Example sentences of "because he [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remembered little about the fires because he was under the influence of drink and did not realise what he was doing . |
| 2 | He had gone out later that evening not intending to drive but took the wheel when his friend refused to drive because he was over the limit . |
| 3 | He often put his pupils off from tutorials because he was at the television studios , smilingly outlining rather shocking views about constitutional history , and the role of the trade unions . |
| 4 | Marius Steen was in London certainly on the Saturday night , because he was at the Sex of One … party . |
| 5 | Brinson could cope with the work only because he was at the Foundation , where people could see him , which had concerns close to those of the CNAA , and which allowed him time to take part . |
| 6 | Burns became a cult figure because he was on the winning side , but appeared late enough on the scene to be able to sentimentalise the vanquished , thereby creating the illusion at least of being a national poet . |
| 7 | Nor did we have a talk beforehand because he was on the stage doing a turn with somebody else — I think they call it a warm-up . |
| 8 | " She went down the cliff because he was on the job with che other woman . |
| 9 | Because he was on the spot , and had established a surprising , and surely almost heretical , chain of friendships there on the border , he thought he knew better than these older and cooler heads in London . |
| 10 | I knew he 'd used firearms in the past and because he was on the run from prison he obviously did n't want to be rearrested . |
| 11 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 12 | We did n't see a lot of Father that year because he was in the Government . |
| 13 | But because he was in the middle of his mental stress he suffered a disaster . |
| 14 | I could n't interrupt him , though , because he was in the middle of his performance as an artist . ’ |
| 15 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 16 | One was from erm from Baghdad to Barqu and the other one was from Barqu to Basrah because he was in the First World War , I think he was serving with the Middlesex Regiment and erm , I do n't know how he managed this , I never did understand . |
| 17 | The victims were John Dale , ‘ the object of dislike and hatred apparently because he was in the habit of ripping people off in drugs deals ’ , and police informant David Norris . |
| 18 | It was an especially frightening stunt to do because he was in the dark and had very little control over what was happening . |
| 19 | He looked scared , not so much , Owen judged , because he was in the hands of the police but rather because he was in different surroundings from those he was used to , the modern , built-up , Europeanized part of the city and not the warren of tiny mediaeval streets he normally inhabited . |
| 20 | Odd you should ask , though , because he was in the shop last Thursday , wanting to talk to Beryl . |
| 21 | Yeah , he killed Romeo because he was in the opposite house , he was an enemy |
| 22 | Because he was from the landed gentry he thought himself superior to people like Mellors . |