Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [pron] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I killed her in the field because I believed she was the devil . ’ |
| 2 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 3 | ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I did n't bother to make a run , because I thought there was no point . |
| 5 | ‘ Luiza told me , when Therese first came up here , that she was divorced and the husband was in a clinic over near Mayerling — the Schubert Clinic — I remembered that because I thought it was a funny name for a clinic . ’ |
| 6 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 7 | On another occasion , and because I felt he was a remote figure of whom the public knew nothing , I asked if he would be guest at an off-the-record private dinner-party to which I would invite half a dozen senior media people such as Robin Day , Perry Worsthorne of the Sunday Telegraph , and Tony Howard of the Observer for an exchange of views . |
| 8 | long after they said they would n't , because I understand there was a firm assurance , there would n't be other pitches around . |
| 9 | Yes , I picked the Froggy because I think he was the most important player who 's LEFT Leeds United . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 12 | What happened with perishables because you said there was no power no electricity no fridges no freezers nothing . |
| 13 | Not from irritation , but because she knew it was a lie , and felt sorrowful because of Alice . |
| 14 | But in between meals , for tea and whenever they went out Jill relied on Farley 's Rusks because she knew it was a name she could trust . |
| 15 | My mum never warned me about getting pregnant because she thought I was a good girl . |
| 16 | She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition . |
| 17 | We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea . |
| 18 | We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass . |
| 19 | ‘ Gordon is an established professional who has represented his country and played for his clubs with distinction and we took up his case because we felt it was a slur that needed to be removed . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We were to view the corpse because we suspected it was the body of an imposter . |
| 21 | Their reason is out of respect and because they know it was a one-off injury . |
| 22 | sign those papers because they thought there was a tie-up |
| 23 | They wanted to get rid of her because they thought she was an interfering busybody . |
| 24 | Because they thought I was an intruder . |
| 25 | They said they had come to Britain because they did not need a visa and because they thought it was a free country . |
| 26 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 27 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 28 | We have all come across women who had children by accident , because they thought it was the thing to do , or because they wanted to qualify for Council accommodation , and we have all come across women who expected someone else to do everything for them . |
| 29 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 30 | The crowd were very patient because they knew it was a difficult game for us . ’ |