Example sentences of "because [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which the authorities could not understand , because everyone knew that at lunchtime Mr Wolski always went down to the benches by the Cages and ate his sandwiches looking at the eagles . |
| 2 | The Leader would give him a right bollocking , but there were no hard feelings , because everyone knew that really he loved the poor little bugger , with an almost fatherly concern . |
| 3 | Because everyone realises that all research is flawed , not attaining a quota of bon mots might be construed as a sign of inexpertise or even worse , weakness , Then , too , there are those who believe that catcalls truly pass for constructive criticism . |
| 4 | Such measures would , I feel , bring forth an immediate and enthusiastic response , because everyone knows that that is exactly what is needed . |
| 5 | For instance , I Was A Teenage Six Pistol by Glen Matlock ( Omnibus , £12.95 ) is only on the shelves because someone calculated that if one out of every few hundred punk rockers is daft enough to shell out nearly £13 for Matlock 's eye-witness account of the writing of ‘ Pretty Vacant ’ , then they 'll make a small fortune . |
| 6 | That 's good actually because I saw that from a long way off and I thought what is it ? |
| 7 | If I act on the maxim that I will not do things which will hurt Mary 's feelings , that is not universalised simply because I will that all should avoid hurting Mary 's feelings . |
| 8 | Because I admit that I 'm bored , and that 's unforgivable . |
| 9 | I was very worried when I found it was quads , because I assumed that there would just be more complications and we 'd end up with nothing again . |
| 10 | ‘ That was because I assumed that the business would go to Francis and then I would have had no say in it . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Its not the contract/wages necessarily because I hope that Batty would have stayed at Leeds . |
| 13 | I put down the receiver and sat on the stairs trembling with panic , and I think I must have become pale , because I remember that my face felt very cold . |
| 14 | It was after nine-thirty when we finished , because I remember that Mrs Reynolds had gone home and I washed up the cups myself . ’ |
| 15 | I made my original prediction because I believed that , whatever people said , once they got into a polling booth , lots of them simply would n't vote for Kinnock . |
| 16 | Because I believed that something fine might come of it ? |
| 17 | I know I 'm not saying sorry , because I said that in those letters I wrote , and then I had to copy them out again , because they were n't neat enough , and that 's enough sorries for anyone . |
| 18 | I am in everyone 's bad books because I said that it was only a shop . |
| 19 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 20 | Well I have I did n't because I said that I would just tell them about it and then I would speak again this month and see what er , they say . |
| 21 | I chose that day to be a Mex because I figured that they were outnumbered by the Micks . |
| 22 | Well I have done it this way even for trivial things , because I understood that the committee had to approve the changes and if as I said it seem to me erm , wasteful to get er , Monica to make the changes when they might not be accepted . |
| 23 | Crossing the boundary , I always check the airspeed because I know that above 60 knots , if necessary , I can make a well banked turn of up to 180° , with virtually no loss of height and return for a downwind landing . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I mention all this because I know that many women are horrified at the idea of their baby being delivered in this way . |
| 26 | It is a real pleasure to answer these letters , because I know that here are serious fishkeepers who are doing their best to ensure the long , healthy , and contented existence of their pets . |
| 27 | I like it because I know that every time I walk out on that stage my fingers are getting stronger and I have that much more playing behind me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not the most painful defeat of my Leeds management , because I know that we performed and lost . |
| 29 | I am still dreaming of the white cotton lace bedspread that I have always promised to knit for my ‘ best friend ’ because I know that she had always wanted one . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd go back , to Europe , because I know that I can not be traced . ’ |