Example sentences of "[vb base] because [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am clear in my mind about racing — I race because I want to race and not to please the Spanish people . |
| 2 | Golfers often think they top because they lift their heads . |
| 3 | well for god 's sake , I mean I often wonder about people who make noise like this how they would feel if we did do the same , but I still say because we 've done our polystyrene insulation she ca n't hear us , it 's worked in the reverse ai n't it ? |
| 4 | He say because you let him stay with you , that do n't make you whore . |
| 5 | ‘ People say because I have a wife and baby I 'm not committed as before do n't believe them ’ |
| 6 | A homogeneously broadened system saturates uniformly in frequency , so that the oscillation frequency , which clearly has maximum gain at threshold , retains its primacy as the laser saturates , preventing other frequencies from reaching threshold ( providing it is spatially uniform : in actual lasers higher-order transverse and adjacent longitudinal modes appear because they have different spatial structures from the dominant mode ) . |
| 7 | I expect because they trust a fellow countryman — the Iranians have had bad experiences with supplies from abroad . |
| 8 | ‘ Younger kids shoplift because they see things they ca n't afford . |
| 9 | Angels fly because they take themselves lightly . |
| 10 | I kill because they pay me to ; |
| 11 | Some men kill because they have to but Henry genuinely thought he was God , with the power of life and death . |
| 12 | building si building developers and they sort of stop because they 've found another unexploded bomb . |
| 13 | I think they 're fantastically advanced and mature because they do n't have radios . |
| 14 | Of these , nearly 8,000 children die because they have not been immunised , nearly 7,000 from dehydration caused by diarrhoea , and nearly as many again from pneumonia . |
| 15 | Now I 'm so thin I ca n't do sports or swim because I look awful in a swimsuit . |
| 16 | My green cord trousers came next , followed by my fawn Kickers boots , lables removed as from everything I wear because I refuse to be a walking advertisement for anybody . |
| 17 | I read because I enjoy it ’ — Lady Diana Spencer before her marriage . |
| 18 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 19 | We can not possibly accept the MacSharry proposals as they stand because they discriminate against British farming more than anything else . |
| 20 | It 's never been clear though , if you have a Conservative seat , say , in the West Midlands , whether people vote because they think Mrs Thatcher is doing a good job , or because they are worried about a local problem , or because Mrs McJones next door was helped by the sitting candidate over her rates problem ! |
| 21 | I have written to both the Prime Minister and the Sports Minister because I wonder if my civil liberties have been infringed . |
| 22 | The review continued : ‘ The novel positively courts the charge of ‘ too clever by half ’ with a series of condescending footnotes to some of its more arcane vernacular ; and it hugs failure to its chest in the form of Guy Vallender 's motto : ‘ Fireworks thrill because they disappoint . ’ |
| 23 | A significant minority of men aged 17–24 take risks when they drive because they feel confident in their ability behind the wheel . |
| 24 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 25 | They know because they have always lived in deserts , and their parents and grandparents before them . |
| 26 | Oh I mean I I after we after er we may never see look at each other again so my my job is to is to say right I can forward your name to and say look you know er I will make one or two points this guy er needs to be concentrated on , not as an exception , but you know because we 've taken fliers with people before you 've been very successful . |
| 27 | I know because we do n't |
| 28 | Er , well you know because you read the books |
| 29 | I know because I 've tried it as well , and I would say it was a large contributing factor to a breakdown of understanding , because at this point I was watching the deterioration of the relationship between Tony DeFries and David . |
| 30 | There are , and I know because I 've seen both sets of prejudices , prejudices from both sides . |