Example sentences of "because [pers pn] had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 2 | Mum was getting very panicky at 8.30 am because I had one sock on , a jumper round the wrong way and my shirt collar in a mess . |
| 3 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 4 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 5 | It was a problem to get the camera set up , because I had two classes , one before the other , I had to think about putting it up there and the set up . |
| 6 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 7 | I had to save ninepence because I had these free passes . |
| 8 | Because I had some personal problems at the start and the two girls were small when I come working |
| 9 | But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody . |
| 10 | May I just say I went to erm Johnstown yesterday because I had half promised our friends here that I would go to support them . |
| 11 | She hates me because I am beautiful , and she is not ; because I had three husbands , and she never married . |
| 12 | I remembered the day because I had this huge crush on the boy sitting next to me . |
| 13 | When I was very young — about 5 years old — I wanted to be a pilot because I had this girlfriend who was going to be a stewardess . |
| 14 | One thing I struck me this week there 's a new regulation as regard punctures on tyres because I had this completely flat tyre and a whole new set of tyres and I said to him well ca n't you mend it , ca n't you put an inner tube in like I I 've done before cos there was a nail in it you see . |
| 15 | But I chose to do the instrumental album , even though it was a lot smaller scale , because I had more control . |
| 16 | And one was allowed ten minutes anyways because you had that type of job . |
| 17 | I did n't employ you on that business because you had other duties . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose it was because you had such respect for him that you felt you could leave him in charge of the boarders tonight ? ’ |
| 19 | erm I think it made things a lot cheaper , because you had larger firms able , able to buy in bulk , and also the beginnings of the ready-made market . |
| 20 | She was transferred from home to a private rehabilitation centre , but she was not happy there because she had little privacy , and her family could not travel to see her every day . |
| 21 | It was a shame , too , that , because she had unstrapped it for the evening , her shoulder was already aching . |
| 22 | Hers was also a significant name because she had black hair and her disappearance was reported on May 17th . |
| 23 | A COURT date has been fixed for a North-East mum claiming £200,000 damages because she had two babies after being sterilised . |
| 24 | ‘ If Maman ran away , it was because she had good and sufficient reason . ’ |
| 25 | They gave her the name Sadie because she had such sad eyes . |
| 26 | Perhaps she 'd intrigued him because she had such lovely eyes , unusually blue against the dark hair , and clear and direct like those of Sarah Morey . |
| 27 | Then she started going on about her new red tap-shoes , and how the music nun wanted to teach her violin because she had such good pitch , and we all joined up in a long line , each with a hand stretched out on to the should of the one in front , and we began to march round her , chanting very softly , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … " and then louder and louder as we danced away from her still in our long Indian file , till we got right to the top of our street where we played another game altogether , totally ignoring the yells of fury from the lamp-post , and when our mums called us in to tea we all ran in and forgot about her . |
| 28 | Not just because she was the same age , but because she had such a dreadful illness , just when she should be enjoying life . |
| 29 | Clelia worked there because she painted : also because her parents pulled strings : also because she had been to art school : also because she had some highly inexplicit connexion with Martin . |
| 30 | I know Mother would have liked it because she had some experience of one when she was living with Aunt Bessie , over in Stainmore . |