Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always try to read the question calmly at first , because I hope that if I read them slowly enough the words will , in some miraculous way , make sense to me . |
| 2 | in fact the girl who did the mailing for them did n't do it properly so in fact it 's unlikely to happen erm they asked me because I know that since she 's now leaving the Vice-Principal through network erm and and they were thinking of getting something together like that , I did n't write this that 's not my writing but just let me tell you I do n't write a twenty- four clock , twenty-four hour clock with full stops in it |
| 3 | ‘ Yes really , because I know that if you go down that tunnel , you 'll be dead . ’ |
| 4 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
| 5 | I always eat well at university at lunch time , including a pudding , because I know that when I get home I will have to eat minute quantities . |
| 6 | I have always enjoyed going to Highfield Holiday park and to Clacton because I know that when you get there , there always seem to be a lot of people who make the effort to welcome people to the Holiday park and they have always seemed friendly and if anything was wrong i.e. you lose something or somebody accidentally falls and hurts themselves or indeed somebody else the staff are always quick to help and so are a lot of other people who are on holiday there . |
| 7 | I was greatly relieved , both because this decision was going to save me endless work in revision and because I knew that if all my marks over the year were taken into account I should not have any problem in passing . |
| 8 | I insisted that Eric should take it seriously and , as he had nothing else to do , work hard at his grammar , because I knew that if he left the hospital knowing hardly any Italian he would surely be recaptured . |
| 9 | I was still debating between taking you away from him , waiting for it to end anyway , or doing nothing at all — the last because I knew that if your reaction to me was purely physical , I could have you … but probably damage you emotionally . ’ |
| 10 | Then I hugged her again and pushed her through the door because I thought that if it lasted any longer I would cry . |
| 11 | Somehow I was relieved that a guard was with us because I thought that if there was an accident his friends might try to get him — and maybe us — out . |
| 12 | I compare the Alvey proposals with the Concorde because I felt that as with the Concorde project too much of our limited resources are being put into one programme . |
| 13 | No , were , were staying put , because I think that while mum wo n't . |
| 14 | because I think that when you look at year eleven we 're at a disadvantage |
| 15 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 16 | I think that a sense of humour is a very important quality ( besides honesty , loyalty etc ) because I believe that if you can laugh at things it makes life a whole lot easier . |
| 17 | I 'm pessimistic because I believe that if the council is to tackle what I still believe to be a big problem of the local authority then it can not really do so without the support of the largest party on this authority and if we have heard erm an honest assessment of their perception of of the case , I I really I really do despair that this council will will get to the bottom of the problem . |
| 18 | Only with great care , of course , because you know that if you are caught breaking the limit by the police , the consequences will be unpleasant — a summons , a court case , a fine , perhaps an endorsement . |
| 19 | Yes ; and that 's what it was ; a badge of manhood ; because you sensed that before you went into the mine , because you were wearing the moleskin trousers . |
| 20 | Because you think that because you |
| 21 | It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now . |
| 22 | She allowed her voice to trail off , basically because she knew that if she did n't she would end up bursting into tears . ’ |
| 23 | Marie remained at L'Auberge because she felt that although Norman , the new chef , was qualified and experienced , he needed to be shown her way of doing things . |
| 24 | She signed it because her husband pressed her to do so and told her he was being pressed by Campbell , and because she believed that if she would sign it … it would enable her husband to settle the beer contract . … |
| 25 | Well here we 've got an onshore wind , that 's perfect , because we know that if we get into trouble just get blown back ashore . |
| 26 | At weekends we cycled there under the hot sun in the early afternoon , not minding the heat at all because we knew that as soon as we arrived the cool water would welcome us . |
| 27 | We have given it up , partly because we can not afford all the exercise tests and partly because we believe that once you know the patient has got ischaemic heart disease , which he has by definition if he has had an infarct , that the exercise test on a beta blocker is as useful prognostically . |
| 28 | In desperation , in many cases , young females deliberately become pregnant because they know that once they are in that state they are immediately restored to the benefit system . |
| 29 | Both Atticus and Judge Taylor realise that the case is lost before that trial even begins because they realise that because the jury is all white , they can not convict a black man against a white man 's word . |
| 30 | People litigate such cases ( which is both risky and expensive ) only because they believe that if they succeed in persuading some judge that a new rule would be in the public interest , that new rule will be applied retrospectively in their own favour . |