Example sentences of "because [pron] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because I am devoted to you , as well you know , and I wish to understand you . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps , I thought , sitting on the bed and watching Flora , perhaps I feel like this because I am ashamed to be a woman , a member of that subjugated race whose preoccupations are so trivial and unimportant . |
| 3 | ‘ I talk about being black because I 'm proud to be , ’ says Christie . |
| 4 | I would n't like to speak about the details of government discussion because I 'm subject to the discipline of government responsibility . |
| 5 | So in order to impress her I made a speech and it apparently did impress her because I 'm married to her now . |
| 6 | Agnes turned away from her sister and there was a sad note in her voice as she said , ‘ He cares for me merely because I 'm useful to him , that 's all . |
| 7 | All of which is pretty weird because I 'm used to catching the band three or four times a year ! |
| 8 | I found this day the most enjoyable because I 'm used to dealing with people . |
| 9 | Well some of it erm with some of it is , I mean it 's like the taxation side and , and things like that I can understand quite easily because I 'm used to dealing in that but when it comes |
| 10 | And then something ha no that is completely in your mind because I 'm rude to people all the time and I 've never even thought about it and I still do things and I do n't , you know , it does n't even cross my mind . |
| 11 | It was strange at first because I was used to Mum cooking dinners . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I was married to 'is father . ’ |
| 13 | We got along well because I was sympathetic to his cause , and I understood why he was so disturbed by the obvious discrimination by the white man . |
| 14 | I wished somebody else was at home because I was afraid to be in the house with him in this mood . |
| 15 | Erm well I do n't really know what to ask you because I was prepared to erm |
| 16 | For a moment I expected a knuckle-rapping response , but after a brief hesitation , he said , ‘ My verse was obscure because I was obscure to myself . |
| 17 | Because you are alert to that possibility , you will already be expressing your thoughts in a direct way . |
| 18 | Because you 're new to the business . |
| 19 | I think it 's because you 're close to heaven up here . |
| 20 | Now , most people think that you were a fish wife because you were married to a fisherman that had nothing to do with it ! |
| 21 | That 's just because she 's married to an older man basically er she 's I know it 's a sweeping generalisation but it is it is a fact that and and she 's more your type |
| 22 | Er , next week we 're gon na miss her even more , because she 's supposed to be doing the paper . |
| 23 | If a female is taken from one area to the other , she ignores the local males because she is deaf to their calls . |
| 24 | She was extremely beautiful , but she had no children because she was married to a djinn . ’ |
| 25 | Thérèse because she was indifferent to the acid jab of nettles , Léonie because she liked to see that little corner of the grounds turned untidy and wild , the gateposts swarming with weeds and grass in their crevices , clumps of Michaelmas daisies . |
| 26 | And she got all the rest of the stuff cost price because she was used to liaising with the caterers and photographers before other people 's weddings . |
| 27 | cos of nowadays , well they did n't then because she was beastly to me now ! |
| 28 | Perhaps it was because she was unaccustomed to being kissed with such ardour . |
| 29 | She did not need Jarvis to tell her of the phenomenon of the shivering platform at West Hampstead as a train approaches , that and the singing of the rails , because she was accustomed to the point of no longer noticing it . |
| 30 | That suited Comfort , because she was sick to death of war stories and all she wanted to do was forget the whole horrible business and somehow get her life back on to its prewar footing . |