Example sentences of "because she [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instantly , he sprang to his feet and suggested , in fact all but insisted , that we interview her instead of him because she knew so much more about him than he did . |
| 2 | The prisoner is serving life for blasting his former girlfriend to death with a sawn-off shotgun because she knew too much about his underworld dealings . |
| 3 | He held out his arms then , and because she hurt so much , because she wanted to be a little girl again , she went to him and the tears came . |
| 4 | She did n't look much like my idea of a prostitute either , but that was because she had n't any make-up on . |
| 5 | Martha and Tilda were in the position of having no spending money , but this was less important when they were not attending school and were spared the pains of comparison , and they felt no bitterness against their mother , because she had n't any either . |
| 6 | When the counsellor asked him how he felt about not having sex , he replied that he thought that sex was often ‘ overblown ’ and that , anyway , he did not want to bother Sarah with his attentions , because she had so much else on her plate . |
| 7 | She was fascinated when he said he came from London — as far as she was concerned he might as well have come from the Moon , because she had as little likelihood of ever visiting either . ’ |
| 8 | She did n't want to go with him because she had too much to do , what with the wedding . |
| 9 | For a few moments she felt nineteen again , unsure and nervous , easily browbeaten because she had very little self-confidence . |
| 10 | ‘ She was sick because she ate too much . |
| 11 | And erm not only er do I think that er she 'll probably be reasonably good with , with finals I 'm absolutely sure that her course reports from , you know , all the places where she 's been will be better than most of the other candidates , you know , because she brings home these , the these reports , you know , and she says it looks alright , you know , beginning of the course Nurse is lacking in this or has not got that or is not , you know , you think mm pretty the end of the course Nurse got the hang of , is very good , has done this , has done that , has supported this and you think mm pretty , well that 's lovely you know but she did n't have the experience during the whatever , she had been given the experience and the end of it brilliant |
| 12 | ‘ I wouldn't. ever want to be a princess , ’ Dot sometimes said , because she wanted so much to be one . |
| 13 | because she paid so much for it , over fifteen pounds right , because she paid so much for it because they 're usually fifteen pounds each and so two would cost you thirty pounds and because those were so expensive . |
| 14 | because she paid so much for it , over fifteen pounds right , because she paid so much for it because they 're usually fifteen pounds each and so two would cost you thirty pounds and because those were so expensive . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
| 16 | I wonder if it is because she has so few of her own . |