Example sentences of "because it [vb past] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 2 | Emil himself and Oliver delivered the necessary , although Emil on his return said he hoped this was n't going to happen at lunch and dinner also , because it took too much time . |
| 3 | In the following year they staged a number of occupations of churches , but even that avenue of protest was closed to them in the end , because it became too dangerous . |
| 4 | The Design centre finally failed because it became too elitist and alienated the general public . |
| 5 | General relativity , on the other hand , was largely ignored because it seemed too complicated mathematically , was not testable in the laboratory , and was a purely classical theory that did not seem compatible with quantum mechanics . |
| 6 | Wurlitzer originally wrote a quite different last chapter to his novel but threw it away because it seemed too analytical . |
| 7 | One had tried using a hand-held scanner for the job but had given up because it made too many mistakes . |
| 8 | But er I I understand why , because it played too big a part in my |