Example sentences of "because [pers pn] was the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the appalling Carl Douglas and Rubettes are just as potent salvagers of memory as Mike Oldfield and the Pink Floyd , because theirs was the music of harrowing , lust-ridden parties and halitotic discos ; theirs was the music which made up the soundtrack of the most exciting moments of our lives . |
| 2 | ‘ Does n't the Prime Minister realise that she is the only person in this whole shameful episode that ca n't make the excuse that I was only obeying orders , because she was the person giving the orders — and the orders are tyrannical . ’ |
| 3 | Despite himself he had been touched by her fierce defence of him , and although he frequently entertained Mrs Darrell he only did so because she was the widow of his dead friend . |
| 4 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |
| 5 | I had a nasty feeling she 'd remember me because she was the sort of woman who would remember somebody offering to drink Newcastle Brown Ale out of her shoe on Degree Day . |
| 6 | I said it first , because he was the kind of man you said ‘ hello ’ to first . |
| 7 | But no one said anything , because he was the King , my husband . |
| 8 | Or was it because he was the way he was that she had walked out one day when Dadda was at work and he at school , leaving a note on the kitchen table and the remains of the week 's housekeeping money ? |
| 9 | One plausible result might , of course , be that the PLP would make the best of it , tolerating B as their Leader because he was the choice of the Party . |
| 10 | Betty Titford , Thomas 's wife , received help because she was sick ; Thomas himself was out of work in 1801 , and qualified for relief both on that score and because he was the head of a one-parent family which included a sick daughter ; Hephzibah , the little orphan , had been helped and then apprenticed by the overseers , and finally John and Ann , briefly subsidised during times of economic dearth , eventually survived long enough to collect a very modest old-age pension . |
| 11 | It arrived at his desk , as he had privately hoped , simply because he was the long-stop for security/intelligence matters that nobody else wanted to field . |
| 12 | Henry Geltzahler earns special derision ( probably because he was the hip jet-setter Hoving yearned to be ) . |
| 13 | He became a suspect for the double rape because he was the goalkeeper for a local amateur soccer team and police were able to match his footprints to those found on a floor in his victim 's house . |
| 14 | Rob and Chris , in town for a Tall Persons Club gathering , wanted to meet Bill because he was the sort of guy they could look up to . |
| 15 | He found me one day , crying my heart out , and because he was the sort of man he was — kind , sympathetic — I told him . |
| 16 | I wish that the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) had dealt with that point in his speech , because he was the Energy Minister when the letter of the Act was being breached . |
| 17 | Jesus did not grant Nicodemus an interview because he was the leader or a pharisee , because he was a leader amongst the Jews . |
| 18 | We used to call him Daddy Wilkins because he was the father of a large family , but they had all grown up , got married and spread about , so he was left on his own — probably not able to cook for himself which is why he went to live at Mrs Raw 's place . |
| 19 | ‘ They also say that he was murdered because he was the father of Cissie Jordan 's baby . ’ |
| 20 | If he lost out to Jeremy Irons , his fans said , it was because he was the victim of a feminist-puritanical cabal . |
| 21 | As a child Louis-Napoleon showed himself to be both alert and sensitive , two attributes which made his life difficult , because he was the victim of the unhappy marriage of his parents . |
| 22 | Director of specialist support for New Possibilities Fay Gerrie said she took the original decision to sack Mr Reid , who has 28 years ' service at the hospital , because he was the charge nurse and therefore responsible for the villa . |
| 23 | She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran . |
| 24 | Former Greater Manchester deputy chief constable John Stalker said he believed Warrington was chosen as a target because it was the scene of an attack a few weeks ago which resulted in arrests . |
| 25 | a very small ship , a frigate , and er the captain was at most Lieutenant Commander and the Princess Royal was doing the re-dedication and because it was the winter it was being done inside a big shed , that 's the background . |
| 26 | ‘ The Khans condemned him because it was the law , but none of them believes that he is a threat to the order of the realm . |
| 27 | As you would imagine , if you saw your youngster tottering towards Beachy Head and was about to fall off , and if there was a notice there that said you must n't cross over this fence as you are guilty of trespassing , but you saw your child falling , what would you do — stay this side of the line because it was the law ? |
| 28 | It might have been dubious to have had any of the characters holding the scissors , but because it was the child of the foursome doing it , that made it an even bigger mistake , which I accepted , putting it down totally to inexperience on my behalf . |
| 29 | And the Beckett Festival was phenomenally successful from our point of view because it was the hook that attracted most of the foreign critics . |
| 30 | The location-factor school argued that regional policy was the most important cause of decentralization in the '60s because it was the factor most significantly correlated with change in manufacturing employment , that is , it matched the pattern of relative manufacturing growth most closely . |