Example sentences of "because [pron] once [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I know , because I once bought a bargain fish on that basis … |
2 | ‘ You ca n't have any real scruples about our supposed affair or we would n't be working for you , so I can only assume that you 're making this personal attack for the sheer hell of it , because you once got a kick out of disapproving of me — despising me — and you 're trying to recapture the thrill of it all . ’ |
3 | He bought that because he once had a tiff with a BBC car park attendant who would n't let him in . |
4 | He was well known to the band because he once shared a house with Solowka in Leeds . |
5 | He decided to honour hangman Albert Pierrepoint , who died aged 87 last month , because he once ran a pub in nearby Much Hoole . |