Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] because i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Stephen probably saved my life , and certainly saved my sanity because I was one sad lady , ’ says Barbara , referring to her traumatic divorce from Ronnie Knight , who was cleared of a murder charge and then deserted her for another woman . |
| 2 | And then I came down to Kerry after my operations because I was er for my feet , I had to get them amputated because For the hardening of the arteries |
| 3 | ‘ Breakthrough 2000 ’ warmed my heart because I think : here is vision , here is faith , and here are people who are setting a target and they are wanting to move towards it . ’ |
| 4 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 5 | The sight of him like that gladdened my heart because I knew his news must be good . |
| 6 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 7 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 8 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 9 | In 1951 , he could still write to an author who wanted to publish some works in his collection : ‘ I have not given you my permission because I do not know what will be in the book you are writing . |
| 10 | ‘ Edwin was always a joker but the point was that he seemed to undervalue his own work and to think less of my judgement because I did not . |
| 11 | ‘ Our first meeting is n't very clear in my mind because I 'm older than Tessa , and when you 're a teenager , you do n't really consider someone that much younger . |
| 12 | Erm so I c I could n't buy any of what you were telling me and it 's all like a , it was all a smokescreen I was putting up , the accountant , basically I , I was not erm buying anything er and the compressed funding was just blowing my mind because I could n't understa er it was basically giving me an easy option to say I do n't need to do anything cos I can compress my funding at forty five wo n't I , when my business has taken off . |
| 13 | That was my fault because I got too close to Senna . |
| 14 | That was my fault because I got too close to Senna . |
| 15 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 16 | Well this is my fear because I think oh God |
| 17 | I put my hands over my ears because I did n't want to know what was happening . |
| 18 | I get told off by my girlfriend because I wake up in the morning and the first thing I say is , ‘ Flippin' heck , have you sent those newsletters off yet ? . ’ |
| 19 | They nibble hungrily at my legs because I have less hair to protect my skin . |
| 20 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 21 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |
| 22 | That was the last time I used my LSI because I 've actually been ill since I got back — a touch of the Peruvian tummy-bug , which has put things out of the question ever since |
| 23 | But now one of them catches my eye because I recognize the handwriting . |
| 24 | ‘ But I can control my needs because I remember what all those women wanted . |
| 25 | Paul Mellon : The book has n't in any way curtailed my privacy because I still have the same life ; I still have people to answer the telephone ; I still have a private airplane and my travel plans are unannounced ; and I lead my own life . |
| 26 | Younis told me that they 'd taken my picture because I 'd hidden it . |
| 27 | I 've resigned from my job because I ca n't cope . |
| 28 | ‘ I can see no reason why I should n't keep my job because I have not committed any offence under military law , ’ he said at the time . |
| 29 | Basically I 'm er going to lose my job because I ca n't afford to go there . |
| 30 | I was looking forward to my day because I would be getting my monthly allowance of thirty pounds from my mum . |