Example sentences of "because she had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The defendant 's mother became suspicious because she had overheard a conversation about drugs . |
| 4 | She had to wait until her passport came back because she had cashed a traveller 's check to pay the bill . |
| 5 | 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 . |