Example sentences of "because she [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She died because she took a short cut across waste ground even though she knew that the murderer was at large in that area . |
| 3 | Because she seemed a nice woman and had had a nice mother , with whom she seemed to get on well . |
| 4 | ( 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 . ) |
| 5 | Chrissie knew who he was because she had a real background in screaming teeny bop stuff . |
| 6 | The doctor had helped assess the problem because she had a good relationship with her patient and had documented all her injuries . |
| 7 | Why she always sounded hoarse was because she had a masculine voice and to cover it up she pretended to have a cold . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 11 | Pempie is terrifically keen on auspicious signs , and she cheered up no end the day after the exterminator , because she drew a winning ticket in the village raffle . |
| 12 | ‘ Would you believe , because she knows a soft touch when she sees one ? ’ |
| 13 | Ashton 's careful build-up to this climax makes Vera 's discovery of them in each other 's arms all the more poignant because she shows a child-like petulance at losing one she so longed to have for her own . |
| 14 | Now we do have some dresses that are like that , but the ordinary ones , I think were made in , because she needed a new dress and she needed it pretty soon , so some of the sewing is just terrible . |
| 15 | So , I think that in the opinion of Miller the family was the most important thing for B. and should have been for Eddie and all parents , but the priority for Catherine was her own life and I think that as far as Miller is concerned she is right , because she has a whole future ahead of her while B. and Eddie have settled down . |