Example sentences of "[be] [adv] because [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be partly because I did n't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy . |
| 2 | She thought : I must be here because it does n't matter to me much whether I live or die . |
| 3 | er which may or may not be there because we do n't know how much her income is . |
| 4 | I think if Jeff Beck ever remembered having met me it would be precisely because I did n't crawl all over him in sycophancy . |
| 5 | The boys from the village kiss their girls when I am there because they do not care , but he only kisses them when he is being watched . |
| 6 | The barber took a knife to the thicket , weighed it when it was off , and gave her 2½ lb of hair wrapped up in tissue paper which the nurse briskly took from her as soon as they were outside because she did n't believe in being morbid . |
| 7 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
| 8 | Its figure is higher than the CBO 's largely because it does not take into account the fact that the quarterly long-bond auctions had already been pruned over the past year , from around $12 billion to $1.25 billion . |
| 9 | Well okay , those of you who liked the Shakespeare better , for whatever reasons , even if it 's just because you did n't get to grips with Johnson , which of the plays , first of all , erm did you find most interesting ? |
| 10 | Perhaps it 's just because you do n't like her ? |
| 11 | When mink and otters manage to share a habitat — and , on both sides of the Atlantic , they often do — it 's usually because they do n't compete too much for food . |
| 12 | Impressionistically , however , the courts seem more reluctant now to use customs and usages to imply contract terms , although this is possibly because they do not draw the distinction clearly enough between mod-ifying a contract and understanding its terms . |
| 13 | no it 's probably because they do n't buy her any . |
| 14 | I think it 's mainly because I do n't really get enough exercise this time of the year I do n't |
| 15 | Perhaps it 's simply because they do n't really know how to go about it . |
| 16 | well meaning people but I mean the reason they 're saying that is simply because they do n't like what they 're doing full stop . |
| 17 | And the other reason they do n't want to turn up is primarily because they do know that we have compulsory purchase powers and the planning — the paper put forward by the Chief Planning Officer today was a vindication of wage for a good many years , a good many months rather , that we do have compulsory purchase powers and we are able to use them and it was specifically asked at the Panel today , by both Monty Finnist and Sir Monty Finnist and Tony Christopher , why does n't the City Council market this site and use its compulsory purchase powers and that 's one question to address tomorrow as a politician who could make that decision . |
| 18 | Cecilia always left coming to Tina 's until noon was past because she did not want to find her daughter in bed . |
| 19 | Mind you it was partly because we did n't get a programme . |
| 20 | It was principally because they did n't perform a greenbelt function . |