Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had known where I was because he had received all my letters , although I had n't received any of his . |
| 2 | He 's more likely to die than I am because he loves life , his mother tells me so . |
| 3 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 4 | She was very young , 18 or 19 , and relatively immature although much more worldly wise than I was because she had lived a much more international sort of life , and having been around the music scene a lot more than I had , she was streetwise at her age to a greater degree than I — there was no question of that . |
| 5 | But erm I was er somewhat put off altogether by comments I heard from people who had been in much closer contact than I was because I , I saw him very little of him really . |
| 6 | ‘ If other men are attracted to me , then they 're attracted to more of me than you are because they see more of me . |
| 7 | It occurred to him then that Dolly might be under greater threat than he was because she could describe Blackbeard more accurately . |
| 8 | I wonder if it is because she has so few of her own . |
| 9 | If it 's because I 'm not making one you can make it yourself then . |
| 10 | I du n no if it 's because it 's melted a bit but when I tried it before |
| 11 | She wished he were not being so kind , so tender — even if it was because he hoped to cajole her into selling him her house . |
| 12 | Dorothea had always wondered if it was because she despised her . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | But it 's n I still ca n't reconcile why it was kept secret cos surely this is a fundamental point cos it is because they ca n't openly declare that how that they are moving away from the United Front , but if they 're trying to show that they 're moving in line with the peasants ' demands surely they want to show that to the peasants an so there , there 's it 's more that how th the Party cadres have been acting out of step rather than them making it clear to the peasants . |
| 15 | That 's because it 's because you ca n't shoot people from like really far away |
| 16 | You should consider whether this is really what you want to do , or whether it is because you have never been on holiday alone before and the thought of it makes you nervous . |
| 17 | That 's right , I 've , I 've been through over the year 's I 've been doing this and they say , whether it 's because they know if the background at the er vets , the private vets there , you know I do n't know , but the information I get from them , that there 'd a , there not prepared to over . |
| 18 | I mean I du n no whether it 's because they do n't want to lose votes or you know I mean they they were there sort of pontificating about we should all come little children and let's talk . |
| 19 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 20 | So I du n no whether it 's because we 've got used to it |
| 21 | Now I 'm not quite sure whether it 's because we 've known , like Naomi , we 've we know periods of barrenness and leanness that his blessing seems so much more , I do n't know if that 's what it is , or whether it is just because his blessings are so bountiful , but she is overwhelmed by God 's goodness and by God 's blessing to her they could now experience God 's blessing . |
| 22 | My sister-in-law is just about the same age as me , and whether it 's because she 's not his daughter , but he treats her completely different . |
| 23 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 24 | I think she well and the house was certainly getting on her nerves but whether it was because she was ill it was getting on her nerves I do n't know . |
| 25 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 26 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 27 | Whether it was because he was a lousy burglar or because he was wasting valuable brain-damaging time , I could n't tell . |
| 28 | Whether it was because he had other fish to fry is unrecorded , but Hartlepool 's chippies had made the law courts before . |
| 29 | But Jones said : ‘ He was moping around in training this morning whether it was because he was left out of the first team I 'm not sure . |
| 30 | I do n't know whether it was because I ignored him that he threw the drink over me , ’ she added . |