Example sentences of "thing [adv prt] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like you to write things down because I think you 're gon na remember them , he says , hopefully ! |
| 2 | Or do we tend to build things in because we 've already done that type of job and we know the job and things in subconsciously where ? |
| 3 | He seemed to be mulling things over because he must have seen that this had not been the shock to Maggie that it had to him . |
| 4 | He should have left the bloody things off because they 're gon na have to take them off if they have their carpets down and might have to have something planed off them or something might n't they ? |
| 5 | The day that made the appointment to see and Co , Nick after coming out of that meeting with Nick , we called in at the office , myself and my wife , and whilst I was tidying some things up because I 'd got the remainder of the afternoon off , Charles ' wife said to my wife , my wife actually broke down in tears , and she says , What 's up ? |
| 6 | ‘ I changed things around because I was convinced the same 11 players could not do themselves justice over the next three weeks . ’ |
| 7 | At the annual meeting in 1961 there was sharp criticism of an ‘ out of date ’ programme and by 1964 there was talk of winding the whole thing up because it just could n't pay its way . |