Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pers pn] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More like a volcano erupting than a steam engine blowing its top , Nick always said , but he was touchy about it because it made him sick the first time . |
| 2 | Speaking after BSAD 's national junior swimming championships , Mr O'Connor said : ‘ The Dolphin Centre is perfect for us because it has a top class pool and excellent facilities for disabled swimmers . ’ |
| 3 | I would n't recommend this one it 's just this is good for me because it 's got sort of |
| 4 | ‘ Even losing a goal is occasionally good for you because it brings you back to earth and helps you retain a sense of vulnerability . ’ |
| 5 | The analytical approach is useful to us because it makes us familiar with the parts and the way they work together . |
| 6 | In some areas this is called multi-disciplinary which is a good word but it , it 's a bit formal but it does , it 's just as difficult for them , everybody 's been used to w functioning in their own little areas under their own headings , not least of course the bureaucrats who are particularly good at it because it makes life easier . |
| 7 | Er yeah and I think people in the first term are quite attracted to it because it does n't seem to have much on the timetable erm |
| 8 | It 's important to them because it proves where they are in life , they do n't want to stay like where their parents were , they want to prove . |
| 9 | The ERPS team are very fortunate that this facility is available to them because it has enabled the reconstruction work to be undertaken more efficiently . |
| 10 | I 'm always a little bit worried about them because it seems to me that they almost define the syllabus in terms of what you can ask four reasonable questions in terms of alternatives about . |
| 11 | And when oversteer does come you 'd better be ready for it because it happens suddenly and rather messily . |
| 12 | So if you think about it a therapeutic group could certainly use suggestive therapy like hypnosis and my guess is that most successful groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or groups of people who wan na stop smoking or do slimming and things like that succeed for that reason , cos every member of the group reinforces every other member with a kind of group super ego and says look , you must n't smoke , you must n't drink , you must n't put on weight and it , it reinforces every individual 's erm super ego by means of identification with the shared value of the group and similarly reduces feelings of shame and guilt if the individual fails the group , cos next week when they come back they say oh dear , I 've put on five pounds , erm that they 're gon na feel bad about it because it offends against the ideal of the of the group if it 's Weight Watchers or something . |
| 13 | I said , ‘ Cynthia would n't let him ’ , which was silly of me because it aroused several emotions in my mother . |