Example sentences of "because [pers pn] knew [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had the temerity to object to these insertions , because I knew full well from years of grubbing in the darker recesses of the phylum that the changes were in the mind rather than in the matter . |
| 2 | They were quite good days because I knew absolutely nothing about the music business , being at school , and he was my first boy friend who was n't upper class . |
| 3 | Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans . |
| 4 | And because I knew too much . |
| 5 | That they were going and that nearly killed me , that nearly killed me because I knew then this was serious . |
| 6 | Yeah I put the shield up against the wall because I knew then that the whole house had been cleared and er bent down and asked her if she was alright . |
| 7 | With unashamed interest , he studied her anxious , freshly scrubbed face , and she found herself responding to the arrival at last of his faint , elusive smile , her limpid eyes softening with warmth because she knew instinctively that he smiled rarely and that she was privileged . |
| 8 | She sincerely hoped that she could make it to the track before any car came because she knew exactly what a mess she looked . |
| 9 | Those sausages were a credit to Mother because she knew just the seasoning they required , and we would hang them up in the kitchen for people to eat as they pleased . |
| 10 | Instantly , he sprang to his feet and suggested , in fact all but insisted , that we interview her instead of him because she knew so much more about him than he did . |
| 11 | The prisoner is serving life for blasting his former girlfriend to death with a sawn-off shotgun because she knew too much about his underworld dealings . |
| 12 | Good did not overcome evil simply because we knew more — technological progress merely raised that struggle to a higher and potentially more devastating level . |
| 13 | This made things much simpler for his advisers because they knew exactly the sort of information Reagan wanted to hear . |
| 14 | This has been the case in libraries , where the Association of Assistant Librarians themselves came forward with policies they wanted to see implemented because they knew better than most how the arrangement of shelving , as well as the provision of good lighting , seating and magnifies influences the amount libraries are used . |
| 15 | The uncles would hide rueful grins , because they knew better than most what sort of cooks the aunts were , and there would follow the inevitable patch of family " atmosphere " before Addy would relent and appoint them to do some menial task like laying the table . |
| 16 | You did n't argue with White Feet or Red Cloud because he knew best . |
| 17 | We may now understand better , too , why my father was so fond of the story of the butler who failed to panic on discovering a tiger under the dining table ; it was because he knew instinctively that somewhere in this story lay the kernel of what true ‘ dignity ’ is . |
| 18 | He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion . |
| 19 | Ought we to think less of Johnson for agreeing because he knew full well that he could influence Boswell ? |
| 20 | No. 30 Mouncy Street was his first stop because he knew already from his own observation that here lived a truly old inhabitant ; Mary Adelaide Flock , who had been born twenty years before Queen Victoria died and did not count herself old yet . |
| 21 | Harry exclaimed , flushing deeply , because he knew very well that it was n't . |
| 22 | Abrams knew much of the plot , however ; it was precisely because he knew so much that he recognized when to hold back . |
| 23 | Fenella thought that it was a pity that Caspar was so scared of the giants , because he knew so much about Tara that he might have been of considerable help . |
| 24 | This was at first very difficult because he knew as little English as I knew German . |
| 25 | ‘ He was shot in cold blood because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle , ’ a detective said . |