Example sentences of "be here [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I suppose you 're here because you heard that Riddle was the father of my baby ? ’ |
| 32 | We 're here because we 're suited to being here . |
| 33 | Wycliffe said : ‘ It 's not about Alfred that I 'm here but another matter altogether . |
| 34 | I 'm here but in his club . |
| 35 | If you'se happen to be comin' here to Dublin at some time or other in the future — which praise the Lord you will be , for t is God 's own city — and you happen to be driving down O'Connell Street and you see me standin' here like dis , with me arms up ; then whether I 'm here or not , you stop . ’ |
| 36 | Whether I 'm here or not , Julius is never going to turn to you . |
| 37 | languageless , how I 'm here or why |
| 38 | I can sleep a little here , if necessary , but I want to be sure I 'm here when she wakes up . |
| 39 | I 'm not here just to be Chairman , I 'm here because I believe in things . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Perhaps we should encourage young novelists ’ ; ‘ the Booker Prize is a media junket ’ ; ‘ actually , I 'm here because I wrote the book ’ . |
| 41 | I 'm here because I got a bum stepfather . |
| 42 | Mrs Thatcher herself supported this reading : ‘ I 'm here because I believe in things — because I 'm always thinking forward ’ ( speaking on Panorama , 25 January 1988 ) . |
| 43 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 44 | And I 'm here because I work in pencil . |
| 45 | ‘ I 'm here because my husband told me to be here , Shih Bergson . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Well , I 'm here because I want to help you … ‘ |
| 47 | I 'm here because I drew the short straw when Jan Killeen was dishing out people to chair particular interest groups in preparation for this work , and I drew the job of chairing the group on private care issues . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm here because my boss sent me . ’ |
| 49 | I 'm here because you forced me to come , and I 'll leave as soon as you find your brother-in-law . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ You — you realise I 'm here because of the — the blackmail ? ’ she croaked , barely managing to say the word . |
| 51 | ‘ I 'm here because I wanted this job . ’ |
| 52 | I 'm here because I believe that we share many objectives and because I know that there 's more that unites us than divides us . |
| 53 | I 'm here because I want to be , because I like your company , and I think we should be enjoying it . |
| 54 | A sort of hi I 'm here and how are you , have a nice day . |
| 55 | No , I ca n't say I like any of these jobs — I do them because they 've got to be done : I 'm here and I 've got to do them ( all said in a dragging monotone ) . |
| 56 | Now I 'm here and I have a place too and nothing 's going to change that . |
| 57 | ‘ I 'm here and they 're here . ’ |
| 58 | " but I know what 's going on , and I know why I 'm here and why you 're here . |
| 59 | And I make sure that I 'm here and I open up for them , and I make them a cup of tea . |
| 60 | ‘ We both know why I 'm here and it is not to claim some long-lost family . ’ |