Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 2 | He gave me that nickname because I 'm small with curly hair like a candyfloss stick , and it 's kind of cute . |
| 3 | A typical problem raised by practitioners is : ‘ He wo n't give me professional clearance because there are fees outstanding . ’ |
| 4 | So I 've lost me bloody job because of it he said . |
| 5 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 6 | I just hope i t 's not going to haunt me this year because I really would n't want that . ’ |
| 7 | So many patients have fled from me this morning because I am not Doctor Rice . |
| 8 | Richards said : ‘ Things have n't gone well for me this season because of injuries but I want to stay on here to finish the job . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 10 | so if the experts e actually gave me galloping schizophrenia because on one |
| 11 | I heard the tyres screech and quickly moved my right leg because I knew he was about to make contact . |
| 12 | I am the Countess , no , the Princess Ludmila Hohenkopetal , imprisoned by my cruel stepfather because I wish to marry the impecunious Lieutenant Longlegs who is really a king 's son in disguise . |
| 13 | I could n't settle down to my old life because … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I am now looking forward to the Potteries Marathon which is my favourite race because there is so much local support to spur you on . ’ |
| 15 | My favourite is a high-buttoned waistcoat in black , my favourite colour because it 's easy to match up . |
| 16 | I meant the hon. Gentleman , but he almost became my hon. Friend because of his grudging acceptance of the principle of testing . |
| 17 | I suspect that in many cases — and perhaps in that of my hon. Friend because , as he said , he has a severe cold — it is a matter for commiseration . |
| 18 | For year-round interest , firs like Abies lasiocarpa appreciate heavy , moist soil , although A. koreana is my personal favourite because it produces cones at an early age . |
| 19 | Clearly er these are my personal comments because the issue has n't been debated by the council . |
| 20 | Yes , my granda this was my second grandfather because my gra my own grandfather had died , before I was born , and my grandmother had married again and he was a he was the arm-setter at Colliery . |
| 21 | to my honourable friend because not only are these er large er particularly the big six er centres of accountancy power pretty well uncontrolled , they dominate the institutions that are meant to regulate them er but when it comes to international er affairs they do n't exchange information with each other . |
| 22 | I even had to leave my sick bed because I 'm the only goalkeeper . |
| 23 | Mary must have noticed my changed mood because she asked why I was so miserable . |
| 24 | The cooperation of the Rotel has bee such that I have often gone into the ‘ play it again ’ mode on my regular machine because credibility was being strained . |
| 25 | But on the other hand I do n't want to wake up with horror one day when I find that I 've lost all my physical abilities because I was n't taking too much care of them and observing . |
| 26 | I thought that once , when I did my first removal because the boss was away , and I went to a house wh and they had more more mirrors in that house than I s ever seen since , and because I was only learning and I had n't been taught I put all the other furniture in and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors and worried about the mirrors till at the end there was so much furniture in there was n't room to put the mirrors on the floor and I had to come back a second time to actually do that because I did n't dare put them anywhere else . |
| 27 | I changed my first name because I actually felt I was a new person . |
| 28 | At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought I would wear my thick coat because it might be cold waiting for the bus and it would stand up to the rain . |
| 30 | Although it might appears that this unit could be used to copy into EEPROMS , this proved impractical with my own computer because it is not capable of providing the longer write pulses necessary ( typically about 10mS ) . |