Example sentences of "because i like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've loved you because I like relationships to be comfortable and not too much hard work , and sex to be civilised . |
| 2 | So I 've looked after myself but I 've worked hard as well because I like a certain lifestyle and it costs a fair amount to sustain . |
| 3 | I could show her a bit of Indian , Chinese or Middle Eastern , all heavily adapted , because I like messing around with other people 's culinary canons , but mainly I 'd have to show her my version of Italian , and the liberties I 've taken with that do n't bear repetition . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm escaping because I like escaping , ’ replied Mould . |
| 5 | Answering the question ‘ why read romances ? ’ by picking the statement , ‘ Because I like to read about the strong , virile heroes ’ , is likely to be interpreted as the reader 's view of masculinity , rather than a comment on the textual function of the male hero in the romance . |
| 6 | Because I like you , Breeze , and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do . |
| 7 | This might be on the basis of a particular attribute such as colour or shape , or a more abstract quality such as use or even ‘ because I like them ’ . |
| 8 | It 's because I like the way the note A sounds on the top string better than I do on the second , but I like A on the second string better than I do on the third , and so on . |
| 9 | I believe in coil-tapping because I like single coil-type sounds , but all this parallel/series switching is something I 'd probably avoid on my own guitar . |
| 10 | I just do it because I like helping others . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Because I like the fashion , and because I 'm an activist for what I believe in . |
| 12 | If that 's being an idiot then I guess I 'm an idiot , and I 'll be a happy idiot because I like travelling light and having fun . |
| 13 | I opted for the neckband , as I usually do , because I like to do these double , so if the front bands go on first I have to do two buttonholes on the double fabric of the neckband . |
| 14 | Eubank admitted : ‘ From what I can make out , this will be a good fight — unfortunately for me , because I like to get the job over and done with and go home with the minimum of fuss . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ My weak spots are my right knee and lower back , but I wo n't let on much because I like to make out I am indestructible . ’ |
| 16 | But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man . |
| 17 | But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man . |
| 18 | ‘ Buying paper in rolls in economical and , because I like to work on a large scale , provides greater potential for expression . |
| 19 | Monday afternoons I have to keep free because I like to take Mrs James — the domestic help — home and Friday afternoon Lucy has a dancing lesson . |
| 20 | It included forty cigarettes , a white sliced loaf , tea bags , two lamb chops , half a pound of liver , pork for Sunday dinner , two tins of peas , two pints of sterilised milk — " Not because I like it , but because it lasts longer , " he said . |
| 21 | Erm , most of the people I know , particularly the one 's I like , I look at them and I look at them being beautiful , just because I like them , erm , but I 'm aware of also looking at other people and thinking oh that 's gross you know |
| 22 | Because I like to keep a little record myself . |
| 23 | JACKEY : Because I like it . |
| 24 | Not because I think I want to look young but just because I like to go to bed early . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Because I like going to different countries . |
| 26 | I want animals to look at because I like animals . |
| 27 | I brought the wine because I like it , which is no way to treat a lady , but I also liked the thought of sitting down with her , talking about interesting things , in the way you do with wine . |
| 28 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 29 | He ignores me when he can and I co-operate by keeping out of his way , because I like the job . |
| 30 | Having graduated from a BBC machine to a PC I have found your magazine the best for me because I like the practical side as well as the computing . |