Example sentences of "because it [verb] [be] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The o , the Mark Hall only Mark Hall was n't there because it had been previously burnt down . |
| 2 | Umpires Barry Dudleston and John Holder — the man who reported England for tampering with the ball on the same ground against West Indies last year — changed the ball because it had been suspiciously scuffed . |
| 3 | If the fish was fresh it was because it had been deep frozen within minutes of being caught and packed up to be bought by her goodness only knew how many months later for Mark 's Lenten supper . |
| 4 | The Campaign had not been successful in influencing the Trade Unions , possibly because it had been officially characterized as an individual agitation by a few wealthy members . |
| 5 | The person who hears his words and obeys them ‘ is like a man building a house , who dug deep , and laid the foundation upon rock ; and when a flood arose , the stream broke against that house , and could not shake it , because it had been well built ’ ( Luke 6:48 RSV ) . |
| 6 | The Vale , a moderne pub at Woodthorpe , Nottingham by Cecil Howitt , the favourite architect of the Home Brewery , was refused listing because it had been overly altered in 1968 , although Gedling Council managed to prevent the application of ‘ Victoriana ’ signage . |
| 7 | The basic idea of evolution was not unknown because it had been actively supported by some radicals during the 1830s and 1840s . |
| 8 | Pitt is obviously a big fan of his girlfriend 's talent and says he hopes to work with her a lot : ‘ Genius is n't a good word , because it 's been so abused , but … ’ |
| 9 | A particular fish either ends up on its own because it has been badly injured , or has lost its mate , or may have been bought on impulse , the reasons are many and varied . |
| 10 | In such a case the patient is quite unaware of the root cause of the problem , because it has been successfully suppressed , and is therefore unable to help the therapist consciously with the relevant case history . |
| 11 | One mental disorder , schizophrenia , deserves special mention here because it has been strongly linked with food sensitivity by some doctors . |
| 12 | Every surface really does look fresher and brighter because it has been thoroughly cleaned . |
| 13 | I choose this example because it has been well worked through in a paper by Betty Lou Dubois in Language and Society ( 1987 ) . |