Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb past] [adv] much " in BNC.

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1 I first went into therapy because my doctor could n't explain my constant flu symptoms , and because I carried so much tension .
2 However , because I believed that much of this increased protein synthesis was likely to be associated with the production of new synapses , or the modification of old ones , it was important to look not at proteins in general but at synaptic membrane proteins in particular .
3 Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans .
4 And because I knew too much .
5 I used to tell myself that it was because I wanted so much to believe it that I felt that way .
6 Because you lost so much body water in the heat , small boys brought tumblers of iced water at the end of every set .
7 Instantly , he sprang to his feet and suggested , in fact all but insisted , that we interview her instead of him because she knew so much more about him than he did .
8 The prisoner is serving life for blasting his former girlfriend to death with a sawn-off shotgun because she knew too much about his underworld dealings .
9 He held out his arms then , and because she hurt so much , because she wanted to be a little girl again , she went to him and the tears came .
10 When the counsellor asked him how he felt about not having sex , he replied that he thought that sex was often ‘ overblown ’ and that , anyway , he did not want to bother Sarah with his attentions , because she had so much else on her plate .
11 She did n't want to go with him because she had too much to do , what with the wedding .
12 ‘ She was sick because she ate too much .
13 ‘ I wouldn't. ever want to be a princess , ’ Dot sometimes said , because she wanted so much to be one .
14 because she paid so much for it , over fifteen pounds right , because she paid so much for it because they 're usually fifteen pounds each and so two would cost you thirty pounds and because those were so expensive .
15 because she paid so much for it , over fifteen pounds right , because she paid so much for it because they 're usually fifteen pounds each and so two would cost you thirty pounds and because those were so expensive .
16 We used to joke that we almost got nose bleeds when we stood up to our normal size because we spent so much time at floor level . ’
17 What I find though , erm , becau my , because we got so much stuff coming in for the shop anyway , like the lettuce or the fruit and veg , my parents don , you know , like most people go , yo your mother probably goes , how many , how often does she make a shopping trip ?
18 The arched terracotta mount was chosen to remind me of the colour and style of Portuguese houses , and the frame was another easy choice because we saw so much dark wood furniture there .
19 Certainly , David Flatman 's Bargain Bookshops , which did discount heavily on its bargain books during the Christmas season , ‘ because we had too much stock ’ , found that this helped to get rid of slow moving titles .
20 I could n't go out with Dominic because we had so much to do .
21 Anyway , I knew what she was going through since I had been obliged to have all my top teeth out just before the storms started because they ached so much .
22 Because they had so much more energy available to them , cyanobacteria exploded into a vast array of different forms .
23 It was only because they saw how much she wanted it that they were n't telling her .
24 She was already turning against the frills of earlier years , partly because they consumed so much factory time .
25 Abrams knew much of the plot , however ; it was precisely because he knew so much that he recognized when to hold back .
26 Fenella thought that it was a pity that Caspar was so scared of the giants , because he knew so much about Tara that he might have been of considerable help .
27 ‘ He was shot in cold blood because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle , ’ a detective said .
28 Rufus wondered if he might have invented that part because he had so much to do with wombs in the course of his own daily life .
29 Because he had too much time , he 'd go to the club afternoon and night .
30 Perhaps because he spent so much of his time alone , he told me all about his wife , his two children , the home they had bought in Sanderstown , how long he had been married , where the children went to school — all the details of life in a town of about 60,000 people .
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