Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed like the right reaction as well , because everyone thought we were ambient intellectuals going around posing in mirrors and stuff . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't like to call out because I knew they were busy getting lunch . |
| 3 | And I thought they were going to the meeting er on Friday because I knew they were both off |
| 4 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , that 's because I knew you were cheap , ’ the boyfriend said . |
| 6 | To tell you the truth , before I went to prison I used to meet people who had been to prison and I did n't want to talk to them because I thought they were funny . |
| 7 | Because I thought she was peculiar . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I said that to … to get back at you , because I thought you were ashamed of it , ’ she admitted , beginning to feel slightly guilty . |
| 9 | ’ My first reaction was shock because I thought he was dead . |
| 10 | ‘ I stopped when a police car pulled up because I thought it was stupid to go on running . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My first priority was to sign an organising scrum-half because I felt it was one of Widnes ’ weak-nesses , ’ revealed Larder . |
| 12 | You teased me because you thought I was ignorant , and you were right . |
| 13 | And because you are so much older , you would n't see yourself as competing for the same resources , and you would probably have matured in ways emotionally , that would make you accept and identify with the parental values , rather than , than feel sad or , or resentful , because you felt you were more like your brother , as it were , and you were being discriminated against . |
| 14 | And it turned out to be simply because she knew she was pregnant ; a mechanical trick she was turning on him . |
| 15 | Clarissa did n't want to make too much fun of him because she knew he was serious , so she picked up her glass , filled by the waiter from the fresh bottle . |
| 16 | ‘ Nine o'clock sharp , ’ she agreed through her teeth , and as she turned her head their eyes locked and she felt afraid , very afraid , because she knew he was stronger . |
| 17 | She sat and stared along the Edge , down into the dale , not bothering to strain her ears and listen to the radio , because she knew it was pointless . |
| 18 | I might well never find out where it was , but it would certainly contain some pupils whom the teacher had chosen because she thought they were bright and co-operative and others would almost certainly have been excluded because of their uncooperativeness or lower intelligence . |
| 19 | But after carefully considering the plot and the situation , she accepted the raunchy bits , because she believed they were true to life . |
| 20 | She did not use contraception because she believed she was infertile . |
| 21 | They did n't talk about it , not to outsiders , not to Gillian because she said it was all stupid and Jamie had probably been scared out of his wits only no one guessed it . |
| 22 | She laughed at the very thought of it because she doubted it was possible because her conception of God was too small . |
| 23 | ‘ We chose that company because we thought they were reputable and we had to do everything speedily . ’ |
| 24 | Not because we thought it was great but because it was just so infectious . |
| 25 | Nobody liked her and , well , we used to play on her because we knew she was soft . |
| 26 | Palmer , seconded by GLEB to work with NoS , felt many people were naively attracted to the pops because they thought they were easier to do . |
| 27 | Maybe it was because they thought it was dangerous to stand out in any way from the crowd , in case fate was tempted to drop a crate on their heads . |
| 28 | Another funny story , also off the record is that that lay in a drawer for two years because they thought it was controversial , they thought it was which I find hilarious . |
| 29 | The leaflet angered parents , staff and governors because they said it was full of misleading statements and the individuals who produced it had not identified themselves . |
| 30 | The tension was eased and they both laughed because they knew it was impossible , her getting tipsy and aggressive and him getting turned on by it . |