Example sentences of "[be] [adj] because i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am calm because I feel strong . |
| 2 | I 've a feeling that , that probably they are all together and that they are safe because I think the , the , the , the Soviets are probably trying to , to damp down the issue now by keeping quiet on it , because I think they 've been very rattled . |
| 3 | It 's been three days now I 'm not sure though I could be wrong because I have n't slept very well I have nightmares of a man and they think it 's me but it is n't , is it ? |
| 4 | I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by |
| 5 | His recent return to England brought with it a 120-day qualification ban and he admitted : ‘ This game will be crucial because I need the extra edge . |
| 6 | I shall be brief because I realise that at least two other hon. Members wish to take part in the debate . |
| 7 | Said Piper : ‘ I 'm confident because I believe Benn is beatable and I have the ability to do the job . ’ |
| 8 | When somebody pressed his PLAY button , I said , ‘ People think I 'm stupid because I think there 's something in this alien business . |
| 9 | She realised that more was called for and went on : ‘ I 'm curious because I 've never had a chance to look round here before . ’ |
| 10 | I mean it 's going to be contentious because I mean erm certainly Cynthia , to a smaller extent erm Mandy , would argue that whilst you 've got York College of Further |
| 11 | I 'm reluctant to say I 'm hungry because I know the response will be : ‘ That figures ’ . |
| 12 | I 'm hungry because I have n't had lunch . |
| 13 | Still , I 'd be silly to think I 'm safe because I earn an |
| 14 | I 'm pessimistic because I believe that if the council is to tackle what I still believe to be a big problem of the local authority then it can not really do so without the support of the largest party on this authority and if we have heard erm an honest assessment of their perception of of the case , I I really I really do despair that this council will will get to the bottom of the problem . |
| 15 | I 'm worried because I 've hardly done anything this term . |
| 16 | But the subtext texts reads somewhat differently : ‘ I want to be thin because I do n't like flesh . ’ |
| 17 | Clark , in action at least twice a week this season , admitted : ‘ I 'm disappointed because I do n't feel tired — nobody does when things are going so well . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Sometimes I am proud because I have the King 's ear , but our royal master is a devious , sly man . |
| 19 | Mrs Margaret Charles , living 200 yards from the crash , said : ‘ I am furious because I do not think pilots should just bale out and let the plane go on and crash into a village . |
| 20 | I am worried because I have been : in contact with polio/on a blind in Paris/reading the Readers Digest . |
| 21 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
| 22 | ‘ I come across as being intolerant because I have a different sense of what is important these days . |
| 23 | ‘ No way am I worth that sort of money , and it 's annoying because I 've started getting begging letters . |
| 24 | Which is interesting because I think I saw her on Wednesday night . |
| 25 | Well she wo n't think it 's cold because I mean , it 's sunny every day is it ? |
| 26 | And it 's frightening because I know people die waiting for a transplant . |
| 27 | have , Iris can have another look , but erm , but it 's incredible because I mean that 's , that really was |
| 28 | Well , this morning it 's our great pleasure to welcome three visitors to the session , one of whom I 'm not entirely sure is welcome because I understand that in fact he 's in some way a slight opposition in that he runs his own training course . |
| 29 | Mine 's terrible because I 've got a low voice , a deep voice anyway . |
| 30 | Ah it is it is , it 's terrible because I do n't think you can get , I do n't know whether you can get a , I could n't get one in my other washer but then |