Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be because " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I tell you why I chucked them is because they 're a better make are n't they , K P ? |
| 2 | ‘ He thinks the ministry is an affectation and a waste of time , and on the other hand he thinks priests should be very good , and he does n't think I am because he 's known me for so long , so he 's annoyed with me . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect it 's because he 's a clergyman , or was , miss . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I expect it 's because you 're my stepbrother , ’ Jenna said sarcastically . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 6 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |
| 7 | Some say it is because no boat people have been returned home against their will since December 1989 . |
| 8 | Yeah , I think it 's b as I say it 's because I think people are wary I mean you know , not sure who 's who . |
| 9 | And all the history books say it was because of you … the R.A.F. So there you are . |
| 10 | When this is not enjoyed it is because our own essential nature is frustrated in its enjoyment of itself through physical or mental disease or by physical or social circumstances . |
| 11 | ‘ Only that the reason they did n't rape me was because if they were found out they would be killed . |
| 12 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 13 | If the order is to be disrupted it is because one of the younger sons shows remarkable promise but being a ‘ family ’ anxious to demonstrate tolerance , envy and jealousy are masked and can certainly be dissipated if it is suggested that the elder brothers had a hand in the development . |
| 14 | ‘ I have seen people badly hurt in the sport , broken arms and fingers , gouged eyes , but when that happens it 's because people are n't doing it right . |
| 15 | She says it 's because the water is pure from the mountain but she does n't really believe it 's just that . |
| 16 | ‘ He says it 's because he volunteered when he was too young and now he 's been pestering them , but I 've been pestering all three services and got nowhere . ’ |
| 17 | He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that . |
| 18 | If he makes a bad shot he says it 's because he 's blind but Gary says it 's because his technique is wrong . |
| 19 | If he makes a bad shot he says it 's because he 's blind but Gary says it 's because his technique is wrong . |
| 20 | Lumb says it 's because they do n't have a branch there , but we think it 's solid Labour to look at all the blue posters . |
| 21 | The cynic in me says it is because the larger firms do not do small audits and because abolition would cause problems for the ACCA , which would have more difficulty maintaining an audit regulatory presence as fewer of their members would be auditing . |
| 22 | Mario says it was because of his commitments to the Firestone Tyre Company , who had ‘ their own guys in Europe ’ . |
| 23 | She says it was because the EC drove such a hard bargain on fish in 1972 that public opinion turned against membership . |
| 24 | By the time Betty returned , her hems wet , she had decided it was because these anachronistic garments dated from an era when there were servants to perform the morning tasks while the quality lounged around in negligé . |
| 25 | We hope hope it is because if you take three weeks to do that it dilutes |
| 26 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 27 | The first time I murdered it was because of rabbits meeting a fiery death , and meeting that fiery death from the nozzle of a Flame-thrower virtually identical to the one I had used to exact my revenge on the warren . |
| 28 | As to the kisses , had n't he said it was because he was French ? |
| 29 | And suppo I assumed it 's because she was orphan . |
| 30 | Something or someone had annoyed him and instantly she assumed it was because he was landed with her here in his house . |