Example sentences of "because [pron] had [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | The television had not defeated her because nothing had ever gone wrong with it , and it had only to be switched on and off or , scarcely more complicated , over . |
2 | The gondoliers threatened to go on strike and all the floodlights on the night of the show were mysteriously switched off because someone had n't had their palm greased . |
3 | He was having a ‘ surfeit of sex and grog because I had temporarily lost the power to feel ’ . |
4 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
5 | Because I had n't been in a band for so long , there were plenty to choose from … |
6 | He had been late talking — was that because I had n't coo-ed at him and gurgled baby talk ? |
7 | Because I had n't done it ’ |
8 | Because I had n't done it . |
9 | I stayed with my mother 's parents in Eltham and I wrote to every theatre company and virtually every person in the world , but nobody would even look at me because I had n't done drama school . |
10 | That was the strict reason I did it , because I had n't bothered before — I thought debates were boring . |
11 | I could say some of the things I had n't been able to say when I left him , because I had n't shared his feelings then . |
12 | It was looking a mess because I had n't had the heart to tidy it ; the sky outside had a yellow-grey sameness , without a hint of where the sun might be , and in that light the flowers on the dirty brown wallpaper looked sadder than ever . |
13 | Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me . |
14 | In fact we turned up some gas shares on the way , but er and a bit of cash , but that was n't enough to pay the funeral accounts and she made no provision for paying any of the bills so I sold the gas shares towards paying the funeral account and then got shouted at by the er beneficiary children because I had n't consulted them about selling the gas shares and I said Well , they have to be sold because there 's bills to pay and there is no way of dealing with that . |
15 | My shadow lapped the outside steps because the doors were open letting out the heat , wide open because I had n't bothered to bolt them , and the side door was open too , creating a through-draught that made the fire smoke and the dogs restless . |
16 | They let me wear a maternity dress then , because I had n't worn one up till then . |
17 | I was n't looking for a job because I had n't finished my training , but er a friend of mine has h her father is a G P in Loughton , and he erm was at a meeting with the senior partner of my practice , and they said do you know of anybody who 's interested in a partnership ? |
18 | And they suggested me , but I said I did n't think it was a good idea because I had n't finished |
19 | I 'd forgone breakfast because I had n't got to bed till four in the morning , lunch because I had a hangover and anyway I was late for the train , and due to the fact that it was — according to British Rail at any rate — still part of the extended Festive Period , there had been no buffet trolley on the train . |
20 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
21 | Because I had n't put in the back . |
22 | I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’ |
23 | All those positions were going for want of an application , so I applied and because brought in people who he knew , certain of them were automatically filled but they want the Chief Administration Officer , so I applied and really I do n't kid myself that I got it because of my qualification because I had n't got any letters after my name . |
24 | Well because I had n't got the place to keep things , that 's why . |
25 | ‘ Because he was my best friend ; because I had n't realised then that he was a compulsive gambler . |
26 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
27 | I even carried out a double-bluff of appearing slightly guilty for the wrong reasons , so that adults told me I should n't blame myself because I had n't been able to warn Paul in time . |
28 | Because I had n't experienced all this |
29 | Could we hear from the director of administration the of the year because I had n't known things could be , it seems to me exactly what I had advised the Chairman because I could not believe that on the basis that you want this referred to the full Council . |
30 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |