Example sentences of "at [pers pn] because i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stayed with my mother 's parents in Eltham and I wrote to every theatre company and virtually every person in the world , but nobody would even look at me because I had n't done drama school . |
| 2 | Sometimes , they even used to laugh at me because I got so serious about athletics . |
| 3 | The sailors all laughed at me because I walked and neighed like a horse . |
| 4 | I 'll look elsewhere for my entertainment , thank you , and I will not have accusations of ‘ censorship ’ and ‘ racism ’ levelled at me because I do so . |
| 5 | You know how they 're always shouting at me because I hit them too hard ? |
| 6 | ‘ No , Mrs Sutherland , you look at me because I want to see you understanding what I 'm going to say 'cause I 'm never discussing this again with anyone . ’ |
| 7 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |
| 8 | I am terrified to look at them because I know I will collapse into helpless laughter . |
| 9 | ‘ I think the rise in fascism is disgusting , and I thought the most disgusting thing Morrissey did was when he said it was a National Front skinhead who threw something at him because I did n't see any fascism in the crowd at all . |
| 10 | I 'm losing power on the straights , and the three of you had better work at it because I 've only got one more chance ! ’ |