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

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1 Because me study Slavery me know wea dem cumin from ,
2 ‘ I was sent to Australia , you know , because I escaped from the prison-ship .
3 It 's good for me to come away because I smoke fewer .
4 I really resent the fact that I have been labelled a bad mother because I smoke . ’
5 ‘ I wonder , ’ she muses to Naomi , getting back in the taxi , ‘ if my tongue will fall out because I lied to a rabbi ? ’
6 I was struck by the Minister 's litany of the hours kept by the Committee considering the Local Government Finance Bill because I served on the Committee .
7 Because I sold it to him first .
8 I did n't bother getting a drive , be because I sold my computer , but I was gon na get one .
9 I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them .
10 At least the manager did n't pounce on me just because I shut my eyes for a few moments . ’
11 However , the tale seems to have followed him , because I gather some of his parishioners certainly thought he had deviant tendencies in spite of his having a wife and son .
12 Erm now could you help me on some of the the terminology used because I gather that six of the packages have been or about to be erm priced on the basis of a ascertained costs erm I I just wondered if if that was a sort of euphemism for for a cost plus .
13 Because I listen to a lot of jazz and classical music and the others listen to harder stuff , I find it a challenge to try and incorporate my influences into what we do , ’ Adam enthuses , dropping in the expression ‘ be-bop hardcore ’ to pinpoint his guitar quirks .
14 Because I assume they pay er , just for one licence now ?
15 because I assume the audience knows as much about control and sub contractors as I do
16 ‘ I feel disadvantaged as a cook because I received no formal training and did n't go to college .
17 It seems to me now that I must have been more than a little simple , because I received a telephone call from the home the very next day .
18 because I received no further communication from anyone so
19 But this was not because I received no proposals .
20 I do n't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless .
21 Only Jancey saw the Smith & Wesson in the kitchen , because I stuffed it inside my jacket before the big boys came in .
22 I wanted to become a reporter because I lusted after a belted trenchcoat like the one Joel McCrea wore in Hitchcock 's Foreign Correspondent .
23 But erm er the school days I think were were really the best days of our lives , but they we were the happiest days anyway because I enjoyed them and most kids enjoyed school in those days , not like it is today .
24 I went often , partly because I enjoyed dancing and partly because we were offered the most delicious cakes , of a sort that was almost impossible to obtain except on the black market .
25 Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match .
26 I 've loved you because I like relationships to be comfortable and not too much hard work , and sex to be civilised .
27 So I 've looked after myself but I 've worked hard as well because I like a certain lifestyle and it costs a fair amount to sustain .
28 I could show her a bit of Indian , Chinese or Middle Eastern , all heavily adapted , because I like messing around with other people 's culinary canons , but mainly I 'd have to show her my version of Italian , and the liberties I 've taken with that do n't bear repetition .
29 ‘ I 'm escaping because I like escaping , ’ replied Mould .
30 Answering the question ‘ why read romances ? ’ by picking the statement , ‘ Because I like to read about the strong , virile heroes ’ , is likely to be interpreted as the reader 's view of masculinity , rather than a comment on the textual function of the male hero in the romance .
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