Example sentences of "because [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I also began by raising the question of Milton 's sense of dedication because I want to talk a little bit about the egoism of creation . |
| 2 | I 'll just let Bernard have the last word , because I want to talk to you Bernard just about who 's going to win the British League this year . |
| 3 | When we went to John Lewis 's in , in High Wycombe , they got some cheap fabrics on in lace or , or fine material , and you know I very much now regret not getting some , because I want to dress up , remember I had a , a lace cover , a fitted lace cover on my kitchen table |
| 4 | Anyway , I will risk it , not because I want to give the fish a chance ; I do not believe in giving any fish a chance , I go to the races when I want to gamble . |
| 5 | Because I want to give you time to clear up |
| 6 | ‘ I survived but I have joined the group because I want to put something back raising money and proving to others that you can survive . ’ |
| 7 | Sometimes I wear things that do n't conform because I want to say to people : I do n't want to be the way you want me to be . |
| 8 | er Victoria , put that down please Sarah for a moment because I want to explain to you what we 've got to do , are you listening Victoria ? |
| 9 | Just hold tight a minute , because I want to go up here and talk to the customers . |
| 10 | " Well , I am worrying , because I want to go too . |
| 11 | was because I want to go via Mottingham before I go to and buy a small plant . |
| 12 | Oh come poppet , because I want to go to Marks , so what do you think ? |
| 13 | But I 'm not gon na play because I want to go home . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I want to collect a bouquet from the florist . |
| 15 | Because I want to kill him , That 's why . |
| 16 | It is precisely because I want to see political changes of this kind that I support Home Rule for Scotland . |
| 17 | ‘ No , Mrs Sutherland , you look at me because I want to see you understanding what I 'm going to say 'cause I 'm never discussing this again with anyone . ’ |
| 18 | Similarly , in an 1894 speech , Millicent Fawcett pressed for the vote on the grounds that she ‘ wished to strengthen true womanliness in women , and because I want to see the womanly and domestic side of things weigh more and count for more in all public concerns ’ . |
| 19 | I have ended the story with killing and bloodshed because I want to leave that picture before your eyes — a picture which stands for all the anguish and hardship and disappointment and dangers anyone going to Eretz must expect . |
| 20 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
| 21 | I voted Tory not because I want to earn lots of money ( I am on the dole ) , but precisely because I object to the facile cynicism as witnessed above . |
| 22 | ‘ I will go to South Africa at some stage because I want to arrange a foundation or some sort of memorial to Julie and Elizabeth . ’ |
| 23 | This is because I want to enjoy my children 's early years . |
| 24 | The reason I am suggesting that the church of Christ lives in this subcultural world is because I want to insist that God 's spiritual family , as well as the human family , has also been radically altered by modernity . |
| 25 | ‘ I just hope surgery is put off until after Christmas because I want to spend the holiday with my children . |
| 26 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 27 | Because I want to do as much as we can during the holiday so that when you go back you you 're up there with the rest of them okay . |
| 28 | I like the feeling that , when I wake up tomorrow , I paint because I want to do it . |
| 29 | erm you know , because I want to do something more clear that 's gon na fit in with everybody else |
| 30 | Watson , for whom The Mirror helped raise £150,000 in a special appeal night in July , is being cared for in an East London neurological rehabilitation unit , added : ‘ I am here until next March — it 's driving me crazy because I want to make a comeback . |