Example sentences of "because [pron] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe they all felt OK because no-one had been shot in a park . |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'm crying because someone 's been nasty to me , he 'll want to rush away and knock their block off ’ , said one woman , ‘ for anything else he 'll just sit there and look miserable and uncomfortable until I feel I 'm supposed to comfort him ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Then I began to go to the temple and I did n't go to Sunday school any more , because I had been to the seaside lots and lots of times — the same one every time . |
| 5 | I pushed past — calamity kills scruple — and explained that I was late because I had been robbed . |
| 6 | It was not that I eventually doubted that the Almighty responded to faith , but that because I had been so bound up by the desert , so full of self-interest , so neglectful of the God I was supposed to serve , that I could not have expected any co-operation from him . |
| 7 | I felt good inside , too , because I had been able , in some tangible way , to thank Ron , my girlfriend and my parents for all their help and support . |
| 8 | Suddenly it came home to me with tremendous force that this was my last chance , the very last of all the countless chances I had thrown away just like this , because I had been too lazy or too proud to exploit them properly . |
| 9 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | But I was braced to cope with him because I had been ambitious for Jean-Claude , vauntingly so . |
| 14 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 15 | Because I had been understudying Constance Donovan I was now to play Lydia , the second lead . |
| 16 | Indeed , because I had been with giants for so long , I had forgotten that my countrymen were as small as me . |
| 17 | I understood , you see , because I had been a provincial myself . |
| 18 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |
| 19 | Elizabeth ( because I had been defending her ) came to visit me . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The following year I was refunded three and ninepence by his successor because I had been over-charged . |
| 22 | ‘ On this new album there 's one huge track called The Lighthouse , which a lot of people have heard because I 've been playing it on stage — an hour out of two and a half is this album . |
| 23 | But it 's definitely a unique sound , with that percussive effect that ca n't be recreated on an electric bass — and I know that because I 've been getting sampled a lot recently … |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed because I 've been out of work since returning from the tour last summer and this contract meant security for my family . ’ |
| 25 | It 's about lifestyles that I 've lived and lifestyles that I respect and that I can speak for because I 've been there . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've smiled before , because I 've been forced to , and now we 've had three hit singles I 'll smile when I fuckin' want to . ’ |
| 27 | She said , ‘ Because I 've been feeding you for all these years and buying your shoes and your clothes ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Because I 've been thinking , Kit . |
| 29 | The boy answered , ‘ No sir , I really have n't had time because I 've been so busy working . ’ |
| 30 | " I want you to go away , because I 've been told that Timothy is in love with you . |