Example sentences of "[be] [adv] because [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another Orcadian was equally adamant that injustice had been done : ‘ We 're here because we feel it 's very wrong the way the bairns have been uplifted , and they 're being treated quite like criminals really . |
| 2 | You 're here because I said you should be here . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah , no it would n't be tomorrow because I think my mum 's working so |
| 4 | I 'm here because you forced me to come , and I 'll leave as soon as you find your brother-in-law . ’ |
| 5 | And it turned out to be simply because she knew she was pregnant ; a mechanical trick she was turning on him . |
| 6 | This is presumably because it allows you to explore the knowledge contained therein . |
| 7 | There is eventually because you learn it . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's only because I know you so well , Peachcake . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , lad , it 's only because I think you 're worth somebody better than her . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's only because you know I 'll be more efficient at the job . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , it 's only because you gave me a leg-up at the beginning , explaining the theory and such . ’ |
| 12 | But no , it 's only because he reminds me a bit of him , that gloomy bit , that deep bit , that bit that dominated when his head sank into his shoulders and his mouth turned down and the light went from his eyes , that bit that took over when he resisted and turned inwards and moped . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's only because she loves you . |
| 14 | And it 's just because we hate it that we 'll beat you . |
| 15 | Sometimes it 's just because we want our curiosity satisfied , and that was obviously the case with Nicodemus . |
| 16 | Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us . |
| 17 | If he seems to have had a foot in the door for an awfully long time then that is probably because he made his debut as an 18–year-old during the Dermot Reeve era . |
| 18 | This is partly because we think they should be more widely recognized but also because they can also be wonderfully informative and entertaining . |
| 19 | Oh that 's probably because they want you to look for yourself . |
| 20 | Well they 're it 's probably because you packed them all in there too tight . |
| 21 | She , she did n't mind because she 's winking and I thought ah is n't that nice of her , it is really because she organised it all and she do n't know me so that was very kind of her did n't you think so Bet ? |
| 22 | I think it is really because I think what we 've got to do , if we are going to have any sort of partnership or equality , I think men have got to become more like women . |
| 23 | The reason the County Council has picked on Tank Farm is purely because it owns it and it 's the easiest way out . |
| 24 | Newsome is growing in stature with each game though still looks a little shaky ( that 's partially because we know him so well already ) . |
| 25 | It is precisely because he knew who God was that he knew he could trust God in the dark . |
| 26 | And if he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters , it was only because he accused them of taking the Old Testament commands too lightly and superficially . |
| 27 | And then it was only because I knew I was going to have to leave at the crack of dawn on Friday , and I would n't have time to fix anything up . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's funny you should say that , ’ said Miss Mack 's Solicitor , from a resumed recumbent position , rather dreading his appearance as No. 11 in boots too small for him , ‘ because an uncle by marriage of mine took me once to tea with some cousin of his who had been a county cricketer and this county chap said middle and leg was best because it gave you room to cut . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think it was just because he made it back-to-back wins , either . |
| 30 | If Picasso was dissatisfied with the Cadaquès paintings , this was probably because he felt them to be too hermetic and abstract . |