Example sentences of "because i [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've given it up because I used to be a cheesaholic . |
| 2 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 3 | You wo n't because I used to be |
| 4 | Because I used to be in a mental institution but they said I was well so I 'm allowed out now . |
| 5 | Well publicans actually , because I used to be a publican , and I thought it would be a good idea if I , it 's a good idea to ring people you 've got empathy with . |