Example sentences of "because [pron] 'd [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
2 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
3 | you know there was I 've got a policy er here that I can take out and you took it and then that was it and you spent the rest of the time talking about this one policy whereas , because you 'd been thinking about that one , there may have been others that you may have been able to disturb her about or erm you know if she had other member of the family or education , whatever , there was , there was other areas that maybe you could 've brought up or gone back to anyway . |
4 | He had n't said he was going away and renting his house , which was odd because they 'd been chatting in the village not two days before he 'd disappeared and Leo taken up residence . |
5 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
6 | A police sergeant accused of assaulting a prisoner is said to have told a colleague that the man was treated like an animal , because he 'd been behaving like one . |