Example sentences of "because [pron] want to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it has only been half successful because everyone wants to be able to go everywhere . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | " Because I want to be with you , looking at you every minute I possibly can . |
| 4 | Because I 'm not here because I want to be , that 's why . |
| 5 | I entirely reject it because I want to be able to help my constituents to achieve their natural and legitimate aspirations . |
| 6 | 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 " . |
| 7 | ‘ Because I want to be alone . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm here because I want to be , because I like your company , and I think we should be enjoying it . |
| 9 | ‘ I initially made contact with Ilona because I wanted to be a porn star as well as an art star . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't want something too fussy , ’ said Fiona , ‘ both because it 's my second time around and because I wanted to be able to wear the dress again ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The album is just like one leaf on the tree , and that 's why I waited two years to do the next one , because I wanted to be sure that my playing had something new to offer . |
| 12 | I did n't go because I wanted to be rich . |
| 13 | I worked and worked at my singing , because I wanted to be an opera singer . |
| 14 | Erm , also I 've been I did phone the office up because I wanted to be report on the environment impact |
| 15 | Is it not possible to focus on form because you want to make your meaning clear , because you want to be more communicatively effective ? |
| 16 | and fair enough , but you can be doing A Level English because you want to be a physiotherapist , and you need that other A Level , is that not true ? |
| 17 | It 's quite dangerous , as well , because you want to be objective and you do get sucked into the picture they 're presenting to you . |
| 18 | You , you do n't marry someone because you want to be on your own , you marry someone because you want to be together . |
| 19 | You , you do n't marry someone because you want to be on your own , you marry someone because you want to be together . |
| 20 | Sue says there are times when she does n't feel like training but she presses on because she wants to be number one . |
| 21 | He held out his arms then , and because she hurt so much , because she wanted to be a little girl again , she went to him and the tears came . |
| 22 | But deep down she 'd known she was sitting on a plane bound for the Caribbean because she wanted to be . |
| 23 | We wer were there because we wanted to be there . |
| 24 | And we have n't tenterhooked this wall because we wanted to be able to open and shut this curtain so we 've adopted another medieval style taken from erm er medieval manuscripts . |
| 25 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 26 | And they come because they want to be rid of their fear : it gives them a completely new feeling of life to overcome their fear and come here . ’ |
| 27 | They would n't be keen on anyone with psychological quirks — like an entrenched hatred of men , for instance , or someone who is adopting a child merely because they want to be loved by a child . |
| 28 | These are sacrifices by any standards but they have not made them because they want to be heroes . |
| 29 | They decided , according to this writer , to bring up their babies alone because they want to be independent and manage their lives without a man . |
| 30 | The French are still in planemaking because they want to be . |