Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pers pn] be [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are also happy to accept that it is only because we have these mental states that we behave as we do . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Gail had n't realised that it was only because Mr Elder had only been in Hospital for so long , that he was overjoyed to see her and him wanting to kiss her was completely innocent . |
| 3 | He surely did n't think that she was here because of him ! |
| 4 | It would do yes , but w , wo , imagine that they 're there because the team 's now for solving problems . |
| 5 | You may believe that it is just because I am an extremely popular person . |
| 6 | It would be wrong to conclude that it is simply because women live longer than men . |
| 7 | And that means that from then on your life is n't your own , you do n't do what you want to do , you do what you believe God is telling you to do and you try to live by what the bible says and you pray about any important decision you make and then , when God has shown you what the right thing is to do , even when you 're going through very hard times , you know that you 're there because that 's where God wants you to be and that gives you faith to carry on . |
| 8 | I decided that it was perhaps because they were n't possessive and had given no other human being the feeling that having been once disgorged he was n't safe and at any moment might find himself gobbled up again and back in the confines of a body not his own . |
| 9 | After half a mile she had rejected this hypothesis and decided that it was merely because she was unattractive , the sort of person who , fifty years ago , would have worn rubber galoshes . |
| 10 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that it is precisely because the TGWU is so committed to effective training and the future expansion of British industry that it is not prepared to give credence to the Government 's sham arrangements ? |
| 11 | But we could tell that it was longer because of the extra tape measures it would take to get from one side to the other . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
| 13 | so er usually people , people do , people do leave but it 's usually because they , they , they 're they 're sick of it or you know they , they want |
| 14 | She was able to let him go as he was now because she had clarified and confirmed what he had been to her . |
| 15 | She said that it was partly because of drink — that all the Stavangers drank , and that her father knew he was drinking too much , but that he never drank at sea . |
| 16 | She also harbours acting ambitions , although she admits that it 's probably because she has got used to ‘ getting attention ’ . |
| 17 | In fact , Stevens ( 1991 ) argues that it is just because devaluation does not work as an instrument of economic policy that the argument for a single currency is made more powerful . |
| 18 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 19 | He was stunned to receive a reply saying his payments were being suspended while he was away because he was out of the country . |