Example sentences of "[adv] because i 've " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps because I 've always thought it might be nice to have a honeymoon in Venice . ’ |
| 2 | Now , perhaps because I 've had a baby , friends talk to me about sex , or about their relationships with their boyfriends , where before they would n't . |
| 3 | Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her … |
| 4 | But the bank wo n't crash merely because I 've bought you a cup of tea and a few Carnival cakes . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 6 | I 'm using it for Tottenham fair on third , second or third of er July , but only because I 've managed to get a P C enthusiastic about doing it and he 's gon na man it for the day . |
| 7 | Only because I 've just had my appraisal . |
| 8 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |
| 9 | But do n't 'ang about too long because I 've 'ad that Nottingham Forest on the blower . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd just like to say thank you very much because I 've had such a lovely holiday . |
| 11 | I know you can do better because I 've heard you do it . ’ |
| 12 | You 'll never know the torture I 've gone through because I 've loved you so . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'll stay away because I 've ordered him to stay away . |
| 14 | Well I should 've won anyway because I 've got sixes and fives . |
| 15 | I do n't know , we ca n't go to the cinema tonight because I 've got to do this work I 've brought home . |
| 16 | But now I think , just because I 've been to prison there 's nothing wrong with me . |
| 17 | I obviously love to see Leeds win , and just because I 've predicted a draw , that does not mean I do not think Leeds are capable of winning . |
| 18 | ‘ And , if I have n't yet got around to getting a divorce , it 's … well , it 's just because I 've been working so hard , that 's all . ’ |
| 19 | Just because I 've been in front of a camcorder ! |
| 20 | I 'm not stopping eating Arthur , just because I 've got this weight on me . |
| 21 | Possibly not because I 've grown to dislike the game . |
| 22 | Not because I 've tapped it into the word processor so many times — though that would be reason enough — but because once it is uttered even the most sensible , humane people tend to react in a disturbing , almost totalitarian , way . |
| 23 | Not because I 've tapped it into the word processor so many times — though that would be reason enough — but because once it is uttered even the most sensible , humane people tend to react in a disturbing , almost totalitarian , way . |
| 24 | Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know . |
| 25 | You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace . |
| 26 | I 'm going to bed early because I 've got a headache . |
| 27 | I 'm not writing anything off because I 've had problems like this in the past which have suddenly turned round in a week . |
| 28 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 29 | And I 'm effectively shut up because I 've been kicked out of my job and a ] so because you do n't seem to have heard a word I 've been saying . ’ |
| 30 | Oh that 's what You see I 'm alright , but I thought oh I better come up because I 've got to come up |