Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] because [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The besieger had become the besieged , and Matilda had only escaped because of the gallant rearguard action of her half-brother , Robert , Earl of Gloucester , as they fought their way out of their castle before they were starved out .
2 But she knew that Lizzy appreciated her turning up , and that her reputation as a DI had not suffered because of her being a mother .
3 Thus in Weiner v. Gill ( 1906 C.A. ) although jewellery sold on approval was subsequently re-sold by the buyer , the court held that property had not passed because of an express statement in the original contract that property was not to pass until the seller was paid .
4 Ivan Masek , chairman of the Screening Commission of the Czech National Council , emphasised on Jan. 3 that Richter had not resigned because of collaboration with the former secret police ( StB ) .
5 Toby had partly under-performed because of nerves and lack of examination technique .
6 Miss Malabedeely had looked embarrassed , discovered on her knees like that , but it had n't mattered because of her niceness .
7 Chile and Argentina were both offered barter deals , involving the exchange of Chilean nitrates ( demand for which had recently collapsed because of German development of synthetic substitutes ) and Argentine agricultural products for Soviet crude oil , along with assistance in the setting up of their own national refineries .
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