Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was gutted because I had a superb time at Chelsea . |
| 2 | ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased . |
| 3 | I knew all about it in theory because I had a young Bhabi and she used to tell her friends about her experiences and I used to overhear ( laughs ) . |
| 4 | If a pollster had approached me in the run-up to the election , I would have said I was voting Lib-Dem , because I had a sincere intention of doing so . |
| 5 | It 's a shame he ca n't play against his old county , but I 'm looking forward to it because I had a happy season with them last year . |
| 6 | ‘ I wo n't be fining him because I had a clear view of what happened and understand what he did and why he did it , ’ said manager Kevin Keegan . |
| 7 | This time , it was a bit more serious because I got a registered letter . |
| 8 | Because I meant a good deal , as a matter of fact . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I thought a little honesty was needed . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I had repeated arguments with my coach Harold Howcroft , because I preferred a straight arm recovery , but that suited my style better than the alternative . |
| 11 | Because I wanted a new public to be equally startled . |
| 12 | I left Camborne because I wanted a new challenge . |
| 13 | I took stock of full imperial size Bockingford tinted watercolour paper ( 300gsm ) because I wanted a robust paper with a slight background colour . |
| 14 | you always went to a proper butcher then , you did n't go to the supermarket because you had a good butcher that you used to go |
| 15 | And if you could go back , would you stay in Beirut just because you had a nice home there ? ’ |
| 16 | I said because you had a different coat on today did n't you ? |
| 17 | ‘ That 's because you launched a direct attack . |
| 18 | Yeah , just because you looked a nice girl was it ? on a cat and bob , somebody who gives you lots of promises and it 's load of crap |
| 19 | I said they would be noticed because you got a better response from people who put you in small groups feel there is less pressure on them . |
| 20 | From his own mouth they understood that , regardless of ethnic or regional or age identity , they would have to surrender nothing in order to gain a great deal : that alliance need not produce merger or submergence , that even racist habits of mind became beside the point — you could vote for ‘ the nigger ’ not because you wanted a Black man in your family but because you thought he might save your family farm . |
| 21 | The reason people thought she was naked all through the film was because she displayed a different attitude to sex from the one that prevailed in films at that time . |
| 22 | She died because she took a short cut across waste ground even though she knew that the murderer was at large in that area . |
| 23 | Because she seemed a nice woman and had had a nice mother , with whom she seemed to get on well . |
| 24 | ( It was at this time , I think , that she told me that her own mother , means-tested in the late twenties , had won the sympathy of the relieving officer , who ignored the presence of the saleable piano because she kept a clean house , with a cloth on the table . ) |
| 25 | Chrissie knew who he was because she had a real background in screaming teeny bop stuff . |
| 26 | The doctor had helped assess the problem because she had a good relationship with her patient and had documented all her injuries . |
| 27 | Why she always sounded hoarse was because she had a masculine voice and to cover it up she pretended to have a cold . |
| 28 | Nicknamed Janet Gaynor by the make-up artists because of her resemblance to the star , she was generally liked not simply because of her sunny nature , but because she had a special hobby ; she read the teacups . |
| 29 | Funny how it was ‘ alright ’ to like Alison Moyet because she had a proper soul voice or some such Eric Clapton fan cack but Andy Bell was not a proper singer because he liked to dress funny and was quite clearly in the rugger team drinking club . |
| 30 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |