Example sentences of "[verb] because i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kim lives because I wish him to live . |
| 2 | But whether that is acknowledged by our Friends of the Earth I do n't know because I mean they have so many stamps and seals on |
| 3 | Or are you sulking because I rejected you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I came because I considered it to be my duty , ’ he informed her quietly . |
| 5 | Anyway I 'm not saying a word to him , I 'm gon na wait and see if and what he says because I say it 's making me angry . |
| 6 | At first I could not speak because I hated him so much . |
| 7 | Not at the time no it did n't it bothered me when it was done because I thought you 've probably done something and the outcome would be that so at the time it did n't bother me because I was n't interested in the situation |
| 8 | And er that 's how I performed the , but I kept it to myself all these years you know and never told anybody what I 'd done because I think it was terrible . |
| 9 | ‘ I am standing to win because I believe I am the best candidate to lead the Labour Party to victory next time but also because it is imperative that we have a contest in which a proper debate can take place , ’ he added . |
| 10 | I read because I enjoy it ’ — Lady Diana Spencer before her marriage . |
| 11 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 12 | I 'm surprised that one did n't work because I mean they 're usually hot on it , you know they know where to go and and usually there 's action taken if a councillor takes up the cause . |
| 13 | I do n't remember much about it , only dim rooms and fire-light , a dinner of steak-and-kidney pudding and broccoli , which I recall because I disliked it — the smell of urine in the meat , laughter at conversation I did not understand . |
| 14 | Actually , it just happened because I found I was engaging with people who had similar interests to myself . |
| 15 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm disappointed by the stick he gets because I know him as a person . |
| 17 | Erm I 'm just calling because I hear you 've written a book on Irish water spaniels . |
| 18 | ‘ The second stroke was terrifying because I knew I had escaped the trauma of the first , I was petrified . |
| 19 | ‘ The second stroke was terrifying because I knew I had escaped the trauma of the first , I was petrified . |
| 20 | I was also secretly happy and secure because I knew he was out of the fighting . |
| 21 | There was a Django Reinhardt tape playing , I know because I recorded it and sold it to Stubbly , and Ken the barman was sitting on a bar stool reading the News of the World . |
| 22 | I know because I found it , 349 years later . |
| 23 | But she was n't planning to go to her parents — I know because I rang them on Tuesday when she still had n't turned up . ’ |
| 24 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 25 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 26 | and he thinks because I 've he 's pleaded had to plead guilty in court |
| 27 | Because if we actually can address th those real concerns , you know , you know the point that brother just made about why should he leave you to join unison try and crystallize that out in a Northumberland way , if that 's possible , it may not be , it may be difficult on , on a short punchy A five leaflet it will probably service because I mean it c it can be photocopied , there 's nothing wonderful , I mean it does n't have to be sort of the most wonderful printing techniques and giving them desktop publishing . |
| 28 | It 's odd I suppose because I mean I could be much happier to play a lot more if there was a subscription towards croquet . |
| 29 | M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him . |
| 30 | I asked her to phone because I thought you might just recognise my voice and as we did n't part on the best of terms … ’ |