Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] because [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Idiot Boy and Simon Lee , the Old Huntsman are true Lyrical Ballads , and are poems which remain alive because they continue to provoke such intense disagreement . |
| 2 | I mean interesting because I 've never actually done the job that you 're doing . |
| 3 | Agree flexible arrangements for your son to visit ( I say flexible because he wo n't want to feel obliged to turn up every weekend ; that way , the visits wo n't become a chore for you or for him ) . |
| 4 | He weighed 196lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man-to-man talk ( I say man-to-man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . |
| 5 | By the time you 've seen your third rapist walk free because you 've been cleverer than the prosecuting counsel , you lose the taste for that particular victory . |
| 6 | If so , it would have to do it without Kinnock , and at the risk of alienating Scots and Welsh Unionists who still vote Labour because they think economic and social matters more important than constitutional reform . |
| 7 | We vote Labour because it 's our party , it 's on our side , as it was on the side of our forefathers . |
| 8 | He knows what shots sound like because he hunts , but he still thinks they might have been only firecrackers . |
| 9 | I tend to play with the wah on the treble setting all the time which gives you an incredibly trebly sound and it 's really hard to make that sound good because it distorts and feeds back all the time . |
| 10 | On stage I look exuberant because I feel exuberant . |
| 11 | ( It is tempting to say that they are rare , but the truth is that they only seem rare because we avoid them . ) |
| 12 | The Co-op butcher was , had got his own shop lower down You could get everything in that one street and now in this modern age , we 've got nothing , we 've got to get on a bus and get into Walsall and so this is where it , we get infuriated because you know , in this progress we 've lost out have n't we ? |
| 13 | Ah , but I get I get embarrassed because you people are so cruel ! |
| 14 | They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range . |
| 15 | This is where I get nervous because I know I 've come into a word I know I ca n't pronounce . |
| 16 | Fact : whenever the NME staff get all babyish and gooey over a band , I get suspicious because it happens every other week . |
| 17 | ‘ If I get unhealthy because I ca n't do any sit-ups , ’ he told Gina , ‘ it 's all your fault . |
| 18 | They 're certainly not run with any notion of an actor 's potential and actors get unhappy because they spend an awful lot of time feeling creatively unused . |
| 19 | We get angry because we can not understand , because people do n't get better or have changed . |
| 20 | I know how busy they are when I come off the road off a night , and I know busy because they are before I go out on a morning , and erm , it seems like they 're never likely to get stuck from time to time though . |
| 21 | Because you know money-wise because we were not content to sit back and see er schemes being introduced that , which were going to act as a deterrent to er our members er being able to earn wages er on incentives and so therefore erm what happened was that we agreed that the consultants er head personnel manager would come down and talk to each group of people who were being put on to the incentive scheme , one , in order that he go over everything with them in regard to its application , and two , then answer any practical questions er where our members may find that there could be difficulties . |
| 22 | The risk of injury might become so great that the timid fighters , which never get hurt because they always run away first , might then be at an advantage . |
| 23 | ‘ I get mad because you provoke me , ’ she muttered , through clenched teeth , ‘ Leave me alone and you 'll find I can contain my temper quite easily . ’ |
| 24 | At one extreme some males simply remain unpaired because they can not attract a female . |
| 25 | It 's not that she 's said , ‘ No , you must n't wear make-up ’ , but all my friends do , and sometimes I feel strange because I have n't got any . |
| 26 | These arguments ring hollow because they misunderstand the mode of responsibility in question . |
| 27 | ‘ Then they feel guilty because they realise patients have to be treated and their colleagues are having to do extra work . |
| 28 | ‘ They feel guilty because they realise patients have to be treated and their colleagues are having to do extra work . |
| 29 | I feel guilty because I find Oliver attractive . |
| 30 | In other words , I feel guilty because I can not live up to the expectations placed upon me by society or individuals . |