Example sentences of "because i [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I had been understudying Constance Donovan I was now to play Lydia , the second lead . |
| 2 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 3 | At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it . |
| 4 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 5 | Elizabeth ( because I had been defending her ) came to visit me . |
| 6 | But it 's definitely a unique sound , with that percussive effect that ca n't be recreated on an electric bass — and I know that because I 've been getting sampled a lot recently … |
| 7 | I ai n't been to no doctor 's , well I 'm lying I had to go again , I had to like because I 've been getting these here bloody , I must 've had them ten or fifteen year or more and , cos I 'm on these here tablets now for the old stomach like , and that like . |
| 8 | She said , ‘ Because I 've been feeding you for all these years and buying your shoes and your clothes ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Because I 've been thinking , Kit . |
| 10 | " Because I 've been thinking , " said Dottie , " what a good idea it would be for you to spend Christmas at my place . " |
| 11 | He said , I asked you to come here when I was alone , because I 've been thinking quite hard about this . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I 've been thinking over what you said and … |
| 13 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 14 | Erm , I 've been in discussion , because I 've been trying to rescue their electricity bill situation , which is again , something which has blown up on them . |
| 15 | Because I 've been trying to swop between that one and that one . |
| 16 | Trouble is with this quarter , with this discount I 'm probably not going to get to a hundred pound at the office because I 've been using it at home so much . |
| 17 | But so far , that 's why I chitted at him this morning about that coal because I 've been using this all morning , I 've not been lighting fire till between one and three o'clock . |
| 18 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 19 | I will , because I 've been recording all this . |
| 20 | ‘ And , if I have n't yet got around to getting a divorce , it 's … well , it 's just because I 've been working so hard , that 's all . ’ |
| 21 | Alan Anderson , Monsanto Quality Manager , presented the award and made these comments : ‘ I had a personal interest in this one because I 've been working on the application of quality to safety management which is what the Rubber Chemicals Safety Improvement team is all about . |
| 22 | er , then , so that 's at least , well in fact that 's more than sufficient , I should get paid more than six hours because I 've been working on the students , on the disabled games all day Friday |
| 23 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 24 | because I 've been turning the heating , it 's the |
| 25 | but , because I 've been knocking it off that bit earlier |
| 26 | Now you are actually going to be guinea pig for me because I 've been doing these for about ten years and I 've decided for ten years is getting perhaps a little stale . |
| 27 | I really must finish the rest of it which I have n't done at the moment , because I 've been doing other things . |
| 28 | ‘ On this new album there 's one huge track called The Lighthouse , which a lot of people have heard because I 've been playing it on stage — an hour out of two and a half is this album . |
| 29 | I mean , I probably dreamt it because I 'd been hearing all their dreams and thinking about them . |
| 30 | ‘ And because I 'd been speaking slowly , my lip patterns were distorted . |