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Example sentences of "because [pron] [be] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit .
2	The one-night stand is an obvious high-risk adventure and the question should be asked , ‘ Do I find myself in bed with this person because I am the most attractive/ vivacious/brawny/amusing person that he/she has ever met or , if that is not true , what was he/she doing last night , and the night before , and the night before ?
3	‘ I suppose 't is because I am the elder and have a better knowledge of such things , ’ Anne replied in a superior tone .
4	‘ This one is very grand because I am the Ruler of this tree .
5	‘ Because I am the leader .
6	She heard them clinking , and she thought : ‘ I 'm here in these lovely gardens because I am the Best Child in the World . ’
7	However Andrew Newton said : ‘ If they call on expert evidence , they 'll call on me , because I am the expert .
8	‘ Just because I 'm the only woman in the world who shares your crazy sense of humour … ’
9	For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there .
10	I ca n't say that I looked too far ahead , probably because I 'm the kind of person who lives for today .
11	And I thought , ‘ Well , because I 'm the star , of course . ’
12	A while ago I considered changing my snookering nickname ( which I am at complete liberty to do , because I 'm the only one who uses it ) , to take account of the New Weather : global warming , and so on .
13	And nothing 's going to happen to Lucille Walker — ’ he looked surprised at the name , ’ — because I 'm the only one who knows where she is . ’
14	Or if you went into a D I Y shop , not me because I 'm the world 's worst D I Y person .
15	‘ I know her because I 'm the one who first arrested her . ’
16	‘ But I need to know that you like it because I 'm the one doing this to you .
17	‘ Gran demanded a share of the Corosini money for me , ’ she said , piecing it all together , bit by bit , ‘ because I 'm the only descendant . ’
18	I even had to leave my sick bed because I 'm the only goalkeeper .
19	because I 'm the one who was da doing that because tha I mean I was .
20	Because I 'm the sample .
21	To think they have to be talking to me because I 'm the host of the party , so I 've got to go around and talk to everybody
22	Now , I did n't get it because I was the greatest thing since sliced bread .
23	I certainly wanted it to be true because I was the only boy ( well , nearly the only boy ) in our class never to have had a girlfriend and I was beginning to feel a bit left out .
24	I was lucky , too , because I was the fourth child of four .
25	Going down with my dad who had been president of the lifeboat here for about fifty years , to meet the lifeboat as come in with survivors , I was just a wee boy at the time but I remember the Icelandic trawler , the Geyser and one of the first to be put ashore off the lifeboat that night , was a wee lassie , and she came across the pier and she came to me , because I was the only kid down there that night .
26	‘ Or because I was the first to show any interest ?
27	‘ They called me Papa because I was the eldest , three years older than Gifford , six years older than Eddie . ’
28	In the end it must have been the right one because I was the best of all and I you know until five minutes before everything finished I just could n't make up my mind
29	But , because his was the only voice to shout ‘ not content ’ , the amendment was put again .
30	But the appalling Carl Douglas and Rubettes are just as potent salvagers of memory as Mike Oldfield and the Pink Floyd , because theirs was the music of harrowing , lust-ridden parties and halitotic discos ; theirs was the music which made up the soundtrack of the most exciting moments of our lives .