Example sentences of "the [noun] because i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | for the Water Board so he 's got quite a good job you know , but erm , I 'm , we could n't afford to put the other through the apprentice because I mean you had n't got the money had you then |
2 | I wo n't add any more to the board because I think you 're starting to get the idea , but one or two others I want you to think about , I believe animals should not be experimented upon for make-up , I believe everybody should be treated with respect . |
3 | He said well actually I have got the money because I borrowed it . |
4 | ‘ I killed her in the field because I believed she was the devil . ’ |
5 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
6 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
7 | He said : ‘ I undertook work as a Justice of the Peace because I think I have a highly developed sense of fair play . |
8 | I brought the wine because I like it , which is no way to treat a lady , but I also liked the thought of sitting down with her , talking about interesting things , in the way you do with wine . |
9 | Well I think it was the maternity because I mean she had had eleven pregnancies so I think she she was very , very erm able to talk about it and I , I do n't , I know Dad had got a good job in the , well if you can call any pit job a good job , but say that the money was decent , but I know that she always had to have two doctors and it was , it was in those days we were , it was good we were in a doctor 's club because , you know , you had n't got any er the maternity and , and the , and the ante- natal and pre-natal and goodness knows what that we 've got today . |
10 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
11 | The crowd gently goaded him by chanting : ‘ Kenny what 's the score ? ’ and afterwards Dalglish admitted : ‘ I am disappointed we did n't get anything from the match because I thought we played well enough . |
12 | Cos I , I want to send him into the shed because I had him first |
13 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
14 | You 're an angel and I adore you and is there a bottle of champagne in the fridge because I want you to celebrate with me . ’ |
15 | IT is probably all for the good that Alain Prost left McLaren to join Ferrari at the end of the season because I doubt his autobiography , Life in the Fast Lane , will be nestling in the McLaren chief Ron Dennis 's Christmas stocking . |
16 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
17 | I really do n't want to hog the debate because I know there are other |
18 | ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm . |
19 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
20 | But I wanted I mean I 'm glad you made the mistake because I wanted you to do it , because I wanted you to do it because as i you know you might you might get it right all the time and then do that in the exam . |
21 | I could of done my work today though Kim and Richard came over when I was poorly she got the duster straight out she said nanny I 'll polish the furniture because I knows you get upset . |
22 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
23 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
24 | I usually start at the walls because I find it easier to think up the general colour scheme first , but many people prefer to start with the floor because they automatically think of carpet and presume that this will be the most expensive item . |
25 | But do n't hang up on the shares because I reckon they could hit Pounds 4 by Christmas . |
26 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
27 | ‘ I accepted the heroin because I felt there was nothing else to do — I loved him , ’ she says . |