Example sentences of "[pron] main reason for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | I accept Mr. Lester 's submissions , but my main reason for reaching this conclusion is based on principle . |
| 3 | ‘ That would have been my main reason for marrying him . |
| 4 | Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place . |
| 5 | The P.C.A. invoke this immunity as perhaps their main reason for asserting that the implied undertaking should not be varied in this case . |
| 6 | For most of these fifteen women , knowledge — of their sexuality , its implications , risks and rewards — has been hard won : their desire to share it , preserve it , pass it on , was their main reason for agreeing to be interviewed . |
| 7 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 8 | But perhaps her main reason for staying put was that , if she accepted what was plainly a generous offer , she would feel herself placed under some kind of an obligation and put morally in his debt . |
| 9 | From the moment of her first touch , that little bundle became her main reason for living . |
| 10 | The farm minister also went on to say that the fundamental flaw in the package was the attempt to halt the drift from the land by people whose main reason for leaving farming was that they could attain a higher standard of living elsewhere . |
| 11 | Then , luckily , Old Red had the bright idea of suggesting General Francis used his spinal trouble as his main reason for making this unexpected trip to Town . |
| 12 | However , I think that his main reason for rejecting the possibility is that he could not imagine a process whereby it could happen . |
| 13 | No one says that YOU have to , and if your main reason for wanting a close friendship is to be like everyone else then it wo n't be much of a friendship anyway ! |