Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] because the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the US Marine Corps ' 2 Division stormed ashore at Tarawa in November 1943 , a third of the 5,000 marines landing on the first day were casualties because the Japanese were well prepared and the tide played fateful tricks over the reefs . |
| 2 | On a previous occasion when Station Lane was closed to vehicles there were problems because the contractors refused to allow pedal cycles to proceed . |
| 3 | Up three floors in the elevator , and away down the long corridor that was chaos because the electricians were rewiring the floor , and on to the security gate into Bureau territory . |
| 4 | There was a flaw in the intervention For example , the rewards chosen were unsuitable in that the child did not value them enough or there was inconsistency because the PB was defined ambiguously . |
| 5 | The one she guessed was Seb because the hair on his legs was blond was the best , but even then not as fast as Nails , and the other two were in-between , but not nearly as fantastic as she had imagined . |
| 6 | She did n't need to be told that this was Claudine because the newcomer swept up to Alain and bent to kiss his cheek with an air of one who was quite accustomed to his undivided attention . |