Example sentences of "because [pron] have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned right and walked up to a crossroads where two shops and a bar were open ; I could n't go in because I had no money , so I continued up the road . |
| 2 | I said , ‘ To be quite truthful , nobody ’ — because I had no contact with my family . |
| 3 | I 've agreed a settlement and I 'm happy enough with it , because I had no contract . |
| 4 | I suppose I must have accepted that whatever my parents told me was good and right because I had no reason to think otherwise . |
| 5 | ‘ The Cambridge University report I read with great interest because I had no understanding of children , not having any of my own . |
| 6 | But when it got dark , I had to go to bed because I had no light . |
| 7 | I 'd forgone breakfast because I had n't got to bed till four in the morning , lunch because I had a hangover and anyway I was late for the train , and due to the fact that it was — according to British Rail at any rate — still part of the extended Festive Period , there had been no buffet trolley on the train . |
| 8 | I asked him for something to ease the pain , but he reminded me that he could n't because I had a head wound . |
| 9 | I was indignant when one of her friends told me my mother had believed my Methodist conviction was because I had a crush on the minister . |
| 10 | Would I perhaps welcome the security of a helicopter , or welcome the security of waking up in bed to find that it was all a dream and I had n't actually gone hill-walking at all because I had a date with Gerard Depardieu ? |
| 11 | I stopped going after six months because I felt I 'd resolved my immediate problem , and it had become a drag and an effort , largely because I had a problem with the silences . |
| 12 | With all the crowding work , and a little pleasure , too , I would have written to you yesterday , only I partly feared to , because I had a proposal to make , which it would have been unseemly to make the apparent cause of my haste . |
| 13 | Council put the central heating in when we got advanced in years and when it became necessary in the doctor 's opinion for me to have central heating because I had a heart complaint . |
| 14 | Skipper Kim Barnett tells me : ‘ There was a time when the opposition used to like me out of the way quickly because I had a reputation for getting after the bowling . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 16 | Went to Rubella 's in the evening but they would n't let me in because I had a bit of instant Whip on my Brummy vest . |
| 17 | I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’ |
| 18 | I was rather irritated yesterday because I had a phone call from |
| 19 | I stayed in Leeds because I had a circle of friends there . |
| 20 | Erm , I 'm in favour because I had a walkabout with therefore I would like to say on five point three the and on five point six I would like to say B can we just have some traffic calming on the boundary , such as Lane , Road ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd telephoned you purely because I had a need to hear the sound of your voice and what do I get for giving in to such weakness ? |
| 22 | He told his mother just before ‘ I 'm Too Sexy ’ was released ‘ partly because I had a premonition my life was going to change . |
| 23 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 24 | No because I had a meeting yesterday with the kid , with the kids ! |
| 25 | Just because I had a bat and had played at school , they assumed I was some kind of expert . |
| 26 | Because I had a number of people who 've been on to me talking about the mess on the , on the recreation ground , and asking what it 's for , and as soon as you explain why , you know , it 's been accepted . |
| 27 | It was n't quite chalk and string on the garage floor because I had a drawing board at Folkingham , but the tin-bashers and fitters would look over my shoulder and make parts as I drew them . |
| 28 | At first it was very good , I could n't do anything wrong because I had a baby . |
| 29 | Just because I had a wedding ring on . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I considered it my duty to get informed about politics because I had a vote . |