Example sentences of "[det] because i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was winding him up some because I thought he deserved it . |
| 2 | And he would be the right one to b be on this because I mean he 's so intelligent , he would but he wo n't even I think he must of turned that tape on yesterday . |
| 3 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 4 | When our member then appealed to the Regional Secretary and said , well , I think I do wan na appeal and go further than this because I feel I 'm right , what letter did we then get in reply . |
| 5 | I 'm rather advertising this because I think it 's important to understand that although , and I 'm sure you know , that there 's this constant war really between , it was n't of course a physical war , but certainly tension , and difficulty between the university and the city . |
| 6 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 7 | I thought I 'll only give her half because I know she 'll get in a mess . |
| 8 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 9 | He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal . |
| 10 | So I said , you go and I said , do n't be as biased as I am I said do n't go there thinking oh there 's no way you know she 's I 'm better off with Sue and all that because I said you do n't know I said you |
| 11 | They 're very pleased at that because I mean they obviously found it to be useful , erm we proved it to be useful and it 's nice to see them all taking on this responsibility now , now and doing it , because that 's all progress . |
| 12 | She even very kindly offered to attend to things , but I would not let her do that because I knew I had to face up to my responsibilities . |
| 13 | that you 'd done that because I started it as well on the computer |
| 14 | It 's a way of saying to yourself , if he really loves me , he 'll stop doing that because I want him to ’ , Roz says . |