Example sentences of "because it [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I even joined a group for divorced men but in the end I left because it fed my negativity instead of alleviating it . |
2 | Scottish merchants grumbled rather more about the new dispensation ; they were perfectly willing and able to be Europeans , but any outlet for trade would do , and there were complaints — in 1524 , for example — about the Auld Alliance with France , because it affected their opportunities not only in Flanders and Spain , but also in England . |
3 | Against Fairplay , the employers ' journal , he bore a particular resentment , not least because it exploited his weakness for litigation and extravagant publications to rebut the statements of his enemies . |
4 | Yet even that was cruel because it left her thoughts an active prisoner . |
5 | There was no denying that the new corset had an impressive effect on her waist , but the dress disconcerted her — the first true evening dress she had ever had — because it left her shoulders quite bare as well as a considerable amount of — of , well , upper bosom , and all her arms . |
6 | ‘ I had an uncle who was dying of emphysema , ’ said Betty , ‘ and he used to implore people not to make him laugh because it took his breath away , and I could never understand what he could find to amuse him . ’ |
7 | IBM had made a few changes ( very small ) and entitled it PCDOS ( because it ran their PCs , strangely enough ! ) |
8 | Dorothea had told Florence Ames the story of Gaily in the church twice before , and neither of them was yet tired of it , Dorothea because it pleased her friend so to hear it , and Florence because it pleased her that the man had been somehow vindicated , turned out to be as good as she had thought , and a friend . |
9 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
10 | But what if your last job was as a cleaner or temporary postman , just because it fitted your circumstances — say to work within school hours ? |
11 | Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two . |
12 | I did n't because it made her feet ache . |
13 | well Lindsey , mind she smoking when she was twelve and drinking and she did n't like it she says because it made her head go all funny and she did n't know what was going on , what was happening . |
14 | ‘ If so , that is because it suited my uncle 's purpose — he will use Buckingham just as long as it suits him and not a moment longer . ’ |
15 | ‘ Because it suited my purposes to stay close to you . |
16 | He sipped his coffee and hissed because it scalded his lip . |
17 | It had been a long walk , but Travis was barely breathing hard , a fact she wished she had n't noticed because it underlined his strength and she found that such a potent attraction . |
18 | Professional DEC watcher , Terry Shannon , claims the firm is fretting that its Alpha launch on November 10 wo n't be as impressive as it might be because it missed its goal of getting a thousand third-party software packages . |
19 | He agreed to do it because it flattered his ego . |
20 | The labour test was unattractive both to the many of the unemployed , because it impaired their skills and prevented their seeking work elsewhere , and to Poor Law administrators , because discipline was difficult to maintain in the stoneyards . |
21 | The main reason Clare did not allow credit was because it complicated her bookkeeping . |
22 | It must have had the throat of a raven because it cuckooed its way up and down the valley for weeks on end . |
23 | The Pill was as much about men 's sexual liberation as it ever was about women 's , because it purged their fear of paternity . |
24 | She was thankful for that , because it gave her time to think carefully about the extraordinary situation which had so unexpectedly arisen . |
25 | Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers . |
26 | It was something that gave me a framework for my experience , and in some ways kind of saved my life really because it gave me words to see that I was n't isolated , that there was a movement — it was very real and it was very gut . |
27 | Closing his eyes was n't much better , because it gave his imagination full rein . |
28 | Even though he had been expecting it — hoping for it , really — he resented the interruption because it broke his chain of concentration . |
29 | ‘ Either at the request of some lady because it disturbed their bouncing on the royal bed . |
30 | I supported this theory with pleasure , because it confirmed my view of the world . |