Example sentences of "it was because [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , the legislation in Britain , the first law which is the law from which our present wages councils for people like hairdressers came from erm was passed in nineteen oh nine , and it was because we had a reforming Liberal Government at the time . |
| 2 | But if I overstepped the mark it was because you made the running . ’ |
| 3 | Maybe it was just sheer bitterness , or maybe it was because she had no memories to match those of Marguerite and Alain . |
| 4 | Maybe it was because she had the advantage of the high ground and was looking down on me . |
| 5 | Walter Robins told him it was because he antagonised the fasties by doffing his cap after evading a bouncer ( Randall used to infuriate Lillee in this way ) ; Barrington , though , was only being his naturally jolly self . |
| 6 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 7 | If he went on courting her in absentia it was because he had no choice . |
| 8 | He never bullied , but his colleagues sometimes said it was because he had no need to . |
| 9 | It was because he liked the idea of death , because he wanted to talk about it . |