Example sentences of "[pers pn] because [pers pn] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We love you because you were sent to us by Our Father . " |
| 2 | I 'd never part with them because they were made for me . |
| 3 | For some consultants , a waiting list was a badge of status and district health authorities were n't too anxious to get rid of them because they were used by MPs to reinforce claims for more resources . |
| 4 | He made one of his expostulatory noises , seldom employed but powerful , and looked at her carefully from ten feet away in the water , lifting his spectacles to the bridge of his nose and then having to peer under them because they were crusted with salt , raising his head rather merrily , like a sea lion balancing a ball on its snout . |
| 5 | Just as Sgt Wilson 's thesis was channelled to me because I was known to be interested in research , so many police research departments now get allocated the task of reading the essays submitted by sergeants and inspectors for NEBS or DMS qualifications . |
| 6 | ‘ Now there is a possibility he could miss the entire season and I feel very sorry for him because he 's put in so much hard work . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ As you can see she 's not a juvenile and we only got her because she was caught in a trap set by one of the sheep farmers and broke a wing . |
| 8 | In other words , on we can establish that we yes that 's true , but we ca n't necessarily meet it because we are limited on what we can produce . |
| 9 | Albinos of any animal ( even humans ) have poor vision in strong light , so perhaps the Kigoi relies on the hand that feeds it because it is beaten to the foraging by normally-pigmented pondmates . |
| 10 | Says train-mad Waterman : ‘ I was desperate to buy it because it was made in Newton Le Willows , where I now live . |
| 11 | I accept it because it was said by Breton whose opinions I respect greatly , but that 's all . |
| 12 | Is it because she 's thought of last year 's holidays ? |
| 13 | Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ? |
| 14 | He did it because he was intoxicated by it : and he had found it for himself . |
| 15 | I think he done it because he was picked on a lot and most likely thought he had n't got a lot going for him . |
| 16 | ‘ She felt pressurised that she would be expected to be as career-orientated as she was before having the baby , ’ says Sandra , ‘ so she works with us because we are relaxed about it — if she does n't want to work on Wednesday , that 's fine , she can work on Friday instead . |