Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb past] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the crying really upset mother , and because I had so strictly adhered to the feeding rule , I developed an abscess on one breast . |
| 2 | I got all that because I worked so hard at school . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was because she compared so unfavourably with Corrie . |
| 4 | The reason I remember her is because she took so long . |
| 5 | It was because she spoke so slowly afterwards I did n't even realize it . |
| 6 | Maybe , she reflected , storming round her room to throw some clothes into her suitcase , it was because she rose so satisfactorily to the bait ? |
| 7 | He used to say he got angry because he cared so much . |
| 8 | Then I met my husband and was sure I 'd fallen in love with him because he cared so much . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , when it came to seeking allies in Congress , Carter 's position was much weakened , first , by the fact that so few members had any reason to be grateful to the president for their election and , second , because he had so conspicuously run against the existing political order which included , of course , Congress . |
| 10 | Rachel could see the reasoning behind that , but nevertheless felt angry towards Damian Flint — not because he had so obviously done the right thing , but because he was so clearly in complete control of a situation that had always been beyond Rachel . |
| 11 | Rory had always thought of Hamish as a sort of ponderously eccentric fool , and Ken a kind of failure because he had so much wanted to travel , and instead had settled down with Mary , stayed in the same wee corner of the world as he 'd been born and raised in , and not only raised his own children , but chosen to teach others ' , too . |
| 12 | Because he painted so well , put down what he saw , people would admire him . |
| 13 | Andrew had the edge because he served so much better than me , ’ Wilkinson explained . |
| 14 | A motorist in Cooperville , Florida , has been acquitted on a drink-driving charge because he drove so well under the influence . |
| 15 | ‘ They 've put Charles on to inspiring Donne , ’ explains Prue to the people around the middle of the table , ‘ because he did so fantastically well with Yeats . ’ |
| 16 | He learnt all the signs and conventions , very quickly , not only because he made himself student to so many tutors , but because he watched so carefully everything that each one did , with that strange , silent , exhausting attention of his . |
| 17 | He went on to write many books , such as Architectural Hints and Hints on Ornamental Gardening , which were invaluable to aspiring ‘ men of taste ’ , and on being acclaimed as a second Michelangelo by his friends because he drew so well , he made ‘ Buonarroti ’ his middle name . |
| 18 | ‘ Not really , because it got so much bigger than we wanted it to straight away . |
| 19 | Tom sang a Burns song and then , because it went so well with the guitar , never mind the sax , Don Giovanni 's pretty serenade . |
| 20 | Ruth stared down at it and wondered why she had bought it and thought it was probably because it contrasted so sharply with what she had been through on this trip . |
| 21 | When the campaign opened , it was not immediately obvious which particular issues the parties would choose to stress ; but by the middle of the campaign it was clear that the Conservatives were focusing on defence issues where their policy was so much more popular than Labour 's , if only because it seemed so much simpler to explain . |