Example sentences of "because i [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was turned down by all the universities on my UCCA application form , because I had received a bad report from my headmaster at Downside School who said I took drugs , which was true , but was also an admission made to him in confidence . |
| 2 | I 'm sure it 's in Pauline 's garden because I 've seen a few times . |
| 3 | ‘ Then I thought , My Gorgeous Life , because I 've had a gorgeous life and I 'm still having one . |
| 4 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 5 | Mine 's terrible because I 've got a low voice , a deep voice anyway . |
| 6 | What should I do if I leave school at eleven thirty because I 've got a dental appointment ? |
| 7 | If if we were walking down there now I think I could probably give you the er exact place where it was because I 've got a young memory of going in there , we used to er walk around the the you see . |
| 8 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't kiss you , ’ said Julia hoarsely , ‘ because I 've got a foul cold . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose it 's because I 've got a naughty face . ’ |
| 11 | not so well at the moment because I 've got a stinking cold . |
| 12 | because I 've got a thick head |
| 13 | I do remember that I left a sort of note for my family telling them not to worry because I 'd got a good job and I might not be in touch for a while , but then it all gets kind of overlaid with a memory of a headache like you would n't believe , and shock at being connected to all these horrible machines and — ’ |
| 14 | But like , it was alright then because like means that you can changed up in this one corner of the changing room all the time and so I 'd got my shirt on while I was putting my T-shirt on like for the reason that my bra strap was bust , not actually because I 'd got a gigantic love bite around my neck ! |
| 15 | I was optimistic , because I 'd had a good turnout two years earlier for a smaller project , the clean-up of an old railway path . |
| 16 | And I 'd have shot myself if we lost because I 'd wasted a good chance just before the goal . ’ |
| 17 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |