Example sentences of "[pers pn] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were both looking for comfort — I because of Marcus , you because of Lotta — and we found it together . |
| 2 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 3 | your employee can no longer get SSP from you because of pregnancy . |
| 4 | Alcohol is a poor way of getting a long sleep as its diuretic effect wakes you because of a full bladder . |
| 5 | I do not wash my hands of you because of your masturbation ; but it is a lowering , weakening habit and I strongly urge you to give it up . |
| 6 | It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether the patient is ill-tempered and perhaps foulmouthed towards you because of the immediate effects of his illness and the frustration he feels , especially if he can not speak normally , or whether it is part of a personality change which is going to last indefinitely . |
| 7 | Although the patient may feel more comfortable with you because of your familiarity , you can delegate everyday tasks such as taking the patient to the toilet , or helping him to eat , provided that you make sure the helpers understand how to treat the patient gently , and how to help him position himself correctly in order to control his spasticity . |
| 8 | He no marry you because of Lisa , because he think he kill Lisa in matrimonio and no wisha kill you in matrimonio . |
| 9 | It seems , though , that even if you are being reasonable in refusing to agree to a change , that does not necessarily mean that it is unfair to push the change through and dismiss you because of your reluctance to go along with it . |
| 10 | It will not be easy for him to justify dismissing you because of any lack of capability on your part where that could have been anticipated when you were originally offered the job . |
| 11 | Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control . ’ |
| 12 | Naturally you will watch the person you are talking with to notice if they appear to have difficulty in hearing you because of background noise . |
| 13 | I am writing to you because of a letter in the autumn 1991 issue . |
| 14 | The Company after you because of that stunt with the blind spider . |
| 15 | I know you are over age ( over 21 , she means , he said ) but I worry about you because of all that happened ( she means me being an orphan , he said ) . |
| 16 | If you called to the people , they would follow you because of that . ’ |
| 17 | You , with a shrewd sense of your own advantage , realized that you were now liable to pay one hell of a lot of estate duty on your father 's gift to you because of his inconvenient death ; but that if he had died a fortnight later it would be six and not five years since the property was made over to you . |
| 18 | We , we need to watch what we give you because of your |
| 19 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 20 | We were both looking for comfort — I because of Marcus , you because of Lotta — and we found it together . |
| 21 | I 'm not even speaking to you because of that flipping letter . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've come to see you because of what has happened to my parents . ’ |
| 23 | What I want you to do , I do n't want to delay you because of your erm trains and I 'd will have hate to be the ones that keep you any later , you have an |
| 24 | why I do n't want to hang around with you because of you cow . |
| 25 | I like you because by extended repetition in these verses extended repetition in these verses This my commentary , John assures his readers that in spite of the ra the regulatio test contained in the letter . |
| 26 | Sainsbury 's want to develop the Grange Road site but Caldaire said the move was not financially viable for them because under privatisation rules the Government would be entitled to half the money from any sale . |
| 27 | Well , you do n't wan na worry about them because at the end of the day , I mean if if that was absolutely desperate I shall turn round and say well I 'm sorry I 've bloody got to and that 's it ! |
| 28 | You see , whoever put that poisoned cherry on the cake must have got sugar on his hands , but could n't lick them because of the poison , and could n't wash them because there was no water available . |
| 29 | He says : ‘ In villages there are many women with skills who are n't using them because of child-care problems . |
| 30 | I knew about them because of being at art college and I took Steve and Paul down with me and introduced them to a scene they knew nothing about . |