Example sentences of "because she [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that morning Mrs. Millings was late because she 'd seen a body in the Thames while crossing Southwark Bridge . |
| 2 | Mrs Blakey spoke in a sudden , laughing kind of way , seeming relieved because she 'd received an answer of a kind . |
| 3 | Luce moved restlessly and thumped her pillow , her doubts and uncertainties back in full force ; and all because she 'd met a man who had captured her interest and set her imagination winging . |
| 4 | I was just interested in whether you thought she disliked Nicola so much because she 'd started an affair with a man who 'd recently been her lover — you . |
| 5 | She says it 's all happened just because she chose to marry an RAF serviceman . |
| 6 | Although her reports usually arrived by post , she brought them along in person on one occasion , because she had written a poem and wondered if it was worthy of publication . |
| 7 | She squeezed her eyes shut and lowered her head , hiding behind her curtain of auburn curls , battling with the tears , battling with the fact that it mattered because she had made a mistake again . |
| 8 | ‘ My father , puzzled for an instant as to the meaning of this accident , since Mrs Goodyer was the gentlest and most inoffensive of our Church members , decided that it must be because she had made an idol of her husband … ‘ |
| 9 | The defendant 's mother became suspicious because she had overheard a conversation about drugs . |
| 10 | She had to wait until her passport came back because she had cashed a traveller 's check to pay the bill . |
| 11 | Just because she had to leave a meeting suddenly did not mean she would relinquish her authority . |
| 12 | Another controversy was caused by Justice Stevenson effectively blaming the woman for getting raped because she had hitched a lift , giving the rapist only a suspended sentence , and summing up thus — ‘ It was , as rape goes , a pretty anaemic affair . |
| 13 | Then she would glance through the books she had bought , because she had to make a report on them . |
| 14 | The actress was assessed under what is now TA 1988 , s673 because she had retained an interest in the income of the settlement or in the property comprised in the settlement . |
| 15 | She may not have consciously intended all of it , but huge fraud it was , because she purported to give a picture which in , in her own words was , er forever true , that 's a direct quote , er forever true , of Samoa , which we know , er , was not at all true . |
| 16 | Would it be possible to find out what Priscilla 's results were because she 's had a urine test and she 's extremely sore and they 've asked for another urine test , and I 'm |
| 17 | you see , er , er Mary was a bit silly because she 's had a lot of air plant , they just pulled them off and threw them out , now I would n't of done , done that because I would of kept some of those |
| 18 | a little drink because she 's licked a lot of mud when she came in . |
| 19 | Certainly before twelve , because she 's got a meeting here with someone from Gasset and Lode . ’ |
| 20 | No because she 's got an X R two and their , the insurance is too high for her |
| 21 | If she had had any sense she would still be in London , planning her next social function with her friends , instead of slinking off to the south of France because she had felt claustrophobic , because she needed to formulate a way of telling her fiancé that their engagement was off . |
| 22 | Can not be , because she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well and living in Wapping . |