Example sentences of "because [pron] 'd be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I probably dreamt it because I 'd been hearing all their dreams and thinking about them . |
| 2 | ‘ And because I 'd been speaking slowly , my lip patterns were distorted . |
| 3 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 4 | I knew I 'd overdone the garlic in the Rogan Josh because I 'd been trying to impress Zaria . |
| 5 | I did n't need a pee because I 'd been pissing on the Poles during the day , infecting them with my scent and power . |
| 6 | No , I was looking forward to the Open because I 'd been stationed at Formby for my army service and I was anticipating meeting all my old friends from that time . |
| 7 | you know there was I 've got a policy er here that I can take out and you took it and then that was it and you spent the rest of the time talking about this one policy whereas , because you 'd been thinking about that one , there may have been others that you may have been able to disturb her about or erm you know if she had other member of the family or education , whatever , there was , there was other areas that maybe you could 've brought up or gone back to anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ You were afraid of the light because you 'd been taught to be afraid of it , ’ said Rachaela . |
| 9 | ‘ I only stepped in at Royalbion because you 'd been knocked out . |
| 10 | I was surprised because she 'd been throwing herself at him all day and not getting anywhere much . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Rowse refused to see Rhoda any more because she 'd been seen talking to Young Catholics Against Witchcraft . |
| 12 | She wished she could say she knew she was being difficult and edgy , taking it out on him because she 'd been denied another child . |
| 13 | But the niece was very bitter about it — I had to write a letter to her solicitors a year or so later because she 'd been bothering Angela long after the estate was settled . ’ |
| 14 | Dawn Allenby seemed annoyed too , though that was possibly because she 'd been cheated out of those extra moments in his arms . |
| 15 | It was just because we 'd been drinking . |
| 16 | ‘ Actually I was really happy about that , not just because we 'd been made Singe Of The Week , but because it was a woman reviewing the singles — and they 're a lot harder to please . |
| 17 | And er he did n't blame me one bit of doing that because we 'd been getting the run around . |
| 18 | It was pretty fucking annoying even if it was n't ; I really wanted to get the bastard because we 'd been having this stupid argument before we 'd started about how greed really was good and how William had been so disappointed at how poorly the argument was put across by the Gekko character in Wall Street . |
| 19 | He had n't said he was going away and renting his house , which was odd because they 'd been chatting in the village not two days before he 'd disappeared and Leo taken up residence . |
| 20 | And they insisted that they did n't want more drink simply because they 'd been drinking but because they just , well , wanted it . |
| 21 | They were there only because they 'd been stopped at gunpoint from going any farther — by the Turkish army , a key NATO ally of the US and Britain . |
| 22 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
| 23 | That 's why I think people got in debt because they 'd been having things that they could n't afford , I mean er , at one time you was never encouraged to ha er have things , now I mean the minute they see you 're getting low on your , oh have something else , have something else |
| 24 | She guessed that Mike Booker would be calling curses down on her head because he 'd been hoping a one-two win at Estoril would clinch the constructors ' championship for Carlisle Flint , quite apart from putting Ace into an unbeatable lead . |
| 25 | Not because he 'd been provoked or excited ; on the contrary , it had happened because he 'd allowed himself to relax , to lessen his control and to become open and vulnerable . |
| 26 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 27 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to warn Monty about his drinking because he 'd been causing trouble , ’ MGM 's then chief of production , Dore Schary said to me . |
| 29 | Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . |
| 30 | She thought she knew what might have been on his mind , because he 'd been writing a letter in the Lounge . |