Example sentences of "[det] [noun] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 2 | Rufus wondered if he might have invented that part because he had so much to do with wombs in the course of his own daily life . |
| 3 | I was fond of that duvet because I thought it was hers . |
| 4 | Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across . |
| 5 | And I would if I 'm gon na use that term because I think I would be taking a flier with you . |
| 6 | can we put on that side because I think that 's where to keep it . |
| 7 | Billy Connolly socialist people all switched on to watch that programme because they like Billy Connolly it . |
| 8 | I hate that programme because I like I tend to come and listen to the content of what they 're saying |
| 9 | So then I had to put in for another grant because he 'd smashed every damn thing . |
| 10 | Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers . |
| 11 | Something like that , trying to remember now what it was , sixteen hundred , sixteen hundred that was it and it says your credit limit is sixteen , sixteen , you could spend up to sixteen hundred pounds , whether you got it or not you can spend it , so we said if we 're gon na get this computer because you get these Air Miles out of it , you know , every ten pounds you get an Air Mile , well if he 's getting a computer over a thousand pounds you know with all the paraphernalia that goes with it , well that 's a lot of Air Miles there , well we said we 'll get it through Access , but there is n't , our credit limit on Access is n't enough to pay for the computer , sixteen hundred it 's more than sixteen hundred , in , in the long , once he 's got his printer and God knows what you know , so I phoned them up and he said erm is it possible to adjust the limit upwards ? |
| 12 | I never reported this story because I did n't believe it . |
| 13 | Erm , there 's not a word that 's suitable to use actually in this case because we find that they would actually impact upon the service in a serious manner and therefore we do n't , |
| 14 | ‘ In the normal course of events these things take time under French law , and they 're likely to take even longer in this case because he refuses to make any move whatever until you are actually there — in France . ’ |
| 15 | The present tense is used in this case because it carries a sense of immediacy and impact . |
| 16 | Now when I spoke to Mrs on the telephone last night she told me about the work you 've been doing on and I have looked at it and I 'm going to go over it again with you this afternoon because she thought it was very very good work . |
| 17 | I told my friends I was going to the dentist this afternoon because I knew they 'd be jealous if they knew I 'd seen Home Alone 2 before anyone else . |
| 18 | Top managers may well not understand this resistance because they do not recognize the schemas . |
| 19 | ‘ Only one on this bike because it 's only got one seat ’ , ( Simon 4.3 ) . |
| 20 | I persuaded her to come on this course because I thought it would be a change for us both . ’ |
| 21 | We got into this fight because we wanted to preserve our independence , and I do n't think our views have changed , have they ? |
| 22 | I 'd like to skip over this decision because it wakes me up in a sweat fairly often . |
| 23 | Now if you have a rolling programme and you wan na say we refurbish four at a time , roughly I would say fifty beds in these two hundred , give or take some money because they vary . |
| 24 | Tom from Freeland , who has , as he said , erm some experience because he had erm been in the Middle East for some time , speaks Arabic and erm putting a very strong point there , if you 'd like to comment on that or other aspects of the Gulf erm conflict , do ring now , three double one , one double one . |
| 25 | They will disagree in some cases because they disagree about the likely consequences of a particular rule , and in others because they have different visions of what a good community is like . |
| 26 | Though it seems reasonable to assume that the ideal candidate for cardiac transplantation is one who has irreversible cardiac failure and severe symptomatic restrictions despite all treatment but with no requirement for intravenous or interventional support and no secondary end organ damage , in practice many of the patients referred for consideration of transplantation require active support in hospital and have been referred in some cases because they have developed secondary end organ damage . |
| 27 | Some parents will be very upset , in some cases because it cuts across their genuine convictions . |
| 28 | The United States Senate rejected this provision because it thought it would bestow legal rights upon third parties . |
| 29 | Remember , I 'm giving you this money because he has been a good boy . |
| 30 | If , if your , if your total turnover was sixteen thousand , then the inspector of taxes would want from you an account which shows how your fifteen thou sixteen thousand has been arrived at , who 's paid you this money because he looks at those and he checks their accounts to see they 've received it obviously , that 's what it is , and wh how is your five thousand pounds made up . |