Example sentences of "because i like [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monday afternoons I have to keep free because I like to take Mrs James — the domestic help — home and Friday afternoon Lucy has a dancing lesson . |
| 2 | so , erm I mean think we 're in their hands and that 's why I was a bit apprehensive about doing publicity for it at such an early stage because I like to see i 's dotted and t 's crossed er but however I 'll chase them up again in the next few days |
| 3 | Not because I think I want to look young but just because I like to go to bed early . ’ |
| 4 | I opted for the neckband , as I usually do , because I like to do these double , so if the front bands go on first I have to do two buttonholes on the double fabric of the neckband . |
| 5 | ‘ I prefer playing at centre half because I like to attack the ball in the air and I 'm in the thick of it more in the middle . ’ |
| 6 | Because I like to keep a little record myself . |
| 7 | ‘ Buying paper in rolls in economical and , because I like to work on a large scale , provides greater potential for expression . |
| 8 | ‘ My weak spots are my right knee and lower back , but I wo n't let on much because I like to make out I am indestructible . ’ |
| 9 | Eubank admitted : ‘ From what I can make out , this will be a good fight — unfortunately for me , because I like to get the job over and done with and go home with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 10 | Answering the question ‘ why read romances ? ’ by picking the statement , ‘ Because I like to read about the strong , virile heroes ’ , is likely to be interpreted as the reader 's view of masculinity , rather than a comment on the textual function of the male hero in the romance . |