Example sentences of "[pers pn] be because [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Yes , I know some people might think we are because we occasionally partner each other , but you should have known better — or perhaps not , since you never had any scruples about being a party to another man 's infidelity six years ago , which leads me to believe that this show of conscience on Cavell 's behalf is just that — show !
2 Very often it 's to try and take advantage of price deals , but also it 's because we now know there perhaps is n't the urgency to buy a holiday in February because we know there 'll be plenty around still in June or July .
3 It 's not that the TV folk like to be topical , it 's because they rarely have the nous to come up with anything original .
4 It 's because they never miss a food or drink trick .
5 Er , I 'm a little bit out of touch , so , i if I sound hesitant it 's because I simply do n't know how much debate has been taking place , and how , systematised the relationships are going to be in the future .
6 It 's because I never had no shoes till I was three .
7 It 's because I never see anyone else .
8 It 's because you just got here .
9 That 's right , I mean why di why have we got the structure of agriculture as we have , you know why why do we still have an atomistical industry right , it 's not just a , a freak of nature , there are economic laws , erm , and opinion that s , that structure the industry and it 's because you just do n't get economies of scale staying in agriculture .
10 ‘ Well , if you must know , I think it 's because he just does n't like the idea of me leaving him .
11 Every election , some people discover that they are unregistered , and in most cases it is because they either forgot to fill in the form , or they moved in too late in the year to qualify .
12 In part it is because they too have unknowingly taken in the prevailing stereotypes .
13 It is because we internally use our visual information and our sound information in different ways and for different purposes that the sensations of seeing and hearing are so different .
14 It is because we internally use our visual information and our sound information in different ways and for different purposes that the sensations of seeing and hearing are so different .
15 It may seem that if we succeed in adapting our values to such disturbances instead of losing them altogether , it is because we still retain some vestige of a Christian and liberal moral tradition a memory of ‘ Do unto others … ’ at the roots of social habit , which saves us from the collapse into competing egoisms into which deepening conflicts are perpetually driving us .
16 It is not that the Sergeant really objects to the constable having a legitimate excuse for being late , but it is because he too has to satisfy his superior officers that his omission to visit all the constables regularly is due to efficient Police duty .
17 If I address you collectively , it is because I no longer know who to address individually .
18 For me , it is because I only have half of that .
19 When people did not use a form of credit they had considered , usually it was because they either did not buy at all , or paid cash instead .
20 It was because you instinctively recognised her as a rival .
21 Oh , I do n't think it was because she particularly disliked me or anything like that … ’
22 If Louisa had not dreamed badly on her first night at the Lodge it was because she hardly slept at all .
23 I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’
24 Maybe one of the reasons we all love them is because they subtly reinforce the status quo .
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