Example sentences of "because [pers pn] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , because I had been with giants for so long , I had forgotten that my countrymen were as small as me . |
| 2 | Then I began to go to the temple and I did n't go to Sunday school any more , because I had been to the seaside lots and lots of times — the same one every time . |
| 3 | But now I think , just because I 've been to prison there 's nothing wrong with me . |
| 4 | Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 5 | He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it . |
| 6 | When are we gon na have rules revisions , there 's a long way to go and as the , the er General Secretary said , be careful , because I 've been to talks with , on , from the Regional Committee with the T & G yes we got on lovely with them , they 're fine , they , they gave us a nice big er commemorative medal of the dockers ' strike and it 's got my granddad and my great granddad on it cos they was there in the other union mind you while we 've done all the striking and that they stood by , but nevertheless they 're not bad lads anyway and as John said we must be careful that we are not the ones that are gon na be taken over , because I remember that old song of the fifties , never smile at a crocodile |
| 7 | Because I 've been to catering things |
| 8 | ( Technically I should have Norris 's solo room because I 've been in the flat longest , but that room 's small and noisy ; also , Gav does n't snore and he 's quite happy to retreat to the living room couch if I have female company … |
| 9 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 10 | Just because I 've been in front of a camcorder ! |
| 11 | I was eventually given my clothes back , but they were all muddy and damp because I 'd been on gardens . |
| 12 | But it was because I 'd been at St. Martin 's that we got that first gig . |
| 13 | ‘ Unemployment is something that personally concerns me because I have been at the edge of unemployment all my life , ’ added the 42-year-old who speaks highly of the quality of the environment on Teesside , a much richer and more vibrant and pleasant place in which to live than he had imagined . |
| 14 | ( I know , because I have been round the world ! ) |
| 15 | ‘ Because you 'd been to Nice . |
| 16 | ‘ And it 's the euphoria that 's so addictive , because you 've been to heaven , and the real world seems a very dull place afterwards . |
| 17 | And you get a letter two days later : ‘ I 'm sorry , we ca n't take you because you 've been to prison . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , sometimes you create this illusion for yourself , because you 've been with it a certain number of hours , but it can also go the other way : you might think something 's horrible and then come in the next day and realise it 's actually pretty good . |
| 19 | ‘ If Gómez is not at the address you have given me I shall presume it is because you 've been in touch with him , so do n't phone him . |
| 20 | Furthermore , people vary in their tolerance from day to day , and it is not safe to assume that because you have been to 15,000 feet or so without oxygen before , you will be able to do it again . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew my mum because she 'd been with me at the hospital and I remembered my grandad because of his bald head . |
| 22 | Clelia worked there because she painted : also because her parents pulled strings : also because she had been to art school : also because she had some highly inexplicit connexion with Martin . |
| 23 | Ada , because she had been before ( the parties were held every month ) , showed off a little . |
| 24 | I mean because she 's been on the |
| 25 | But one woman who should have been there could n't attend the ceremony — because she 's been under house arrest for the past four years . |
| 26 | Oh , Charlie , you 've done it now , because she 's been after you for years . |
| 27 | But it probably helped our friendship , because we 've been through a lot since then . |
| 28 | So , we if we our receptionist if we can say those are our key specifications , again it 's a loose idea this is not easy sometimes to look into it , partly because we 've been in our jobs for quite a while and you know we do n't , we can clarify it , but think about your subordinates and people that might be trained . |
| 29 | In America where initially it was done one state after another , it actually has changed quite a lot and erm the developments have been very interesting , partly because they 've been in the courts rather than in Congress . |
| 30 | Erm that probably because they 'd been at the bottom so long , er it did n't appear that there was |