Example sentences of "[be] because [pers pn] think [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if Madame stayed close to him , it can hardly have been because she thought he needed looking after . |
| 2 | It may be because they thought he has access to money or stores it there but that information is wrong . |
| 3 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 4 | Now one of the reasons a lot of delegations go wrong , is because we think we have agreed ground rules with people . |
| 5 | The reason it 's on the A-side is because we think it should be a single and it might appeal to people who are n't necessarily Carter fans . |
| 6 | The real reason you often put in fourteen hours seven days a week is because you think it 's important that people know what 's happening in their world . ’ |
| 7 | if I have gone on at length about this release , it is because I think it is of enormous interest and importance . |
| 8 | When I ask for something it is because I think it is worth trying but in this case the very clear proviso about needing to buy was a strong psychological deterrent to investing the time and effort needed to learn yet another keyboard technique and language . |
| 9 | If we go to front-wheel drive , it 's because we think it 's better . |
| 10 | I told them — it 's because they think we stink . |
| 11 | It 's not that they 're fussy , it 's because they think it 's wrong . |
| 12 | If I look so bad it 's because I thought I had lost you . |
| 13 | But the only place I 'm gon na put you in , that 's that 's because I think your style and personality will fit there . |
| 14 | And additional cross-tabulations not included in Appendix I showed that two per cent of those buying for cash said that this was because they thought they probably would n't be able to get credit . |
| 15 | Maybe it was because they thought it was dangerous to stand out in any way from the crowd , in case fate was tempted to drop a crate on their heads . |
| 16 | I liked to think it was because they thought he 'd failed , that our survival in the mountains had been his humiliation , but I would have to admit this might have been mere wishful thinking . |
| 17 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 19 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |