Example sentences of "[coord] [det] was [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice . |
| 2 | It was some years before I actually tried to ride it , and that was all because of the kindness of Martin from Sunderland . |
| 3 | And this was mostly because of old machine tools being tossed away . |
| 4 | Louise and Miriam had been doing their work with set faces and compressed lips but that was doubtless because of the smell of the insects which was frightful . |
| 5 | She cared , desperately , when the Curtis Cup side was read out at Bissett 's Hotel , Gullane , and she was not in the team , but that was more because of wounded pride than anything else , for the match was to be played at Muirfield and she was a native of East Lothian linksland . |
| 6 | The government decided against the enforcement of competitive tendering in the domiciliary services , but this was largely because of the undeveloped state of private and voluntary agencies in this area . |
| 7 | He never played Test cricket again , but this was mainly because of the breakdown of his left foot in the fifth Test . |