Example sentences of "because [pron] have [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I had n't been in a band for so long , there were plenty to choose from … |
| 2 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 3 | I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’ |
| 4 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
| 5 | I even carried out a double-bluff of appearing slightly guilty for the wrong reasons , so that adults told me I should n't blame myself because I had n't been able to warn Paul in time . |
| 6 | Because I had n't been around much , I had n't been away from home |
| 7 | Well that 's because I had n't been in there and you can be |
| 8 | She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive . |
| 9 | I used to listen to other children describing holidays in Bournemouth or Butlin 's or Benidorm , and not wanting to feel out of it I used to invent mine because I had never been anywhere ! |
| 10 | I suspected it was because I had never been properly in love with anyone before , and the sensation was too strange , too pleasant , and too personal for sharing . |
| 11 | For a short time I was completely clammed up with Marian because I had never been allowed to talk about myself with my wife . |
| 12 | I was terrified because I had never been in a proper prison before , and I had heard about Styal . |
| 13 | I was a bit lost because I had never been anywhere before , but I was met in a pony and trap and taken to my new employer . |
| 14 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 15 | In fact a lot of our you know a lot a lot of the their their the type of business I was in , right ? they wanted the erm home service companies but I also branched out because I 've always been connected . |
| 16 | That was the last time I used my LSI because I 've actually been ill since I got back — a touch of the Peruvian tummy-bug , which has put things out of the question ever since |
| 17 | I said slowly , ‘ It could be because I 've never been dated by anyone I liked enough . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't fall in love with you again because I 've never been out of love with you ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ His age is not a problem because I 've never been afraid to take a gamble on players and he could give us another option . ’ |
| 20 | Because I 'd always been called skinny . |
| 21 | So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up . |
| 22 | I just got that scared , because I 'd never been to an antenatal class , I did n't know what was going to happen . |
| 23 | But my father heard about it , he bailed me out , got a lawyer , and they dismissed the case in the end because I 'd never been paid . |
| 24 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
| 26 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 28 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
| 29 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 30 | ‘ Only because I have n't been able to prove it yet . |