Example sentences of "because [pers pn] was [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got very involved in drugs later because I was nursing a broken head and a broken heart , but at this particular time , 1974 , I was not sophisticated about drugs . |
| 2 | The ribber tucked stitches because I was using a different colour — dyes can alter the tension quite considerably . |
| 3 | Not that I complained because I was having a great time with it , but I noticed that there were a few changes and when I went back to England from Mustique , that was probably the last time MainMan existed . |
| 4 | The smell was n't half so bad now , because I was following a newly-laid trail of fresh scent . |
| 5 | The fire had been doused under a great , smoking heap of insects ; the human beings shook themselves like dogs to rid themselves of the sickening creatures , which were showing , for some reason , perhaps because she was wearing a white muslin dress , a particular desire to land on Lucy . |
| 6 | And the reason I use heavy gauge strings is because he was using a heavy gauge and we figured it was better and cheaper to buy strings all in one gauge . |
| 7 | He had felt sure when he left his hotel room that every eye in Saigon would be on him that evening because he was wearing a white tuxedo for the very first time in his young life . |
| 8 | She recognised Peter because he was carrying a rolled-up copy of the Standard and because his eyes lit with appreciation as she walked in . |
| 9 | Earlier in the week Bernhard Langer almost had to quit because he was running a high temperature . |
| 10 | And the the firm was very annoyed at hearing this name getting banded about because it was getting a bad name . |
| 11 | Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model . |