Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [verb] because i " in BNC.
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1 | If I kill myself , which is what I want to do because I ca n't bear this misery , then I will go to hell . |
2 | All I know how to do is write songs , and that 's what I want to do because I would like people to feel as good as I did when I heard a song for the first time . ’ |
3 | I listen but I do n't talk about myself — I like to think because I believe in privacy , but really it 's because I 'm too proud to admit failure . |
4 | ‘ I ca n't compare her with any of the top horses I 've trained because I just do n't know how good she is . |
5 | ‘ I 've stopped because I had hoped you 'd give me an explanation . ’ |
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 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | ‘ This will be the last time I have to diet because I have a completely different attitude towards my body and the food that I eat . ’ |
9 | They had er his name was Jimmy they had er well one used t one old gentleman used to be a yes and his name was Jimmy , the waiter , that 's right I , I get a , I have to think because I , I sometimes get mixed up and I 'm at Cambridge and you see it was a long time ago , you see , so , since I was young and I was then . |
10 | I know you like hiking because I saw a photo of you in your little bum-freezers , so we 'll take you up on the moors and then call at Harry Ramsden 's for some fish ‘ n ’ chips . |