Example sentences of "because [pers pn] had the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I had the definite impression that this was the area he was working in . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah it made me feel better actually because I had the same impression as you . |
| 3 | ‘ I got hassle all the way through school because I had the wrong haircut and would n't wear uniform and I was just annoying and disruptive . |
| 4 | It would n't have mattered if he had turned out to be a Celtic supporter at that decisive moment because I had the Celtic team on my tongue all ready to trot out , starting with Kennaway , Cook , McGonigle . |
| 5 | Just because you had the good fortune to pay nothing for your very expensive university education does little to justify a system of higher education which , at the same time , excluded 85 per cent of your age group from the privileged position you evidently enjoyed . |
| 6 | ‘ Because she had the bloody cheek to say no one should fight for England if there 's a war , ’ Maggie said . |
| 7 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 8 | The electric bill used to be so high because we had the electric fire on all the time and we used to leave the oven on as well . |
| 9 | And then they could n't be on their own because they had the elderly relatives to care for . |
| 10 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 11 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 12 | Darwin succeeded where earlier evolutionists had failed because he had the right solution to the problem of explaining how populations actually change in response to environmental pressure . |
| 13 | He went on , more to her father now than to her , in his light drawling voice she had to listen to in church every Sunday of her life telling them all what was what because he had the God-given power to do so and they had to listen and obey . |
| 14 | He chose to sleep in Three because it had the best view of the Jubilee Line , unobstructed by trees , and as he came into the room and crossed to the window , he saw beyond the garden and the trees and the rhubarb plantation a silver train speeding southwards . |
| 15 | The room was sparse and tidy , as fresh-looking and tasteful as the rest of the apartment , and like the rest of the place it told her nothing about Carson — except , perhaps , that he employed somebody to clean up for him , because it had the impersonal neatness which could only be achieved by an outsider . |
| 16 | He predicted that Democrats would support it because it had the greatest chance of securing enough backing to become law by overriding a presidential veto . |