Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the barrister made his remark he was not aware that no such document existed , although he believed that it did because of what his client had said in evidence . |
| 2 | Oden found that Sweden imported far more pollution than it exported because of the prevailing winds . |
| 3 | It was in this period that de Gaulle was anxious to proceed with devising the CAP and it seemed because of this that he might make concessions to his partners . |
| 4 | The children at school , with whom Martha 's struggle to be accepted was lost before it began because of her colour , called her Red Ibo . |
| 5 | Youth was , for Conrad , a period all too brief when romance prevailed over practical considerations , when it flourished because of inexperience and for want of maturity . |
| 6 | In the case of Estella however her appearances are n't really deceiving as she looks arrogant and proud and has proud eyes though she really changes for the better even though it occurred because of her treatment by Bentley Drummle and in the end like Pip , she is wiser and has been softened by her experiences and lost her proud eyes and air . |