Example sentences of "because he [vb past] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I contacted him because he had been a friend of the novelist and playwright , Patrick Hamilton , about whom I am writing a book . |
2 | By pre-arrangement the debate was limited to foreign and defence matters , which Mr Ford considered his strong suit because he had been a congressman and a vice-president while his opponent , Jimmy Carter , had been a mere governor of Georgia and a peanut farmer . |
3 | Now that the Colonello had been taken away , the only Italian from the camp who remained was one of the two interpreters , Capitano Camino , who had an excellent command of English because he had been a businessman in England before the war . |
4 | Because he 'd been a graduate entrant , accelerated promotion had been guaranteed . |
5 | ‘ Because he 'd been a novice monk himself once , in Ireland , before he went to Oxford . |