Example sentences of "because [pers pn] was [adv] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dances were absolute torture , because I was so small and because my hands sweated a lot . |
| 2 | Because I was so small , I had several dangerous accidents during my stay at the palace . |
| 3 | The baby was quite big for me because I was so small . |
| 4 | Which was surprising really because she was so small . |
| 5 | He took a sadistic delight in teasing the boy for his nervousness , taunting him because he was so small for his age and very thin . |
| 6 | And parents Christine and Mark , both 22 , had to buy him dolls ' clothes from toyshops because he was so small . |
| 7 | At first Stuart had been excited by the sight of an occasional fish rising out of the sluggish water , but later he 'd grown bored because he was too small to row successfully , and trailing his hands over the side apparently disturbed the fish ; baling out with the old saucepan also made too much noise . |
| 8 | Can I ask is it because it was too small a group , or is it because no one can make up their mind where they belong ? |
| 9 | Because it was so small — no more than a Hamlet — it was often referred to as ‘ Little Sutton ’ . |