Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it looks as if er nature has kind of erm struck a bargain in this respect , that each parent can contribute exactly half , but I think it 's , we 're only just beginning to find out about what happens then and my guess is about internal conflict between genes because I strongly suspect that there must be a lot of that going on because , as I think you 've rightly seen , if we take this view of evolution as selecting for individual genes , then we would expect conflict even within the gender . |
| 2 | The answer is lobbed back , at top speed and volume : ‘ BECAUSE I FUCKING DO N'T ! |
| 3 | Rain said : ‘ Tim , it 's a good story but it 's not worth anything to me because I already know about it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You , because I already know that you 're kind , and discreet , ’ Cindy said . |
| 5 | I shall not be shocked , because I already know what you are up to . |
| 6 | Maybe I was being a bit greedy because I already had the one I have mentioned before made by Mrs Fawcett from West Birk Hatt . |
| 7 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't hesitate about working with Craig because I already knew him and he 's a wonderful guy . |
| 9 | If then it would seem artificial to analyse and describe the whole process when asked the reason for my choice , is that not because I already have the vocabulary of pleasure to name it ? |
| 10 | It 's not difficult to ride because I already have one at home in Argentina . ’ |
| 11 | And it swallowed up my four whole units , because I even got to say what the answer was and I thought that was forty P , and I thought , I 'm never ever going to phone into one of those things again . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you see , it was partly my fault , because I just kept saying you were n't in and he got very abusive because he did n't believe me . |
| 13 | Partly too , because I just like looking at beautiful books . |
| 14 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 15 | ‘ I … ah … called you up here , Andy , because I just got a request from London that you go visit with them . |
| 16 | Yeah but she would because I just said it and you said nothing . |
| 17 | I have n't got their addresses because I just listened to what she told me . |
| 18 | for It was no good my making a list before I came down because I just had n't seen anything like this in the Marks in Norwich . |
| 19 | ‘ The … the stuff that causes the heat in chillis ’ and I smile , because I just know from the way he phrased that that he knows the technical term but does n't want to appear too smart-alec ‘ is n't soluble in water , but it is soluble in fat . |
| 20 | Erm , you 'll have to bear with me because I just marked the page as I went through . |
| 21 | Because I just fixed my mortgage for four years with the Halifax , and it 's a total gamble fixing mortgages , by the way , if we , you know , because I do n't know where interest rates are going to go , but I , I fixed at seven point seven five percent for four years . |
| 22 | Because I just want to be sure . |
| 23 | Okay , well we 'll come back to that , if I may , in a moment , because I just want to move on again to another guest , who is waiting to talk to us on the telephone , and that is Lindsay McNeill , who is the Aviation Reporters for Travel News . |
| 24 | So I did the CD , put it out and thought , ‘ Hey , if it sells a couple of thousand , I 'll be smiling all the way , ’ because I just did it so I could have something to hand people . |
| 25 | And er I was n't eating right because I just did n't feel hungry I did n't bother about food I just seemed to keep going and keep going . |
| 26 | So a lot of mine are reactive because I just have n't got any staff . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't compare her with any of the top horses I 've trained because I just do n't know how good she is . |
| 28 | Because I just do n't think they i they 're competent to do the duties of the engineer 's representative , because you need a knowledge of the contract . |
| 29 | Because I just do n't keep well . |
| 30 | Because I just do n't go out much , that 's all . |