Example sentences of "[pers pn] because i [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My name is Roman Wyatt , but I wo n't copy the Americans and say I 'm pleased to meet you because I 'm not . ’ |
| 2 | The delight on her face was mixed with astonishment ; in fact I know we were both astonished , she because I was so skinny and I because she was so fat . |
| 3 | My parents moan at me because I am not always willing to go to work . |
| 4 | You only think you love me because I 'm here in the same house and there 's no one else . ’ |
| 5 | You do n't want me because I 'm not a boy ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I mean it 's the other way round and he is insanely in love with me , and April is mad with him because he is , and she is madder with me because I 'm not , since that is so insulting to them both . ’ |
| 7 | And er why he sent for me because I 'm not a shop steward or anything . |
| 8 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
| 9 | " Yes , I hear you , and I 'm a ninny , but do n't tease me because I 'm really very unhappy about it all . " |
| 10 | It 's just an excuse if they 're going to be put off voting for me because I 'm only 21 ; they would n't have done anyway . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Although everyone remembers Tony Parsons and Nick Kent at the NME , they forget about me because I 'm now terminally unhip , like Elvis joining the army . |
| 12 | I was worried that she 'd go off with someone else because she was so pretty and she thought the same about me because I was away from home so much . |
| 13 | I have n't got the bottle with me because I was away . |
| 14 | The others in the family did n't like me because I was n't of pure blood . |
| 15 | He was sorry , he said , but he was n't allowed to marry me because I was n't a Jew . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | The baby was quite big for me because I was so small . |
| 18 | And by the end of about a month , the guy I was assigned to work with refused to work with me because I was always cracking jokes — he said ‘ I 'm not going to work with you , if you crack one more joke I 'm going to the supervisor . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The other kids at school thought I was a real wimp but they accepted me because I was always cheeky to the teachers . |
| 20 | I mean really I er it shook me because I was extremely naive , I 'd had two children but I was very very naive in those days . |
| 21 | At the time I did n't believe him because I was n't used to hearing the truth from people 's lips , preferring to believe what I thought rather than what I heard . |
| 22 | to take part which should be quite interesting I have n't really discussed it in detail with him because I was n't sure who else was taking part and what sort of format we 're thinking of having |
| 23 | I was grateful to him because I was really shaking with fear , so much so that poor Dawn could hardly sit up straight on my hand . |
| 24 | I was physically ill the day before I met her because I was so nervous ! |
| 25 | I never attempted it because I am basically impatient , I suppose . |
| 26 | it 's not worth it because I 'm not gon na sort of get myself into a position where I 'm only likely , where in other words get a job as a bricklayer |
| 27 | Co because he 's let me I 'm not going to do it because I 'm not really gon na get a thrill out of it . |
| 28 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
| 29 | But this new album , er I 've become er obsessed by it because I 'm so excited , er cos I think it 's actually some of the best work I 've ever done . |
| 30 | I like it because I 'm out , I think , and I like looking in the shops and sometimes I bump into people I know , and it just makes a little break … |