Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 2 | The sight of him like that gladdened my heart because I knew his news must be good . |
| 3 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 4 | ‘ Breakthrough 2000 ’ warmed my heart because I think : here is vision , here is faith , and here are people who are setting a target and they are wanting to move towards it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I closed off … yes , I did close off my heart because you had closed off yours , ’ she insisted quickly , her words coming in a rush . |
| 6 | Conditioners for my hair because it gets really dry and definitely lipstick , I have to have my red lippy . |
| 7 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 8 | Other ones here , an anonymous call from Birmingham , I have been beaten up weekly by my ex-husband because he 's been told to pay more . |
| 9 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew my mum because she 'd been with me at the hospital and I remembered my grandad because of his bald head . |
| 11 | yeah , that 's what I thought and , but if that was n't bad enough , my mum because she knows these things , even said that he does n't even say ho , ho , ho , Green Giant , does n't , they do n't even sing that song when they 're working they could n't sing , and you know the little corn on the cob man |
| 12 | In 1951 , he could still write to an author who wanted to publish some works in his collection : ‘ I have not given you my permission because I do not know what will be in the book you are writing . |
| 13 | GR700 owners , I need a copy of your GR700 memory on my cartridge because my presets have erased . |
| 14 | ‘ Edwin was always a joker but the point was that he seemed to undervalue his own work and to think less of my judgement because I did not . |
| 15 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 16 | That was my fault because I got too close to Senna . |
| 17 | That was my fault because I got too close to Senna . |
| 18 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 19 | Well this is my fear because I think oh God |
| 20 | I put my hands over my ears because I did n't want to know what was happening . |
| 21 | I get told off by my girlfriend because I wake up in the morning and the first thing I say is , ‘ Flippin' heck , have you sent those newsletters off yet ? . ’ |
| 22 | They nibble hungrily at my legs because I have less hair to protect my skin . |
| 23 | Maybe Errol picked up on my mood because he said something offensive about a lady I regarded with deep affection . |
| 24 | Well currently with my parents because we moved down . |
| 25 | And of course my boss because he had n't listed what we 'd seen |
| 26 | That was the last time I used my LSI because I 've actually been ill since I got back — a touch of the Peruvian tummy-bug , which has put things out of the question ever since |
| 27 | But now one of them catches my eye because I recognize the handwriting . |
| 28 | ‘ But I can control my needs because I remember what all those women wanted . |
| 29 | Younis told me that they 'd taken my picture because I 'd hidden it . |
| 30 | ‘ I can see no reason why I should n't keep my job because I have not committed any offence under military law , ’ he said at the time . |