Example sentences of "because you [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you finished it . |
| 2 | Do n't think I shall be bitter because you left me . |
| 3 | Do n't think I shall be bitter because you left me . |
| 4 | I 'm here because you forced me to come , and I 'll leave as soon as you find your brother-in-law . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It was because you brought me back to life . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't because you believed me to be unavailable , to keep me at bay , by any chance ? ’ |
| 7 | She would not return to you because you believed her to be a fallen woman , and nothing she could say would convince you otherwise . ’ |
| 8 | O K , that , that was , that was a good er , it was a good setting the scene , because you related it to Shirley . |
| 9 | From his own mouth they understood that , regardless of ethnic or regional or age identity , they would have to surrender nothing in order to gain a great deal : that alliance need not produce merger or submergence , that even racist habits of mind became beside the point — you could vote for ‘ the nigger ’ not because you wanted a Black man in your family but because you thought he might save your family farm . |
| 10 | ‘ You mean we lived in London because you thought it was what I wanted ? ’ |
| 11 | Because you thought I was n't serious . |
| 12 | ‘ Because you thought I had … |
| 13 | Because you thought I 'd sent … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You turned up here because you thought I was about to inherit enough money to stage your movie comeback ! ’ |
| 15 | Because you thought I 'd stood you up ? ’ |
| 16 | You teased me because you thought I was ignorant , and you were right . |
| 17 | ‘ Because you thought I was having an affair with Florian . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Because you thought I was worth it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 20 | ‘ Because you thought I 'd been cross-examining him about you ? ’ |
| 21 | Include also those items which you wanted to have in the past but dismissed because you thought you could not have them or simply forgot about them . |
| 22 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |
| 23 | But Peter said to him , may your silver perish with you because you thought you could obtain the gift of God without mo , with money ! |
| 24 | ‘ It means , ’ she said coldly , ‘ that you asked me to stay with Anna because you thought you could seduce me . ’ |
| 25 | Because you thought she was in danger when she met you ? ’ |
| 26 | And you , Opal , you will exult in it because you made it possible . |
| 27 | Are you telling me that because you recognised him you had to put on that charade ? |
| 28 | You do n't have the jade because you passed it on to him . |
| 29 | Because you robbed me of something I 've always loved , she wanted to scream back at him . |
| 30 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |