Example sentences of "things because [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , as is so often the case , she does all these things because her life is so full : ‘ Gardening is therapy from the pressures of life . |
| 2 | They do great things because they are great , if the great things come along . |
| 3 | However it is linked to these things because they and it are part of a complex whole , and this rules out the simple correlations between two elements which Engels sought to establish in his ‘ historical ’ discussion . |
| 4 | I 'm sure that 's true , but many of the letters I receive indicate that women are doing things because they , generally , have to live with leaking taps , bubbling pipes , cold radiators and all the other annoyances . |
| 5 | When she was at the premiere of The Delinquents she was wearing this designer dress and it was black and cut up one side , so that you could just see one leg ; it looked awful , Some people only wear things because they have a designer label . |
| 6 | As she says : ‘ I want to bring them up with security , not to anticipate things because they will be disappointed . |
| 7 | As people act on things because they want them — the child wants a teddy bear , or wants something to eat — they begin to gain a sense of themselves as distinct from those objects . |
| 8 | I think about these things because they were domestic economies that we practised in the 1950s . |
| 9 | I 've left out and altered some things because they were n't right for a court report . |
| 10 | We 're frightened of what will happen and sometimes we have need to be frightened , you know , they are going to do very different things because they disagree violently with us . |
| 11 | Now they and their mothers could share more things because they had been through the same experiences — something that happens with older mothers and their parents as well . |
| 12 | Right , and we 've got part of this linked in with the stuff you might have done on Sapir-Wharf Hypothesis in the sense that er people talk about different things because they might be relevant to their actual lives . |
| 13 | And it should have a view on , on issues like education and transport , and those kind of things because they 're all critical to the long-term future of economic viability within Shropshire . |
| 14 | erm so no certainly they asked me about it and so on but I think that rather like their food forum they might like to get a communications forum going erm because they 've been thinking about having a Business Club and various other things because they 're involved with the Management Programme and all sorts of things and they maybe going to do some training for heads and people like that |
| 15 | English footballers are not usually renowned for such artistic pursuits but Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery : ‘ I do n't like the word intelligent , we do n't do things because we 're trying to appear intelligent , ’ she says . |
| 16 | I have moved pianos upstairs , in certain cases where it 's a very open staircase and a straight one , but we wo n't normally do that cos er we need the equipment to do it , the proper sled and everything and we have n't got those things because we would n't be asked upon to do it often enough . |
| 17 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 18 | I do n't think Sophie had ever felt anything so complicated as guilt , so she must have done these things because she was fond of him . |
| 19 | Mum always made a long list of groceries she needed but some days she bought even more things because there was so much to choose from . |
| 20 | Right , erm three minutes again so you can spot your timing now , it 's under a minute on each of those red things because you 've got your introduction and your ending as well , okay ? |
| 21 | ACTRESS , now Dame , Thora Hird has a little , framed sign in her bedroom which reads : Do n't stop doing things because you are growing old — because you will only grow old if you stop doing things . |
| 22 | But of course I am aware that people want me to do lots of things because I am Kylie Minogue . ’ |
| 23 | I talk about these things because I 'm asked about these things . |
| 24 | They only said these things because I am a woman , and a Catholic , and they do n't want a Catholic queen in Scotland , they want a Protestant king . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm only telling you these things because I like you , Claudia . |
| 26 | They were n't any good by themselves er , these things because I the other thing which you had to get from somewhere was output rates . |
| 27 | If you 're an expert on these things these er Amstrad things because I know some they do tend to lose things do n't they to disappear of you just ca n't get it back out erm can anyone help cos she 's stuck with it , seven six double one three four . |
| 28 | Dad I wish I was you , laughing at the bar beach come here , misguided crew I could n't handle those things because I come in say this is my ca n't stand my brother boy |
| 29 | ‘ You 're asking me if I 'm some sort of embittered , wounded animal , who only wants to reach out and break things because he ca n't be happy or possess them ? ’ |
| 30 | I can tell him things because he 's not involved , as you and Adams are . ’ |