Example sentences of "of the reason i [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 That 's one of the reasons I 've carried on with mine . ’
2 Because I gave Kevin massage — I mean , that 's one of the reasons I go there . ’
3 A seventeenth-century libertine who wrote excellent satirical verse ( he 's the author of the famous epigram about Charles II : ‘ God bless our good and gracious king/Whose promise none relies on ; /Who never said a foolish thing , /Nor ever did a wise one ’ — one of the reasons I like him so much is that allegedly he recited it extempore to the king ) and some great , great poems about sex .
4 One of the reasons I like this club , sir , ’ I said , ‘ is all these extraordinary old Anglo-Saxon names that one rarely comes across any more .
5 Perhaps that 's one of the reasons I love my work .
6 But I , I do n't think it was the total picture but it was one of the reasons I think that persuaded President Clinton to invite Gerry Adams , or to lift the visa for forty eight hours .
7 ‘ One of the reasons I think the Japanese are so good at putting in quality systems is that , in some ways , it 's painful attention to detail , a series of little things which really improve performance .
8 One of the reasons I think why abuse is very easily erm got away with by people is that um they 're able to bring into play a lot of these a lot of these discourses with which we talk to children to make them behave , to make them er compliant .
9 ‘ One of the reasons I do it , ’ he explains ‘ is because my wife and I can spend time alone together away from the family , feel young again ( they 're both in their early 40's ) , and have adventures . ’
10 I must admit that I , one of the reasons I do n't like football , I think it is in fact , it 's probably a very , it is in fact a very nice game !
11 Mm well that 's one of the reasons I have n't involved
12 Part of the reason I have used the term ‘ survival machine ’ is that ‘ animal ’ would have left out plants and , in some people 's minds , humans .
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