Example sentences of "because i [verb] " in BNC.

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31 Because I like you , Breeze , and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do .
32 This might be on the basis of a particular attribute such as colour or shape , or a more abstract quality such as use or even ‘ because I like them ’ .
33 It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on .
34 I believe in coil-tapping because I like single coil-type sounds , but all this parallel/series switching is something I 'd probably avoid on my own guitar .
35 I just do it because I like helping others . ’
36 Because I like the fashion , and because I 'm an activist for what I believe in .
37 If that 's being an idiot then I guess I 'm an idiot , and I 'll be a happy idiot because I like travelling light and having fun .
38 I opted for the neckband , as I usually do , because I like to do these double , so if the front bands go on first I have to do two buttonholes on the double fabric of the neckband .
39 Eubank admitted : ‘ From what I can make out , this will be a good fight — unfortunately for me , because I like to get the job over and done with and go home with the minimum of fuss . ’
40 ‘ My weak spots are my right knee and lower back , but I wo n't let on much because I like to make out I am indestructible . ’
41 But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man .
42 But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man .
43 ‘ Buying paper in rolls in economical and , because I like to work on a large scale , provides greater potential for expression .
44 Monday afternoons I have to keep free because I like to take Mrs James — the domestic help — home and Friday afternoon Lucy has a dancing lesson .
45 It included forty cigarettes , a white sliced loaf , tea bags , two lamb chops , half a pound of liver , pork for Sunday dinner , two tins of peas , two pints of sterilised milk — " Not because I like it , but because it lasts longer , " he said .
46 Erm , most of the people I know , particularly the one 's I like , I look at them and I look at them being beautiful , just because I like them , erm , but I 'm aware of also looking at other people and thinking oh that 's gross you know
47 Because I like to keep a little record myself .
48 JACKEY : Because I like it .
49 Not because I think I want to look young but just because I like to go to bed early . ’
50 Because I like going to different countries .
51 I want animals to look at because I like animals .
52 I brought the wine because I like it , which is no way to treat a lady , but I also liked the thought of sitting down with her , talking about interesting things , in the way you do with wine .
53 ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house .
54 He ignores me when he can and I co-operate by keeping out of his way , because I like the job .
55 Having graduated from a BBC machine to a PC I have found your magazine the best for me because I like the practical side as well as the computing .
56 ‘ I 'm only telling you these things because I like you , Claudia .
57 Because I like you . ’
58 I 'm playing this one because I like it .
59 I 'm here because I want to be , because I like your company , and I think we should be enjoying it .
60 ‘ I come over here because I like to be alone , ’ Charity said firmly .
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