Example sentences of "[adj] because she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore jeans and a sweatshirt that night — and then felt foolish because she knew he would realise instantly why she was covering herself from head to toe . |
| 2 | and er actually Joan was quite embarrassed because she heard that you were in a box |
| 3 | She 'll rigid cos her pay stopped at one stage and it was wrong because she had n't been warned |
| 4 | Wickham suspected he looked dubious because she hurried on : ‘ Oh , I know you 're thinking I might not have noticed him at the bar . |
| 5 | Now she was perplexed and afraid ; perplexed because she did not understand what had happened , and afraid of what it might mean if she did . |
| 6 | Mrs Blakey spoke in a sudden , laughing kind of way , seeming relieved because she 'd received an answer of a kind . |
| 7 | Look , drink , look again … this time it was easy because she had instigated the toast . |
| 8 | It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him . |
| 9 | It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him . |
| 10 | But I suppose she had pretended to be ill because she did n't want to be at the funeral . |
| 11 | ‘ It was very muddled because she 'd pieced it together out of bits of gossip picked up here and there . |
| 12 | The defendant 's mother became suspicious because she had overheard a conversation about drugs . |
| 13 | ‘ She was sick because she ate too much . |
| 14 | ‘ Because of its potential value in the future , probably , or even more likely because she wanted to deprive me of something I valued as revenge for what she saw as my dumping her — who knows ? ’ |
| 15 | Or had she only been cold because she 'd known of her husband 's friendship with a beautiful young Irish girl ? |
| 16 | It was only semi-erotic because she made me wear a condom . |
| 17 | And they were all very impressed because she 'd done twenty different dinners , in twenty days . |
| 18 | They half ran , half dodged , in the general direction of home , playing their ball game , in blissful ignorance of the fact that Anne Hanvey was late because she had gone shopping first . |
| 19 | On that morning Mrs. Millings was late because she 'd seen a body in the Thames while crossing Southwark Bridge . |
| 20 | It was very embarrassing because she talked about the pain and degradation of sex and what a trap her marriage was . |
| 21 | She held firm because she knew that the road to compromise was without signposts , that the possibilities for getting lost were manifold and that it was paved with flawed imitations of the truth . |
| 22 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 23 | She was unconscious because she had taken some sleeping pills . |
| 24 | With another sigh , and feeling extremely awkward because she 'd obviously been foisted on them when they had n't wanted her to be foisted , she decided not to unpack , just take out the things she would need for the night . |
| 25 | Rory suspected she looked so good because she did n't live here any more ; she lived in London , and Aunt Ilsa had got her a job working for a television company . |
| 26 | It was particularly annoying because she wanted to tell him about Henry 's suggestion . |
| 27 | " What they was quarrelling about I could n't take it on myself to say , except that it was about a lady , and that Dr. Lorrimer was upset because she 'd telephoned Mr. Middlemass . |
| 28 | It was said that Mrs Rinehart was upset because she thought Mrs Hancock might inherit vast royalties from the tycoon 's ore resources . |
| 29 | The zoologist was upset because she felt that the small animal had suffered from the journey in the box and she was responsible for its death . |
| 30 | Apart from the distressing nature of the problem itself , Eileen was most upset because she felt it was ruining her whole life . |