Example sentences of "because [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because he was my best friend ; because I had n't realised then that he was a compulsive gambler . |
| 2 | And the reason why they were shoved under the bed was because I had n't got round to sort of you know , doing anything about it sort of thing . |
| 3 | That was the strict reason I did it , because I had n't bothered before — I thought debates were boring . |
| 4 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 5 | I 've never really thought about it , though , because I 've always had so many other things to do . |
| 6 | I owe you a pound , yeah , I ca n't give it to you dear because I 've still got exactly a ten pound note dear and I 'm waiting for the pools lady dear |
| 7 | ‘ At one point I thought about stopping , ’ Rasmussen said , ‘ but that would have been a first for me , because I 've never dropped out of a marathon . ’ |
| 8 | Because I have n't felt so sorry for her for years . |
| 9 | Tuesday the seventh when , I 've just got to write it in my book you see because I have n't gone that far ahead . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't just throw it in because I have n't succeeded yet . |
| 11 | It 's been three days now I 'm not sure though I could be wrong because I have n't slept very well I have nightmares of a man and they think it 's me but it is n't , is it ? |
| 12 | ‘ But I did n't really think I had a chance because I have n't acted before , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Because I have n't got round to doing it yet . |
| 14 | As I said I had one quiff from Jane that was erm because somebody had n't filled in the date by which it was agreed that the Client should get a reply and suggestion was that the procedure should be changed should be non compliance , erm and then the rest of this is based on a suggestion from Rita , and I have several here now , erm . |
| 15 | Everyone knew how important punctuality was to Laura ; she believed if you arrived late it could only be because you had not started out early enough . |
| 16 | because you 've just taken on too much . |
| 17 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 18 | Do n't think you can get away with it just because you 've always got away with everything , since you set that nursemaid 's apron alight . ’ |
| 19 | You do not feel inhibited because you have n't prepared adequately or fear that other people might catch you out or ridicule you . |
| 20 | But he 's just a bit anxious because you have never flown before . |
| 21 | By a notice of appeal dated 29 November 1991 the debtor appealed on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction to make the bankruptcy order because she had not carried on business in England or Wales within three years prior to the presentation of the petition . |
| 22 | ‘ He said he thought his mummy had been having car trouble because she had n't turned up . |
| 23 | Because she had never sunk so low , and never would . |
| 24 | And if Jane could babysit because her mum ca n't because she 's just come out of hospital . |
| 25 | No , you would n't because we 've never met before , but once written , forever smitten ! |
| 26 | We 're all pulling for each other because we 've all grown up together — from the youth team to the reserves and the first team . |
| 27 | Last night TCCB officials gave a cautious welcome to the Kiwi offer , spokesman Ken Lawrence saying : ‘ At the moment we have not even thought of going elsewhere because we have not pulled out of the Indian tour . |
| 28 | When classifying fossils even more care is necessary because we have not got as much evidence to go on as with living animals . |
| 29 | A because we have n't got that much time and B because the little bit more pressure you 're under the more likely likely to leave certain things out so maybe you 've got the point . |
| 30 | It 's about time we realize they 're not useless and done something about them because there are people that are listening to them and there 's people that are voting for them and while people do that , Tylers will get a foothold because they 've already got quite a big one , they 're a big multi-national company and know what they 're doing . |