Example sentences of "[be] because [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those sorts of things inspired me , and the reason those records sound like they do is because they used that equipment . |
| 2 | Now people are n't as open , but that 's because they got taken advantage of . ’ |
| 3 | These writers criticized the industry for being a second-rate imitation of Hollywood , but that was because they despised American cinema and the ‘ box-office bogey ’ , not because they appreciated the economic gap between the two industries . |
| 4 | Nelson argues that the failure of other reviewers to come to the same conclusion was because they used vague definitions of depression and failed to take into account the severity of the disorder . |
| 5 | Katherine liked to believe that she was n't vindictive , but she did have certain rules , certain standards , both for her house and her business , and one of the reasons she had been so successful both in Dublin and now in London , was because she applied those rules rigorously . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was because she liked Brown Owl so much that she wanted her to marry someone rather special and wonderful . |
| 7 | Whether it was because he had other fish to fry is unrecorded , but Hartlepool 's chippies had made the law courts before . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose it was because you had such respect for him that you felt you could leave him in charge of the boarders tonight ? ’ |
| 9 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |