Example sentences of "be [adv] because i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , no it would n't be tomorrow because I think my mum 's working so |
| 2 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 3 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I 'm here because I want to help you … ‘ |
| 5 | I 'm here because I want to be , because I like your company , and I think we should be enjoying it . |
| 6 | I 'm not here just to be Chairman , I 'm here because I believe in things . ’ |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher herself supported this reading : ‘ I 'm here because I believe in things — because I 'm always thinking forward ’ ( speaking on Panorama , 25 January 1988 ) . |
| 8 | I 'm here because I believe that we share many objectives and because I know that there 's more that unites us than divides us . |
| 9 | ‘ I am here because I choose to be , ’ she said sharply , despite the rapid race of her pulse . |
| 10 | ‘ I am here because I live here , but why are you here ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's only because I know you so well , Peachcake . |
| 12 | It 's only because I know Rome quite well that they 've asked me — Athens I do n't know at all . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , lad , it 's only because I think you 're worth somebody better than her . |
| 14 | I suspect that is merely because I have always been able to anticipate when a fox is likely to be present as the result of scent , footprints and tell-tale evidence around the burrow mouth . |
| 15 | If the truth were known , it is only because I have for so long been lonely that I welcome demands for help . |
| 16 | And therefore it is only because I believe this particular phrase is quite literally to do with the very crux , the very cross , of our Christian understanding that I bring it before the general assembly . |
| 17 | But I do n't believe that is so because I believe education is not held in as high respect as it was in the past . |
| 18 | This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls . |
| 19 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 20 | This is not because I share his criticisms — quite the opposite — but because , like him , I anticipate and relish the prospect of my hon. Friend the Minister replying to the debate , when I hope that he will give a robust rebuttal of the hon. Gentleman 's criticisms . |
| 21 | ‘ And , if I have n't yet got around to getting a divorce , it 's … well , it 's just because I 've been working so hard , that 's all . ’ |
| 22 | I suppose it 's just because I feel so comfortable with you . ’ |
| 23 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |
| 24 | You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not because I have ambitions to say ‘ I 'm in charge ’ , ’ says the man who started work as a researcher on the Jimmy Young radio show . |
| 26 | It 's not because I believe therefore , it 's going to happen . |
| 27 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 28 | It 's not because I want applause , or paragraphs in the paper , or my name in coloured lights in Shaftesbury Avenue . |
| 29 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 30 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |