Example sentences of "because [pron] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 2 | Mum was getting very panicky at 8.30 am because I had one sock on , a jumper round the wrong way and my shirt collar in a mess . |
| 3 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 4 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 5 | It was a problem to get the camera set up , because I had two classes , one before the other , I had to think about putting it up there and the set up . |
| 6 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 7 | But what er , I said , told Pete because I had another call when you were at lunch I think and erm he said he 'd heard rumours that we were looking for somebody . |
| 8 | She hates me because I am beautiful , and she is not ; because I had three husbands , and she never married . |
| 9 | When I was very young — about 5 years old — I wanted to be a pilot because I had this girlfriend who was going to be a stewardess . |
| 10 | But I chose to do the instrumental album , even though it was a lot smaller scale , because I had more control . |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody could say it was right or wrong because nobody had any insight into what the answer should be , ’ he says . |
| 12 | And one was allowed ten minutes anyways because you had that type of job . |
| 13 | I did n't employ you on that business because you had other duties . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose it was because you had such respect for him that you felt you could leave him in charge of the boarders tonight ? ’ |
| 15 | erm I think it made things a lot cheaper , because you had larger firms able , able to buy in bulk , and also the beginnings of the ready-made market . |
| 16 | She was transferred from home to a private rehabilitation centre , but she was not happy there because she had little privacy , and her family could not travel to see her every day . |
| 17 | Hers was also a significant name because she had black hair and her disappearance was reported on May 17th . |
| 18 | A COURT date has been fixed for a North-East mum claiming £200,000 damages because she had two babies after being sterilised . |
| 19 | I know Mother would have liked it because she had some experience of one when she was living with Aunt Bessie , over in Stainmore . |
| 20 | all her sister 's energy and thinking her sister should , I mean she had a sister living with her and her sister had her own family with her , er a Mongol son , well I 'm afraid Margaret should n't of taken that attitude because she said ooh everywhere I go now there 's only me , now that 's being selfish , because she had three children and she should n't really of expected all her sisters to keep coming , they were living with her , you know |
| 21 | These comforted her , not because she had any faith in their message , but because they were phrased with some beauty ; they were made up of words that seemed to apply to some large and other world of other realities , and they bore witness , also , to the fact that somebody had thought it worth his while to put them up . |
| 22 | Peter added : ‘ It 's a shame because we had four teams ready to play this year — more than in any previous year . |
| 23 | but mind you we had much worse a problem that day because we had two sets of sniffer dogs who did n't like something and the first lot that were in and did n't like something that we 'd |
| 24 | It was terrific because we had young boys out there . ’ |
| 25 | We 'd been in the same form for two terms without really speaking because we had separate friends and in any case at St Edward 's you were seated according to your exam results at the end of the previous term , so it was n't likely we 'd be close . |
| 26 | I was really really happy because we had nine days off school I was very relieved . |
| 27 | and we do n't we needed her before because we had one typist , we do n't need that now , we c we can cover |
| 28 | The detention of COWAN 's president serves as a lesson especially because we had similar experiences with Brooklyn Village in Acornhoek , between 1989 and 1990 . |
| 29 | We called up all the record companies to see shows and they let us go and see all the shows because we had American accents and we were crazy . |
| 30 | Those of us who campaigned against the Gulf War did so not because we had any liking for Saddam Hussein . |