Example sentences of "because [pron] be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Prince pleases , in music , in bed , it 's because nothing is ever done just to please . |
| 2 | Elizabeth did not like detective stories , because someone was usually hanged at the end of them . |
| 3 | Is the fault in her or in me , because I am strangely made , because , as Rousseau said , ‘ I am made unlike anyone I ever met ’ ? |
| 4 | I can not send this letter because I am always watched and I must never be a disloyal German . ’ |
| 5 | Now , erm , supposing that er , I have ten units of parental investment , and I invest ten in A and ten in B because I 'm equally related to both of them . |
| 6 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
| 7 | Because I 'm emotionally affected by not wearing it . |
| 8 | If you have already thought up a sensible solution to my problems , that puts you one up on me as I was then , because I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing . |
| 9 | And this time I did n't have to walk on because I was already installed on the sofa when the show began . |
| 10 | He hit me in the face with the gun ; an inefficient , glancing blow with more chaotic anger than directed malice behind it ; I fell down , correspondingly , more because I felt I ought to than because I was actually knocked out . |
| 11 | I know the argument well because I was once convinced by it . |
| 12 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 13 | I covered it up and I was aggressive towards them , because I was so threatened by how good they were . |
| 14 | For the design photographed on the facing page , I chose the frame first because I was so attracted by its marble effect and the inlay banding around the frame . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I enjoyed the race immensely because I was better trained than I have been previously and , of course , it is always rewarding when you better your personal best . |
| 16 | Because I was never asked to . |
| 17 | ‘ It was obviously right to do so because I was never corrected . ’ |
| 18 | Erm but er I learnt to write a fair hand , erm without too many flourishes , which er because I was always told that somebody might be looking at this in a hundred years time , or more . |
| 19 | On some cases yes because I was always told this man he that used to come and he was so clean looking and that he was a barber . |
| 20 | They did not push me out of their watering hole because I was unsuitably dressed , but because females are only admissible if they are willing to pose as deferential ‘ little women ’ . |
| 21 | I did n't go because I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him , we did n't make love on the tiger-skin rug in that little box of a room you gave him , his pear-shaped body pressed against my ageing but still voluptuous frame . ’ |
| 22 | If you experience economic gloom , you should be able to find financial assistance because you are well placed astrologically in 1993 . |
| 23 | Is it because you are expected to express good wishes or thanks , or because you are old and wise and expected to give advice , or because you are an extrovert and known for being humorous , because you are closely related to the other members of the family , or because you are a friend who has known the bride and groom for many years ? |
| 24 | This is inappropriate for a number of reasons : first , because you are primarily assessed on relative quality ( " good for a second-year dissertation " ) rather than absolute quality ; second , because there is no point in simply rewriting someone else 's ideas ( you might as well submit their original book or article instead ) ; and third , because it underestimates the possibilities of disagreement , adaptation and development which exist in all areas of the field . |
| 25 | This is n't just a ‘ one-off ’ problem , either , because you are specifically told that the Polytechnic has decided to enter the conference market . |
| 26 | I think it especially because you are much esteemed , even by your political opponents , for your exceptional personal qualities . ’ |
| 27 | Bu but surely this is something a at this stage you ca n't make public because you are still committed to the United Front |
| 28 | And the other thing that 's happened of course , is that the tw , the , the indoor and the outdoor have had to start spending more time working together and think together , and indeed being measured together , because you 're now measured as a team are n't you ? |
| 29 | You 've already lost me one race because you 're still hung up on that business at Ascot . |
| 30 | Well , I thought nothing of it , because she 's always palled up with a lot of English chaps since she was up at St Andrews and there was the odd Michael among them . |