Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb pp] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt relieved once I 'd started because at last I felt I was doing something about my life . |
| 2 | He was obviously in a worse state than I had imagined because to Toby a bar invariably meant a sponsor 's tent where the booze flowed like water , and at no expense to the consumer . |
| 3 | Some years ago , I was censured following a public reading of a play I had written because of the behaviour of a female character in it . |
| 4 | She had lost her husband and all those she had loved because of Ireland . |
| 5 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |
| 6 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 7 | It made up for all the poverty and hardship they had suffered , and planted a new , fierce determination in her to make her way in the world , to marry well and make up for all the injustice they had suffered because of her Uncle Harry . |
| 8 | They had stopped because of his need for rest . |
| 9 | They had died because of him . |
| 10 | ‘ It got pulled because of the murder . |
| 11 | The girl he got sacked because of . ’ |
| 12 | It had occurred because of an obsessive concern over the possibility that the President 's bid for re-election might just possibly fail . |
| 13 | He had been too afraid and shocked to go near it , and on that particular night he had cried because of his cowardice . |
| 14 | He said that he had acted because of lack of time , rather than insurmountable disagreement . |
| 15 | The Queen 's Bench held that he had offended because in the future he might wish to tender for council house construction . |
| 16 | He had failed because of a lack of talent for impromptu speaking , considered essential for the task he was contemplating . |