Example sentences of "because i 'd [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 2 | On an outing to the obscure Gate Crag in Eskdale we picked a route called Bosigran — this had to be climbed because I 'd just returned from my first climbing trip to Cornwall . |
| 3 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 4 | I was in Nassau on business today but could n't keep my mind on it because I 'd already decided to come up here tonight and be with you . |
| 5 | In a way it did n't surprise me , because I 'd already had a taste of what he was up to with that land . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps that was because I 'd already warned him I 'd bop him on the nose if he tried it . |
| 7 | The one she actually cancelled was the one to her family because I 'd already cancelled the group one . |
| 8 | It was a surprise because I 'd barely thought of her since I was fucked by her dog , an incident with which she had become associated in my mind : Helen and dog-cock went together . |
| 9 | He rebuked me because I 'd apparently stepped in too quickly with the next question before he 'd finished answering the last one . |
| 10 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 11 | Because I 'd always been called skinny . |
| 12 | So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up . |
| 13 | Oh that 's not as bad as I thought because I 'd always heard that it was like really really expensive to produce er material in braille . |
| 14 | I did n't waste much time trying to see what Filmer did or where he went , because I 'd quickly discovered that the Westin Hotel was sitting over an entrance to a subterranean shopping mall that stretched like a rabbit warren in all directions . |
| 15 | And there was a neurosis and an anxiety involved around doing that solo record for me , because I 'd never done one before and I did n't know if I could actually pull it off . |
| 16 | ‘ I was really nervous because I 'd never kissed anybody and she was really nice . |
| 17 | John , 39 , found the record haul while renovating a Liverpool house and dumped them ‘ because I 'd never heard of Larry Lurex ’ . |
| 18 | As far as lab work went , I always felt very intimidated because I 'd never touched anything more technical than a hairdryer , and all these boys around me were confidently plugging in their oscilloscopes , because I mean , I suppose they had their train sets and that sort of thing , and I was very scared to plug things in , in case they blew up . |
| 19 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
| 20 | I just got that scared , because I 'd never been to an antenatal class , I did n't know what was going to happen . |
| 21 | Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical . |
| 22 | Erm because I 'd never actually been in the flats before . |
| 23 | But my father heard about it , he bailed me out , got a lawyer , and they dismissed the case in the end because I 'd never been paid . |
| 24 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 25 | It was great , but it was I mean , I , I have to watch it because I 'd never seen it before |
| 26 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |