Example sentences of "and [adv] because i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let me tell you , ’ she yelled , ‘ Boyd and I are somebodies in this town , and mostly because I was smart enough to set to and cultivate the right people . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose I must have accepted that whatever my parents told me was good and right because I had no reason to think otherwise . |
| 3 | The Anniversary Organising Committee had felt that a clock should be commissioned to replace the one which had been stolen , and perhaps because I have for some years specialised in the reproduction of historic clocks , my name was one of those considered . |
| 4 | ‘ Only to you , ’ he replied equably , ‘ and only because I do n't fall in with what you want . |
| 5 | ‘ The Empress , and only because I refused to cower at her anger . |
| 6 | I never thought to see the day , and all because I said I fiddled with wireless . |
| 7 | Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself . |
| 8 | I obviously love to see Leeds win , and just because I 've predicted a draw , that does not mean I do not think Leeds are capable of winning . |
| 9 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 10 | The voice on the telephone seemed to be sharp and peremptory , but I did n't hear too well what it said — partly because I was only half awake and partly because I was holding the receiver upside down . |
| 11 | and partly because I had to have an operation which meant that it would n't be easy for me to live in the flats any longer . |
| 12 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
| 13 | I supported it partly on the recommendation of the warden of the teachers ' centre and partly because I felt that they needed something positive because of the merger . |
| 14 | I did it partly for aesthetic reasons ; partly to economize on the number of genes necessary ( if genes did n't exert mirror-image effects on the two sides of the tree , we 'd need separate genes for the left and the right sides ) ; and partly because I was hoping to evolve animal-like shapes , and most animal bodies are pretty symmetrical . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's partly make-up and partly because I drink a lot of water , ’ the princess replied , according to one of the home 's sponsors . |
| 16 | Erm and also because I saw no early prospect of the application coming reports . |
| 17 | And also because I did n't think they were doing that much there with him anyway . |
| 18 | And simply because I refused to write my life story in his bloody rag . ’ |
| 19 | And maybe because I went to an all girls ' school , it 's not so obvious , you do n't see girls and boys walking hand in hand in the playground . |
| 20 | The mess of my life , the selfishnesses and false turnings and the treacheries , all these things could fall into place , they could become a source of construction rather than a source of chaos , and precisely because I had no other choice . |
| 21 | Firstly because of the cost , and secondly because I was firm in my belief that there was no substitute for a reliable watch , an accurate depth gauge and a thorough working knowledge of a well proven set of decompression tables . |