Example sentences of "because it was [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And that 's a beamer , and DaSilva is , stifled in the extreme , it 's a no ball , now whether that was because it was a beamer I think , but we do n't know whether it 's overstretched or not as far as footwork was concerned , it brought a run down to square leg anyway , and er DaSilva is now eighteen , total a hundred and twelve for three . .
2 He wanted to watch his wife 's mouth move because it was a mouth he 'd come to appreciate more and more .
3 The parlour door went straight onto the street , because it was a terrace you see and you go into the into the front room here and you have another door into the next room and another door into the scullery at the back .
4 a very small ship , a frigate , and er the captain was at most Lieutenant Commander and the Princess Royal was doing the re-dedication and because it was the winter it was being done inside a big shed , that 's the background .
5 ‘ He was a great friend and , like Noel Coward , he wrote the kind of dialogue that was easy to remember because it was the kind you would like to write yourself but could n't , ’ he said .
6 Now I remember all that because it was the day I had a tooth knocked oui by a cricket ball . "
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