Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's good actually because I saw that from a long way off and I thought what is it ? |
| 2 | I was very worried when I found it was quads , because I assumed that there would just be more complications and we 'd end up with nothing again . |
| 3 | ‘ That was because I assumed that the business would go to Francis and then I would have had no say in it . ’ |
| 4 | I made my original prediction because I believed that , whatever people said , once they got into a polling booth , lots of them simply would n't vote for Kinnock . |
| 5 | Because I believed that something fine might come of it ? |
| 6 | I know I 'm not saying sorry , because I said that in those letters I wrote , and then I had to copy them out again , because they were n't neat enough , and that 's enough sorries for anyone . |
| 7 | I am in everyone 's bad books because I said that it was only a shop . |
| 8 | Perhaps because I said that even if I returned I should now be shot for desertion . |
| 9 | Well I have I did n't because I said that I would just tell them about it and then I would speak again this month and see what er , they say . |
| 10 | I chose that day to be a Mex because I figured that they were outnumbered by the Micks . |
| 11 | Well I have done it this way even for trivial things , because I understood that the committee had to approve the changes and if as I said it seem to me erm , wasteful to get er , Monica to make the changes when they might not be accepted . |
| 12 | ‘ I came back because I discovered that without him my head splits into a thousand pieces . |
| 13 | ‘ I cried a lot coming out of my teens , ’ says Charlotte , now 22 , ‘ because I realised that I no longer had an excuse to play out the role of mother 's beloved charge . |
| 14 | The Aldershot method was particularly important for me because I realised that it 's something we use every day or we see every day er and it emotionally prepares the audience the listener for what I 'm going to say . |
| 15 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 16 | I kept up a close correspondence with my parents , partly because I knew that they missed me , and partly from natural inclination and affection . |
| 17 | ‘ I first started writing songs when I was about 14 , because I knew that the first song I 'd put down would be so crap I thought I 'd get all my ideas out of the way first , and then I 'd start getting all artistic , ’ explains Tony . |
| 18 | Because I knew that I had my weaknesses , perhaps that is the reason that I was not more successful . |
| 19 | Putting a cup in front of Roy , she said , ‘ I came here this morning because I knew that something was n't right . |
| 20 | Nesting nearby in holes in the boulder were a colony of puffins , and I probably imagined that these Icelandic birds looked larger than those nesting in Shetland , because I knew that studies had shown this to be the case . |
| 21 | Eric grinned at me and I smiled back because I knew that , at well over sixty , he still played a very competitive game of golf off a handicap of ten . |
| 22 | I was very relieved to discover that was all he was worrying about , because I knew that his blindness made no difference at all to my love for him . |
| 23 | From that day I ate only pasta dressed with butter and felt safe , because I knew that however late I arrived it would have been saved for me ; no one else would eat it plain . |
| 24 | I wanted a diploma because I knew that there was no possibility of my going to a university . |
| 25 | I was greatly relieved , both because this decision was going to save me endless work in revision and because I knew that if all my marks over the year were taken into account I should not have any problem in passing . |
| 26 | I insisted that Eric should take it seriously and , as he had nothing else to do , work hard at his grammar , because I knew that if he left the hospital knowing hardly any Italian he would surely be recaptured . |
| 27 | I was still debating between taking you away from him , waiting for it to end anyway , or doing nothing at all — the last because I knew that if your reaction to me was purely physical , I could have you … but probably damage you emotionally . ’ |
| 28 | But you have the power to hurt me , Ellie , and because I knew that I masochistically invited more . |
| 29 | ‘ I was shocked when Bristol City released me because I thought that I was doing well , ’ said Vernon , who has now scored four times in three games for Bath but has not yet started a game . |
| 30 | Then I hugged her again and pushed her through the door because I thought that if it lasted any longer I would cry . |