Example sentences of "[adv] but because [prep] " in BNC.

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1 exactly but because of that they 're playing the ball through the Forest er midfield and they are looking a lot better side .
2 It was timed to explode just 30 minutes later but because of a blunder the detonator failed to explode — the capital 's second lucky escape in just 16 days .
3 He served Rome well but because of this he received hostile opposition from some Jews , especially the Pharisees .
4 I have spent my adult life here but because of little pinpricks I feel I do n't belong .
5 Their eyes locked again but because of the closeness of him now Ruth could n't break the contact .
6 To my consternation it included the name of Mr Kagan , with whom I was not anxious to resume an acquaintance , not because of what happened afterwards but because of what had happened in my office .
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