Example sentences of "because i have [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " Because I 've been thinking , " said Dottie , " what a good idea it would be for you to spend Christmas at my place . " |
| 32 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 33 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
| 34 | And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’ |
| 35 | But now I think , just because I 've been to prison there 's nothing wrong with me . |
| 36 | And I 'm effectively shut up because I 've been kicked out of my job and a ] so because you do n't seem to have heard a word I 've been saying . ’ |
| 37 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 38 | If I 'm down or arguing with one of the family , because I 've been ratty through not being well , then Pat the physiotherapist , I have a talk with her and she talks to me and it helps me to talk to somebody else . |
| 39 | I know I also feel happy because I 've been not here for most of the day . |
| 40 | He said , I asked you to come here when I was alone , because I 've been thinking quite hard about this . |
| 41 | ( Technically I should have Norris 's solo room because I 've been in the flat longest , but that room 's small and noisy ; also , Gav does n't snore and he 's quite happy to retreat to the living room couch if I have female company … |
| 42 | ‘ Because I 've been thinking over what you said and … |
| 43 | Well the , the er the Guilds I can speak now because I 've been up to a higher level , I 've been on the section and Birmingham is a very big area . |
| 44 | ‘ But is it that you do n't love me , my dear wife , because I 've been ill ? |
| 45 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 46 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 47 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 48 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 49 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 50 | Erm , I 've been in discussion , because I 've been trying to rescue their electricity bill situation , which is again , something which has blown up on them . |
| 51 | I really must finish the rest of it which I have n't done at the moment , because I 've been doing other things . |
| 52 | But erm because I 've been out there doing this and that 's that was part of my if you like to come in to do the recruitment side of it , er I had to experience and I 'm glad I did because there were one or two pre-judgements I had about advertising sales , as most people do , erm that I had to get wiped out of my erm my my system . |
| 53 | Yes er what what er the pitch I think in fact I 've heard them say this er because I 've been out with two of the top fliers up here |
| 54 | ‘ Because I 've been worried sick ever since I saw your car . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ And , if I have n't yet got around to getting a divorce , it 's … well , it 's just because I 've been working so hard , that 's all . ’ |
| 56 | Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about . |
| 57 | Cherry stopped him and said what you doing she said George this old man he 's said I 'm going to give this to the manager like he said because I 've been brought all these trolleys back . |
| 58 | I 've not watched any videos or television all day because I 've been hard at work . |
| 59 | Trouble is with this quarter , with this discount I 'm probably not going to get to a hundred pound at the office because I 've been using it at home so much . |
| 60 | because I 've been turning the heating , it 's the |