Example sentences of "like [pron] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his aunts had always been kind to him , Frankie tried his best not to like them because he knew they were only pretending to be nice . |
| 2 | The more able in the group felt they ‘ could n't tell us anything we do n't already know ’ or they were ‘ depressing ’ , while the remainder said that they did not like them because they made them feel inadequate . |
| 3 | If I see a person is charged and sentenced because of drugs , I do n't really like them because I think that 's why there is more crime in this country . |
| 4 | He plays catch with me but he does n't like it because he broke his leg playing football . |
| 5 | She 'll stay there even if she does n't like it because she 's got to provide for them . |
| 6 | Emphasise benefits over features and use a sales vocabulary ( e.g. your production people will like it because it helps to overcome ‘ down time ’ through waiting for the material to set ) . |
| 7 | I know but looks good and I do n't like it because it looks good . |
| 8 | There was no legislation to enforce the use of the safety lamp and many miners did not like it because it did not give out as much light as a candle . |
| 9 | A lot of bands in Sydney do n't like us because we live out there and do n't have anything to do with them , y'know ? but f— ‘ em . ’ |
| 10 | We all like them because we depend on them . ’ |
| 11 | I like them because they push back the boundaries . |
| 12 | I remember once when he was talking about acting on the continent , he said , ‘ They like me because I act like a German . ’ |
| 13 | You can tell they like it because they tell you so . |
| 14 | I also like it because it does n't offer any false promises of amazing results ; instead , what it has to offer is a reasonably priced , workable upgrade from four tracks to eight with a more than creditable end result ( as long as the guidelines in the manual and certain obvious rules are observed ) . |
| 15 | I mean part of it is what I think and part of it is that I think that I like it because it works , that these things — I basically am unconvinced much of the modern tradition . |
| 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 20 | He told Brian Walden , in The Sunday Times ( 16 April 1989 ) , 'I do n't pretend that I liked her because I did n't … |
| 21 | Carson liked her because she seemed to display the ideal mix of warmth and distance that made a good neighbour . |
| 22 | They liked her because she did n't put the book down in the middle to go and do something else , and because she read stories properly , as if she wanted to know what happened too . |
| 23 | She had looked just the way the boy did , and Jean-Paul liked it because it made him feel … |
| 24 | The parlourmaid likes it because it saves her … ’ |
| 25 | It 's the same job as an editor of a publication has to get writers to go along without it all sounding like he wrote it or she wrote it , and the , but a good editor can figure out how to do that and a good writer likes it because it means erm they 'll go together or work better and readers will like it , understand it . |
| 26 | Those who say they like washing up do not like the task itself — one woman likes it because she has a dishwasher , one because she has just acquired a new stainless steel sink , and the third likes it merely ‘ to get it out of the way ’ . |
| 27 | I know Mother would have liked it because she had some experience of one when she was living with Aunt Bessie , over in Stainmore . |