Example sentences of "because i had [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pushed past — calamity kills scruple — and explained that I was late because I had been robbed . |
| 2 | The following year I was refunded three and ninepence by his successor because I had been over-charged . |
| 3 | Because I had been understudying Constance Donovan I was now to play Lydia , the second lead . |
| 4 | When I was in Rapeman , I ca n't say it really surprised me because I had been exposed to English people before , but I did n't think that people were being serious initially . |
| 5 | I am disappointed that none of those hon. Members is in his place , because I had been looking forward to their contributions and should have liked to address the odd remark to them , but I shall do that in any event . |
| 6 | At the time I was playing a Les Paul , which was n't my first choice because I had been playing Telecasters when Stevie ( Nicks ) and I were working together before we joined Fleetwood Mac , but when we joined the band there was an existing sound and the Telecaster was n't cutting it . |
| 7 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 8 | Elizabeth ( because I had been defending her ) came to visit me . |
| 9 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |