Example sentences of "[pron] because i [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I , you see mm now see I 'm not , I 'm really not convinced by that at all , I because I mean it 's quite clear that right across Europe in nineteen thirty nine , nineteen forty , er there was a real sense of oh no , not again |
| 2 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 3 | ‘ I bring you because I know you to be one of us . ’ |
| 4 | I am employing you because I believe you will do a first-class job . |
| 5 | I 've come to you because I want you to tell me everything you can about Mr Hatton with particular reference to anything you may know about the source of his income . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm playing this one because I like it . |
| 7 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 8 | I wanted to bottom that one because I think it 's a fairly easy one to do . |
| 9 | I am terrified to look at them because I know I will collapse into helpless laughter . |
| 10 | and I 'm going to write down the answers they give me and get them to sign them because I have I have really been beaten about the head by this ! |
| 11 | ‘ Well , that would n't altogether surprise me because I know you 're up to something , buying second-hand clothes from those dotty old maids next door . |
| 12 | IT frightens the life out of me because I fear I 'll never work again . |
| 13 | ‘ It frightens the life out of me because I fear I 'll never work again . |
| 14 | " Or one of them — the crucial one — will reject me because I remind him of Uncle Ben and all the family know that Ben was the world 's champion liar . " |
| 15 | ‘ My children might say that they do n't want to live with me because I send them to bed early . |
| 16 | I love the Christmas services , but I did n't argue with him because I know he means to get rid of me one way or another . |
| 17 | Then he added as Ronni responded with a scowl — do n't say Guido had been right yet again ! — ‘ But , more importantly , I stay with him because I respect him as a seaman . |
| 18 | I believe him because I feel it . |
| 19 | Yeah , well , I would n't ask him because I think it 's too cold for poor devil to work , you know |
| 20 | I 'm very sorry for her because I think she and Nev have made a really a quite ferocious mess of their lives . |
| 21 | ‘ Hopefully there 'll be a lot more messages from her because I think I 'll go on to be at least 120 . ’ |
| 22 | I only ask you to do it because I know you 'll do it properly . " |
| 23 | We want ten and fifteen people stood there in the street , you want their T-shirts on because I have never yet had one person say to me , I wo n't sign it because I think they should shut . |
| 24 | Well I 've written a letter which I 'll read out to you , I have n't posted it because I think I ought to read it to the meeting and get their approval erm , or otherwise , erm , Dear Miss , this is the General Secretary , W I subscription nineteen ninety two . |
| 25 | ‘ I do it because I enjoy it . |
| 26 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
| 27 | He needs it because I suspect he 's hooked on the secrecy and excitement that could easily make him run off again . ’ |
| 28 | I did it because I love him . |
| 29 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 30 | As one single mother noted about the financial support she received from her mother , ‘ it 's not very nice her doing it because I feel I should be helping her ’ ( Cohen , 1991a , p. 40 ) . |