Example sentences of "[vb pp] because i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge . |
| 2 | Actually , on stage it 's also mixed because I put one Fender cab on top and a Marshall cab on the bottom and then a Marshall cab on top and a Fender cab on the bottom . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm definitely less stressed because I do n't have to do the four things I was no good at — timesheets , billing , chasing debtors and doing my expenses ! ’ |
| 4 | Merry Widows were added because I wanted a live-bearer that was n't the standard Guppy , Molly or Swordtail . |
| 5 | Not to sort of well you , you ca n't be blamed because I mean yo , in the innocent you were actually going because of the concert . |
| 6 | eighty nine thousand , I need another go round and another thousand pound and I 've won because I 've got me two thingybobs |
| 7 | Robins , clutching the ball after his first senior hat-trick , said : ‘ Comparisons are bound to be made because I 've just scored three on TV and United are struggling . |
| 8 | I was emotionally prepared because I had just had what seemed to me then an incredibly traumatic experience . |
| 9 | ‘ I was gutted because I had a superb time at Chelsea . |
| 10 | I am surprised whenever a good novel comes to be written because I understand the odds it was written against . |
| 11 | Many of the applicants who had looked suitable had been rejected and I deduced that I had been selected because I had not tried to glamorise my life history , and because I was medically and physically fit . |
| 12 | Chairman erm I know from my own experience elsewhere that er car boot sales are a cause of great concern and I , I wo n't repeat what various other small local firms have said because I agree with all their comments . |
| 13 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
| 14 | Not at the time no it did n't it bothered me when it was done because I thought you 've probably done something and the outcome would be that so at the time it did n't bother me because I was n't interested in the situation |
| 15 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 16 | er I mean I have a bit of a problem with him sort of going in and identifying all these fourteen ten tenets if you like of er what er the peasants have actually done because I do n't think |
| 17 | I 'd smoked a joint and taken tincture of cannabis , which is something I had done because I did n't smoke cigarettes and the hippies around me would say , ‘ Give her a spoonful of tincture of cannabis so that she 'll get stoned ’ but I did n't know if cocaine was like that . |
| 18 | And er that 's how I performed the , but I kept it to myself all these years you know and never told anybody what I 'd done because I think it was terrible . |
| 19 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 20 | Erm now could you help me on some of the the terminology used because I gather that six of the packages have been or about to be erm priced on the basis of a ascertained costs erm I I just wondered if if that was a sort of euphemism for for a cost plus . |
| 21 | I have an intarsia carriage which I have rarely used because I find intarsia slow and tedious . |
| 22 | Nour had laughed because I had not heard of Herodotus . |
| 23 | ‘ I know precisely how much petrol I 've got because I know precisely how much I 've put in and precisely how many miles I 've been . |
| 24 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
| 25 | If the result is as intended there has been no learning but equally none was needed because I understood the situation , I achieved my objective and I can move on to other problems . |
| 26 | ‘ I have given 100pc but my play has been affected because I have not been mentally happy . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ On this new album there 's one huge track called The Lighthouse , which a lot of people have heard because I 've been playing it on stage — an hour out of two and a half is this album . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've stopped because I had hoped you 'd give me an explanation . ’ |
| 29 | Late one afternoon on my way to the kennels with the dogs ' bowls I passed the lighted kitchen window and stopped because I heard his voice . |
| 30 | But I 'd disappeared because I 'd a man shouting ‘ fruit and vegetables ’ ( in those days , you had to have your name and address on your cart ) . |