Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] because of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've done nothing but change my plans because of what happened then , and do n't you ever forget it . ’ |
| 2 | It all came back into my mind because of the ball , the spring ball , and the partner whose name I could not remember , although I have remembered now . |
| 3 | ‘ I am voting tactically because Labour does n't have a chance here , but the Liberal Democrats certainly did n't get my vote because of Paddy Ashdown . ’ |
| 4 | I think I 'd rather have my Tagamet because of that |
| 5 | I allow you to stay in my home because of Lizzy , but I warn you now , Dan , if you try and interfere in my life , I 'll have you out the front door so fast you 'll burn a hole in the carpet . |
| 6 | I am accused of that ; I am even accused of changing my hairstyle because of my attitude to local authority finance . |
| 7 | Well my husband had a job here we moved from Highbury in in London because his firm moved from Highbury in London to here and erm got so we had to move with my husband because of his job , you see ? |
| 8 | I was married then , but I had left my husband because of his cruelty . |
| 9 | This one had a pleasantly slim neck , reminiscent of the Pedullas I recently tried , but it did n't quite make it into my affections because of its finish ; that slightly metallic-looking uniform of navy blue made the bass feel psychologically ‘ cold ’ to me . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd be an idiot if I did n't , but no one 's ever wanted me to leave my job because of it ! ’ |
| 11 | I , however , had to keep wearing my jacket because of my pullover , because of my shirt , because of my corset … . |
| 12 | ‘ You stopped my train because of this ? ’ |
| 13 | The boys all liked him , too — and some of them resented being placed under my care because of the fun they knew they could be having next door . |
| 14 | ‘ That was taken out of my hands because of the uncertain future of the club , ’ Barrow added . |
| 15 | And you do n't continue in my situation because of the money . |
| 16 | There is an increasing discrimination on my view because of the racism that exists as well as the sexism that exists within our society , and when you say why do n't women do more , the odds against women , particularly black or working class women , are very heavy . |
| 17 | However , I 've recently split up with my boyfriend because of the pressures of failing to conceive . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew my mum because she 'd been with me at the hospital and I remembered my grandad because of his bald head . |
| 19 | Each year , one woman in 15 will go to her GP because of an uncomfortable itchy vaginal infection . |
| 20 | Boys , more than girls perhaps , face the problem of ‘ street credibility ’ with their contemporaries because of the public 's perception of a church choir . |
| 21 | The smaller the animal the more heat proportionately it loses from its skin because of the increased area:volume ratio . |
| 22 | People are frightened of using their taps , their baths , their toilets because of using water and paying for it . |
| 23 | The offeror 's directors subsequently felt unable to continue to recommend the offer to its shareholders because of differences in expectations over the combined group 's financing , and the offer was withdrawn with the consent of the target and the Panel . |
| 24 | But , as our correspondents in Europe report , this looks increasingly uncertain : The Irish may throw out the treaty at their referendum because of controversy over the ‘ abortion protocol ’ . |
| 25 | According to this author , management may be related to formal authority within an organisation and managers-get others to do their bidding because of their organisational position . |
| 26 | The consortium responsible for looking after the women 's housing and financial affairs , as well as providing some monitoring of the quality of service , had temporarily to reduce its operations because of staff shortages . |
| 27 | ‘ These people ca n't sell their homes because of the recession , so they ca n't separate and split their assets . |
| 28 | Get rid of Norman for a start ; you ca n't have a chancellor who goes round telling the voters ‘ Je ne regrette rien ’ , when lots of them have lost their jobs and their homes because of what he does n't regret . |
| 29 | There are no exact figures for the numbers of Salvadoreans who have been forced to leave their homes because of the civil war , Some are economic refugees , but the great majority have fled because of the repression . |
| 30 | If the right hon. Gentleman had done his homework — rather unusually — better than he has , he would know , first , that the change in the 16-week rule was introduced after lengthy consultations with building societies and , secondly , that at the time , they said that there was no reason for people to lose their homes because of that reduction ; nor have they . |