a new stainless steel sink , and the third likes it merely ‘ to get it out of the way ’ . |
| 6 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 7 | Perhaps it 's because he 's just been asked yet again about that record . |
| 8 | You 've got an opportunity now because he 's just been appointed to make contact with him , you do n't need any other excuse to make contact with him |
| 9 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 10 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 11 | Erm desk is a bit of a funny one because it 's just got the K. |
| 12 | It 's simple because it 's just got three at the top . |
| 13 | It 's well worth the trouble , though , firstly because it 's obviously ideal for bringing out the bass in small guitars , secondly because it looks just fabulous , and thirdly because it makes the inside of the guitar smell like an explosion in a spice market . |
| 14 | Little learning ( on the part of the user ) is needed to use an on-line recognition system because it seems just like real pen and paper . |
| 15 | Any unit of information may of course change status as the discourse proceeds , and what was new in one sentence becomes given in the next , precisely because it has just been said . |