Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] because i " in BNC.
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1 | I confess to having myself once described a particularly abstruse provision as ‘ something of a minor masterpiece of opacity ’ , but I regret it because I think that such shafts are frequently not aimed at the right target . |
2 | ‘ I bring you because I know you to be one of us . ’ |
3 | I do my exam in January and then I drop it because I go on a teaching practice and I pick it up halfway through third year . |
4 | ‘ I know her because I 'm the one who first arrested her . ’ |
5 | I know it because I see people regularly that retired five years ago six years ago , seven . |
6 | I know it because I finished up erm then just beyond the erm the stairs down to the basement was Arthur 's room |
7 | ‘ I like it because I look pretty like Princess Di . |
8 | I like it because I know that every time I walk out on that stage my fingers are getting stronger and I have that much more playing behind me . ’ |
9 | I like it because I 'm out , I think , and I like looking in the shops and sometimes I bump into people I know , and it just makes a little break … |
10 | I believe him because I want to believe him . |
11 | I believe him because I feel it . |
12 | Like many people who promote the European Community in this country , I promote it because I see enormous financial , economic and environmental advantages for our country . |
13 | Do not reply a letter to Lewis until I contact you because I could not be here . |
14 | But I entertain it because I see no other . ’ |
15 | I do them because I 'm called out to see patients who need help . ’ |
16 | I shall leave poor in when I do it because I ca n't get it in ! |
17 | ‘ I do it because I enjoy it . |
18 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
19 | Oh well I 've it because I 've had two pedigree 's |
20 | I , I said well is it alright if I take them because I 've not actually come to see their work |
21 | ‘ I do n't live with my daughter but I see her because I live in New York and she lives with her mother . |
22 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
23 | The story had been taken up in yesterday 's paper by another lady , old-age pensioner Miss Judith Kennedy , a retired teacher who told a local reporter that ‘ I know an eagle when I see one because I lived in Cyprus for twenty years and there are many eagles there . |
24 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
25 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
26 | So you forgive me because I am your friend when I tell you it is perhaps — baby . |
27 | ‘ But I need to know that you like it because I 'm the one doing this to you . |
28 | You only think you love me because I 'm here in the same house and there 's no one else . ’ |
29 | I 'm leaving them now for you , I 'm not doing them and I 'll leave every fucking plate in this house till you do them because I 'm sick of it . |
30 | ‘ I suppose they like me because I 'm little and they want to look after me . ’ |