Example sentences of "[pron] [be] because [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 2 | Yeah but how stupid can they be because I mean the less of you are you , I mean you ca n't serve as many as it 's , it 's stupid in n it ? |
| 3 | But it 's because we accepted the challenge of change , even though we may not have liked everything that went with it , that we 're here today . |
| 4 | If I sounded dubious about The Smiths , it 's because they represented the first threat to us . ’ |
| 5 | I believe it 's because they have the best connections , and they 're paying the most money . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Saw the bit where , it 's got like tha that where he 's been , he said , I think it 's because I had the , I smoked pot or something , marijuana once then I got I got busted or something and ! |
| 8 | Maybe it 's because she has the most substantial female role in any of Stone 's films to date — or maybe it 's because her character suffered the saddest fate in the backsweep of Jim Morrison 's downfall . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's because she has the evidence that it really happened , ’ Stevie explained to Patrick . |
| 10 | According to the hylemorphic theory of the scholastics , each individual thing or substance is a combination of ‘ matter ’ ( hyle ) and ‘ form ’ ( morphe ) , and it is because something has the form it has , that it is the kind of thing it is . |
| 11 | It is because they make the decisions that they are often under sharp pressure both from those above them in the hierarchy who allocate resources and from those with whom they deal who want to receive them . |
| 12 | Seven out of the forty women specifically mention the pleasure they obtain from seeing a line full of clean clothes ; some explain it is because they anticipate the silent admiration of neighbours at this visible ( though shortlived ) achievement . |
| 13 | It is because we know the real essences of geometrical figures that that subject consists of ‘ certain and universal knowledge ’ obtained by a priori intuition or demonstration . |
| 14 | But if I overstepped the mark it was because you made the running . ’ |
| 15 | Maybe it was because she had the advantage of the high ground and was looking down on me . |
| 16 | Walter Robins told him it was because he antagonised the fasties by doffing his cap after evading a bouncer ( Randall used to infuriate Lillee in this way ) ; Barrington , though , was only being his naturally jolly self . |
| 17 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 18 | It was because he liked the idea of death , because he wanted to talk about it . |
| 19 | ‘ The reason they sacked me was because I joined the union and I was the shop steward . ’ |