Example sentences of "[adj] because [pers pn] [verb] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 2 | and er actually Joan was quite embarrassed because she heard that you were in a box |
| 3 | The person beset by fears and anxieties who nevertheless manages to present a confident exterior will often feel self-contempt because he feels that he is living a lie and that one day someone will catch him out . |
| 4 | He , the laibon , was not so sad because he believed that she had caused many upsets . |
| 5 | So in fact a high score is , is quite good because it means that you recognize what your preferences actually are . |
| 6 | That 's right they 're all with me , yeah that 's right because you know that you 've just been there or you 're going to be there yourself . |
| 7 | Generally , people are rather flattered at the thought of being so important , but this may in turn create the problem that they become untypical because they know that they are in the sample , and will be questioned regularly about their lives , activities , and attitudes . |
| 8 | Are you jealous because you think that I came here to sleep with her ? ’ |
| 9 | Many also feel responsible because they assume that they must have done something to bring this man down . |
| 10 | One Birmingham woman was able to keep her button-carding work in her bedroom , which was important because she considered that it looked ‘ so poverty ’ to be seen doing it downstairs . |
| 11 | She was happy because we believed that she had not killed William . |
| 12 | For I could tell that he was a little rusty , and I wondered if sometimes this affable and agreeable companion was worried because he knew that he was not keeping up with the strides that modern medicine was taking . |
| 13 | Sibling rows can be beneficial because they show that it 's possible to be angry with someone you love , but there 's a vital difference between that sort of infighting and the division that favouritism can cause . |