Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be because " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only reason the police got anything out of me was because they threatened to question my daughter . |
| 2 | One of them is because of its blood red colour . |
| 3 | I ca n't help thinking that a lot of it was because he felt trapped . |
| 4 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 5 | did , did have and I 'll still say the only reason we have n't been at war with them is because of the army , arm |
| 6 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 7 | The only reason she had decided to put herself through all this with him was because she had a point to prove — a professional point . |
| 8 | But the reason I begin with it is because it is in many ways a blueprint . |
| 9 | But William 's grandad reckoned the real reason they had it in for him was because of the name . |
| 10 | Her kindness to me is because I 've expanded those Works . |
| 11 | If you get sat on it is because you allow yourself to be sat on . |
| 12 | And the the reasons for it is because we 're it 's the sort of by far the most solid concentration of our our actual members and likely supporters . |
| 13 | She wanted to stay in Harlem and be with Edith for it was because of Edith she was still alive and she finally knew that their relationship was genuine . |
| 14 | Straight off why it 's more important or why it 's important to tell you about it is because it 's a very fast network . |
| 15 | The only , I reckon the only reason she 's upset about it is because she ca n't have him , that 's wh you know when you ca n't have something then you want it . |