Example sentences of "[vb past] it be because [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 2 | When you had the nightmare , I assumed it was because you 'd had a lot of men without ever reaching any kind of genuine ecstasy with them . ’ |
| 3 | She stopped abruptly , and Belinda thought it was because she had been about to say something outspoken that would betray this afternoon 's confidences — ‘ A wife like Belinda , ’ or ‘ Someone to share your house and your life , ’ but when Faye did speak again her tone was not the breezy cover-up that Belinda had expected . |
| 4 | Maxim wondered why he was n't more shocked at the instinctive distrust implied by that decision , and sighed as he realised it was because he 'd been nearly six months in the atmosphere of Whitehall . |
| 5 | I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good |
| 6 | She asked them why ; they said it was because they had information that the two children had been sexually abused . |
| 7 | Some said it was because we had harvested too many beans , but it was because our union was getting stronger . |
| 8 | After setting an Open championship tournament record 283 , Sarazen said it was because he had had the sense to listen to his caddie at every tricky point through the tournament , calling Daniels ' club selection ‘ brilliant ’ , and his understanding of Sarazen 's sometimes less-than-cautious temperament uncanny . |
| 9 | Tom himself said it was because he had to work hard at school at subjects other than music , he could not devote himself wholeheartedly to the flute . |
| 10 | He never bullied , but his colleagues sometimes said it was because he had no need to . |
| 11 | I suspected it was because I had never been properly in love with anyone before , and the sensation was too strange , too pleasant , and too personal for sharing . |