Example sentences of "[was/were] because [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | These writers criticized the industry for being a second-rate imitation of Hollywood , but that was because they despised American cinema and the ‘ box-office bogey ’ , not because they appreciated the economic gap between the two industries . |
2 | Nelson argues that the failure of other reviewers to come to the same conclusion was because they used vague definitions of depression and failed to take into account the severity of the disorder . |
3 | Perhaps it was because she liked Brown Owl so much that she wanted her to marry someone rather special and wonderful . |
4 | Whether it was because he had other fish to fry is unrecorded , but Hartlepool 's chippies had made the law courts before . |
5 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |