Example sentences of "it [be] because [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But I shall never lead a normal life because I 'm so short — we 're both short — that 's why Tilda stands on the deck half the day , it 's because somebody told her that you only grow taller while you 're standing up .
2 If we go to front-wheel drive , it 's because we think it 's better .
3 why consumers pay er in the European Community , it 's because we paying them two or three times more for our food than we would do if we purchased it on the world market erm .
4 It 's because we found them .
5 That 's not because people had bigger families , it 's because they pack them with young , poor parents , ghettos for women and children .
6 It 's not that they need them , it 's because they know everyone else has got them .
7 ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call .
8 I told them — it 's because they think we stink .
9 It 's not that they 're fussy , it 's because they think it 's wrong .
10 Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ?
11 ‘ If I smile at him , it 's because it means nothing to me .
12 He says it 's because it makes him look naff , but it 's more than that .
13 It 's because I 've I wi filled the form in and and he said well you have to be more careful !
14 ‘ But you see , if I do n't ask you the name on the cheque , it 's because I know it already … ’
15 But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod .
16 If I look so bad it 's because I thought I had lost you .
17 It 's because I wanted you to drive me into Palma so I can get on with my work … do n't walk away from me , Fernando ! ’
18 I guess it 's because I hit them up for so many guitars , they had to even out the balance ! !
19 It 's because I love you , Fernando , that I 'm so paranoid .
20 It 's because you like him a little too much — or , to be honest , you 're drawn to him a little too fiercely .
21 It 's because you said there was one hole , but there 's two that 's what it probably means .
22 It 's because you loved your husband so much that you feel so much .
23 It 's because you love him that you feel like killing him and wiping him out of your life .
24 It 's because you love him that you feel like killing him !
25 I think it 's because he got it he did n't want people to see him .
26 If she 's here , if she found me , it 's because she followed me !
27 If she followed me , it 's because she does n't trust me , and if she does n't trust me it 's because she knows something , or has found out something .
28 It 's because she loves me so much that I just ca n't hurt her .
29 It 's because she wanted us to shag her . ’
30 Agents do n't want deadwood and if they are interested in you it is because they feel they can sell you into the market , so that you can go on and make money both for yourself and them .
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