Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] because [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 2 | I liked to think it was because they thought he 'd failed , that our survival in the mountains had been his humiliation , but I would have to admit this might have been mere wishful thinking . |
| 3 | Maybe it was because they thought it was dangerous to stand out in any way from the crowd , in case fate was tempted to drop a crate on their heads . |
| 4 | They do n't tell you why they refuse you , but I think it was because they knew I was Black from my name . |
| 5 | Yeah but I thought in the case of like Petula Clark and Lulu it was because they won it that got them into the scene sort of thing . |
| 6 | ‘ When I thanked you just now , by the way , it was because you got me out of the boat before I hit the water this time . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 8 | ‘ It was because you brought me back to life . |
| 9 | And it was because you told her I was to be the baby 's legal mother when the adoption went through . ’ |
| 10 | I told myself it was because you disgusted me , but really I was afraid of what I might do and say . |
| 11 | Dorothea had always wondered if it was because she despised her . |
| 12 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 13 | No one had ever been able to knock her for six , and if this man affected her at all it was because she disliked him so much . |
| 14 | If Richard Burton was lucky in his background it was because he made his luck . |
| 15 | It was because he fucked her at the beginning of her blood , she said . |
| 16 | It was because he saw them as offering more regular and more worthwhile employment for children than could be found in the agricultural districts , with only seasonal and low-paid needs , that Defoe praised the woollen areas . |
| 17 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 18 | Maybe it was because he had me with him . |
| 19 | Finally , it was because he wanted me to be part of his world of music . |
| 20 | I think it was because I had nothing , no idea or concept which would contain the appalling multiplicity . |
| 21 | It was because I had my blinds closed that I did n't get hurt . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know whether it was because I ignored him that he threw the drink over me , ’ she added . |
| 23 | Perhaps it was because I found it hard to define his place on the island . |
| 24 | But now you tell me that the only reason you went to bed with me was because you thought you could up the stakes to marriage . ’ |