Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could of done my work today though Kim and Richard came over when I was poorly she got the duster straight out she said nanny I 'll polish the furniture because I knows you get upset . |
| 2 | Sally did n't choose to dress Princess Diana for a disco because she thinks Diana is ‘ a bit boring really ’ . |
| 3 | The youth may want to buy a motor bike , but his mother wants him to purchase an old car because she thinks bikes are dangerous and will get him into bad company . |
| 4 | Doctors fear Mrs Conlan may have taken her daughter away because she thinks further treatment is futile . |
| 5 | Explain how you would deal with an agitated lady on the telephone who wants to speak to the manager because she thinks she left her watch on the washbasin of her room when she checked out . |
| 6 | ‘ She thinks I would n't be too much competition for her , ’ she said , ‘ because she thinks you 're not very much in love with me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That 's only because she thinks all you 've achieved is quite amazing . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's been worried sick because she thinks he 's still a suspect . ’ |
| 9 | Could you make sure that Jenny is clearly briefed then , because she thinks , this is version N3 , dated January '94 . |
| 10 | You 've probably all been in situation where you seen people zigzag across the road because they think they 're being followed the ladies will do it because she thinks a bloke is following her and the men are probably thinking does she think I 'm following her ? |
| 11 | No , she has n't age , because she thinks she 's she 's been a big girl , and she 's now a little girl . |
| 12 | She 's wrong because she falls into the latter category . |
| 13 | At eighteen she is doing A levels at college and wants to train as an aromatherapist , because she feels that looking after yourself with massage and perfume can make you feel good about yourself . |
| 14 | Teachers should be active when in the shop and approach the learners ; sometimes the learner holds back because she feels she is the only one with difficulties . |
| 15 | The pronouncement of big statements is anathema to Juliana because she feels her point of view changes from time to time and she 's afraid of saying too much in case she alienates people , but she does admit to finding life in America ‘ scary ’ at the moment . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Although she fancies Belville from the start and repulses his sexual advances , this is not because she feels that marriage must be the outcome of such a strategy . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ You imagine she is blind because she feels I am annoyed ? ’ he rasped , looking at her as if she were stupid . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She would , however , have preferred to show a more balanced programme and hopes that in the future more teachers will offer class displays because she feels that class members prefer to see work they can identify themselves with , as well as the more advanced and unusual aspects of our work . |
| 22 | She does this because she feels it to be her duty to God and it makes her happy helping these people . |
| 23 | She can do this because she understands what the enquirer is saying . |
| 24 | because she understands litres and millilitres , and she understands kilograms and grams , and I still think , I suppose in pounds |
| 25 | Just because she owns the house I 'm living in , she thinks she can patronize me . |
| 26 | And yet she has one of the highest profiles imaginable , because she recognizes what she is doing , in a variety of ways , and the media-worthy nature of this , and she feeds the media with all sorts of stories , all sorts of angles , all sorts of aspects , which actually help her cause . |
| 27 | ‘ I chose Dame Edna , because she takes the mickey out of fashion . |
| 28 | and Catherine now , Catherine is ideal because she opens her double doors and she 's out into a garden space you know ? |
| 29 | People find her inspiring because she expresses something that is sophisticated beyond the clothing . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's true she has been unkind to you , because she dislikes your faults , as Miss Scatcherd dislikes mine . |