Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When dey blow a whistle it 's because dey dig de style |
| 2 | I thank all of dem because dey pave de way , yu see |
| 3 | Michael : Like me now , them no too bother with me because them think , say me a half-breed , you know . |
| 4 | 5 B m : : L because society ( do n't want them in it ) B because , because them start / it off in first place dey know it 's wrong ( . ) |
| 5 | Because me study Slavery me know wea dem cumin from , |
| 6 | ‘ I was sent to Australia , you know , because I escaped from the prison-ship . |
| 7 | It 's good for me to come away because I smoke fewer . |
| 8 | I really resent the fact that I have been labelled a bad mother because I smoke . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I wonder , ’ she muses to Naomi , getting back in the taxi , ‘ if my tongue will fall out because I lied to a rabbi ? ’ |
| 10 | I was struck by the Minister 's litany of the hours kept by the Committee considering the Local Government Finance Bill because I served on the Committee . |
| 11 | Because I sold it to him first . |
| 12 | I did n't bother getting a drive , be because I sold my computer , but I was gon na get one . |
| 13 | I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them . |
| 14 | At least the manager did n't pounce on me just because I shut my eyes for a few moments . ’ |
| 15 | However , the tale seems to have followed him , because I gather some of his parishioners certainly thought he had deviant tendencies in spite of his having a wife and son . |
| 16 | Erm now could you help me on some of the the terminology used because I gather that six of the packages have been or about to be erm priced on the basis of a ascertained costs erm I I just wondered if if that was a sort of euphemism for for a cost plus . |
| 17 | ‘ Because I listen to a lot of jazz and classical music and the others listen to harder stuff , I find it a challenge to try and incorporate my influences into what we do , ’ Adam enthuses , dropping in the expression ‘ be-bop hardcore ’ to pinpoint his guitar quirks . |
| 18 | Because I assume they pay er , just for one licence now ? |
| 19 | because I assume the audience knows as much about control and sub contractors as I do |
| 20 | ‘ I feel disadvantaged as a cook because I received no formal training and did n't go to college . |
| 21 | It seems to me now that I must have been more than a little simple , because I received a telephone call from the home the very next day . |
| 22 | because I received no further communication from anyone so |
| 23 | But this was not because I received no proposals . |
| 24 | I do n't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless . |
| 25 | Only Jancey saw the Smith & Wesson in the kitchen , because I stuffed it inside my jacket before the big boys came in . |
| 26 | I wanted to become a reporter because I lusted after a belted trenchcoat like the one Joel McCrea wore in Hitchcock 's Foreign Correspondent . |
| 27 | But erm er the school days I think were were really the best days of our lives , but they we were the happiest days anyway because I enjoyed them and most kids enjoyed school in those days , not like it is today . |
| 28 | I went often , partly because I enjoyed dancing and partly because we were offered the most delicious cakes , of a sort that was almost impossible to obtain except on the black market . |
| 29 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 30 | I 've loved you because I like relationships to be comfortable and not too much hard work , and sex to be civilised . |