Example sentences of "[is] because [pers pn] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well anyway erm they it was interesting , they all seemed rather positive and the reason they were positive is because they perceive him as classless , as somebody who 's actually come up the hard way , who 's experienced the down side of life and who 's nevertheless , through hard work and perseverance and so on , triumphed over that , and actually reached the highest post in the land , and erm they seemed to feel that there was a erm that this was a good thing , that somebody who 's had experience of erm the less privileged side of life , somebody who , and I quote ‘ was n't born with a silver spoon in is mouth , and did n't got to public school and that sort of thing knows more about what 's life for the average person ’ and I agree with that . |
| 2 | It 's because you like him a little too much — or , to be honest , you 're drawn to him a little too fiercely . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's because you make him shy and self-conscious , that 's all . ’ |
| 4 | It 's because you love him that you feel like killing him and wiping him out of your life . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's because you love him that you feel like killing him ! |
| 6 | He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that . |