Example sentences of "[adv] because [pers pn] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only because I realised I never did get around to telling you that you are , without question , the most insolent , wilful , egocentric human being I 've ever met ! ’ |
| 2 | And then it was only because I knew I was going to have to leave at the crack of dawn on Friday , and I would n't have time to fix anything up . ’ |
| 3 | He 's sold me to you only because he thinks I 'm going to die soon . |
| 4 | No doubt M. Chaillot agreed to my demand only because he imagined I would regard his acceptance of it as an incentive to call again . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's only because you know I 'll be more efficient at the job . |
| 6 | I never thought to see the day , and all because I said I fiddled with wireless . |
| 7 | And do n't lose , just because she said I wanted to know , they did n't answer me . |
| 8 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 9 | Just because I said I did n't like talking to old ladies and children ! |
| 10 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 11 | He hit me in the face with the gun ; an inefficient , glancing blow with more chaotic anger than directed malice behind it ; I fell down , correspondingly , more because I felt I ought to than because I was actually knocked out . |
| 12 | Good mainly because it means I can get what I want . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I had never been interviewed before but felt really at ease , mainly because I discovered I had been an informal link worker all my life ! |
| 14 | I want to cry very much now because I think I 'm admitting to myself that , no matter what happens , lift is never going to be the same again . |
| 15 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 16 | I ca n't see it though because you see I do n't do anything like this at all |
| 17 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas or have him look forward to my visits simply because he knows I 'll arrive bearing gifts . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You turned up here because you thought I was about to inherit enough money to stage your movie comeback ! ’ |
| 19 | I said , well you get in there because I said I do n't know if there 's any hold up because you know |
| 20 | But I saw judgement in your face , and it shattered me , precisely because I know I must seem to deserve the very worst that anyone could imagine . |
| 21 | I put my arms around her and hugged her , but I did n't kiss her again because I thought I might cry . |
| 22 | At that point I just want to stand up again because I think I 've put very little into this altogether because I was n't here . |
| 23 | Well thi this is why we dun n it quite seriously because I mean I 'm bored to tears ! |
| 24 | Erm there have been erm , I should have written it down actually because I 've I 've just gone a complete blank , there was that erm that famous case in the States ah and there were two people who 'd erm I think the main impetus for the abuse of their child came from the came from the man came from the husband and there was a great deal of er debate as to why the woman had n't successfully protected the child or successfully done something about it er and I 've forgotten the names of the people and I 've forgotten when it was . |