Example sentences of "because i [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 've looked after myself but I 've worked hard as well because I like a certain lifestyle and it costs a fair amount to sustain . |
| 2 | Still , I 'd be silly to think I 'm safe because I earn an |
| 3 | I am , I am told , a post-feminist merely because I prefer a constructive approach to the achievement of equality rather than one that is essentially negative . |
| 4 | Yeah alright we 'd better go and put the flowers in because I put a lot of the plants out this mo today . |
| 5 | Because I know a great deal about you and about your past . |
| 6 | Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself . |
| 7 | So what I propose to do this morning , is to talk erm , based on the notes from the hand-book about Anthems of the Nation , but to spend probably more time , talking about the French National Anthem , than about any others , because I know a little bit about it , and I have discovered even more . |
| 8 | Have to get that documentation out the way because I 've a habit of of giving things back to people that I 'm supposed to keep . |
| 9 | I do n't know because I mean a couple of people have changed cos it 's the only time that they can have it . |
| 10 | I much prefer to find my own swims , not because I think I can find better swims than anyone else , but because I get a great deal of satisfaction from being able to study a piece of water , select a swim as a likely chub haunt , and then find that I am right . |
| 11 | ‘ I was always looking to join a foreign company because I speak a little bit of English and wanted to practise it . |
| 12 | Discussing brushes for acrylic painting , I stated that , because I use an old chip pan complete with wire mesh basket as a water container , many of the brushes washed seemed to wear quite quickly . |
| 13 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 14 | And I will say that myself I was very promiscuous sexually , I will say that because I think a lot of people want to leave that out of the story , well not me thank you very much . |
| 15 | Well , I do play some , but I 'm not like ‘ the solo guy ’ because I think a good song is much harder to come by than a good solo . |
| 16 | Well because I think a thanksgiving service for victory and for praying for those who 've died on both sides , I think that 's perfectly reasonable , but a victory parade , goodness a hundred thousand Iraquis died . |
| 17 | Yes , I think for a lot of people that 's true and I do n't denigrate that because I think a lot of good work goes on in the Women 's Institute , but what we are particularly interested in is in the professional craftsman , the craftsman who has trained for a number of year to produce extremely good work , and what we try to do is to make that work more available to the public in a number of ways . |
| 18 | ‘ Just because I do a good job for her business does not mean that I wish to sleep with her . ’ |
| 19 | Because I do a lot of travelling on my own |
| 20 | I 've always done it because I have a good time doing it . |
| 21 | Though I suppose I was chosen because I have a better understanding of what they are about than your average pen-pusher . ’ |
| 22 | She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails . |
| 23 | Do the books feel very hard because I have a tendency to pull my head back onto them with excessive and habitual tension in the muscles of the neck ? |
| 24 | This is probably because I have a romantic disposition . |
| 25 | I still do a lot of recording , because I have a recording setup in my house and I 'm in there most every night I can . |
| 26 | ‘ This will be the last time I have to diet because I have a completely different attitude towards my body and the food that I eat . ’ |
| 27 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 28 | I tell you something , I tell you this as a friend , because I have a sympathy for you … |
| 29 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 30 | Just because I have a dark blue saloon car … well , does that make me a murderer ? ’ |