Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb base] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I come over here because I like to be alone , ’ Charity said firmly . |
| 2 | Erm , I 'm just looking for some with lycra because I like to be able to afford a bit more . |
| 3 | Yeah because the other thing is that although erm you might have all these sort of high flying ideas about what you wan na do and you do n't actually feel tied down by a relationship , actually you do live your life thinking well ca n't really do that because I wan na be with him . |
| 4 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do wish everyone would stop writing me off just because I happen to be fifty . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Just because I happen to be President of this company I do n't play the Great White Chief , ’ he was fond of saying . |
| 7 | However , if I am a regular customer and the stall owner gives me credit because I happen to be short of cash , I do have an obligation to come back . |
| 8 | I 'm keen to make my mark on my own merits , not because I happen to be the chairman 's daughter ! ’ |
| 9 | But I considered myself to be unattractive , and in becoming so thin as to render myself totally undesirable sexually , I was saying , ‘ I may be unattractive , but this is because I choose to be this way . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm able to be in the refuge because I choose to be — nothing is keeping me here . |
| 11 | ‘ I am here because I choose to be , ’ she said sharply , despite the rapid race of her pulse . |
| 12 | I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work . |
| 13 | And I 'd say , ‘ Well , I would n't come to the studio today , because I have to be in bed with so and so . ’ |
| 14 | Can I please because I have to be off in a few minutes . |
| 15 | But this er American pilot , Commanding General , stands before this group with a great sense of humility and a , a sense of great honour , recognizing the only reason I 'm here is because I have to be the Commanding General . |
| 16 | ‘ Mother , ’ she said , ‘ I left because I want to be a musician , I do n't want to be someone 's mother and someone 's wife . |
| 17 | " Because I want to be with you , looking at you every minute I possibly can . |
| 18 | Because I 'm not here because I want to be , that 's why . |
| 19 | I entirely reject it because I want to be able to help my constituents to achieve their natural and legitimate aspirations . |
| 20 | Vaclav Havel , Czechoslovak President since December 1989 , announced on April 14 that he would seek a further term as President " not because I want to be President at any cost … but because I want to contribute towards pushing through certain values " . |
| 21 | ‘ Because I want to be alone . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm here because I want to be , because I like your company , and I think we should be enjoying it . |
| 23 | My green cord trousers came next , followed by my fawn Kickers boots , lables removed as from everything I wear because I refuse to be a walking advertisement for anybody . |
| 24 | You ca n't hold there because I need to be in the middle of it to push it . |
| 25 | Yeah because you go to be the eldest and then just at the time you should of gone on and become the youngest , it changed so you were the eldest all the time |
| 26 | And because you have to be bursting with energy and health to do the top jobs , they have to be given to younger men . |
| 27 | You do need to be as sharp as possible , because you have to be so quick with your gags . |
| 28 | and they 'll get very worried , and it 's quite a difficult area because you have to be on the look out for something that 's not right , but you do n't want people to get er very worried because those feet are going to be very mobile and doing non walking thing until the child walks , they 're also very fat and podgy are n't they little babies ' feet ? |
| 29 | There is another test that I want to refer to , that we ca n't actually do , because you have to be qualified to do this test , and it 's very , very complicated , and all the rest of it . |
| 30 | Because you have to be cutting with the verbal . |