Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] because [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | but you 've got to par cook them because they do n't |
| 3 | ‘ That 's the way I want him because we have a quiet bunch of lads who need bossing about . ’ |
| 4 | Rather , they say it because they think it must be like that . |
| 5 | when , when er Jehovah confuse them because they want to what 's the word , they 'd er , they 'd what 's erm |
| 6 | ‘ I bring you because I know you to be one of us . ’ |
| 7 | things , people read them because they want to enjoy them , they know that real life 's different , but its fun . |
| 8 | you are on to a good thing , you 'll end up with knitteds that suit you because they fit . |
| 9 | Not that you suspect him because you do n't like the look of him walking the streets — he 's got to be a suspected person . |
| 10 | I do my exam in January and then I drop it because I go on a teaching practice and I pick it up halfway through third year . |
| 11 | You amuse me because you take yourself so seriously … ’ |
| 12 | We all like them because we depend on them . ’ |
| 13 | I like them because they push back the boundaries . |
| 14 | I remember once when he was talking about acting on the continent , he said , ‘ They like me because I act like a German . ’ |
| 15 | You can tell they like it because they tell you so . |
| 16 | I like it because I know that every time I walk out on that stage my fingers are getting stronger and I have that much more playing behind me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I like it because I look pretty like Princess Di . |
| 18 | I know it because I see people regularly that retired five years ago six years ago , seven . |
| 19 | It 's hard for people like us because I think playing music is a legitimate goal in life and you 're not made to feel legitimate , you 're made to feel opportunist . ’ |
| 20 | So Geoffrey 's gon na ring the bloke when he he 's gon na try and get hold of Mr later on and ring him because we 've got to let this other man know you know he ca n't have it . |
| 21 | I believe him because I feel it . |
| 22 | I believe him because I want to believe him . |
| 23 | Like many people who promote the European Community in this country , I promote it because I see enormous financial , economic and environmental advantages for our country . |
| 24 | Not just because of what you 've said , that wetted our appetite , that intrigued us , that aroused our curiosity , but we believe it because we have seen and heard for ourselves and we 've recognized his authority . |
| 25 | But I entertain it because I see no other . ’ |
| 26 | Advertisers use them because they ensure sales . |
| 27 | Some of their comments , it 's like the untutored eye , they pick out things that surprise you because you 've got so used to a particular manner of approaching images , that you forget that there are other ways of doing it . |
| 28 | I confess to having myself once described a particularly abstruse provision as ‘ something of a minor masterpiece of opacity ’ , but I regret it because I think that such shafts are frequently not aimed at the right target . |
| 29 | No , I ca n't say I like any of these jobs — I do them because they 've got to be done : I 'm here and I 've got to do them ( all said in a dragging monotone ) . |
| 30 | Do I because they write their press releases in such a way that it grabs you and says , ‘ Hey ! |