Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] because [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 2 | It was remarkably easy because she was n't the sort of woman to be star-struck so easily and quickly . |
| 3 | When it arrived , it was rather dirty because it had been pulled along the ground by horses . |
| 4 | Anyway , skirt hangers are on springs and it was rather interesting because he came back with a skirt hanger and also a er kitchen roll tube itself , he said I 've got an idea Mr ! |
| 5 | He says his father wrote it a script and went to London to record it , but he was rather worried because he was a big smoker and he had to keep clearing his throat . |
| 6 | Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market . |
| 7 | Apart from the distressing nature of the problem itself , Eileen was most upset because she felt it was ruining her whole life . |
| 8 | The list was so long because he counted every programme over £1m — the previous definition was over £5m — and included such projects as a car park at Medway Hospital in Kent . |
| 9 | At the Conservative Party Conference in 1986 , Norman Fowler , then Secretary of State for Health , produced a computer printout of 380 new ‘ large hospital schemes ’ : the list was so long because he had counted every programme over £1m , whereas schemes had previously had to cost over £5m in order to qualify . |
| 10 | But I said , it is , yeah , that 's what I saying i Mary was so delighted because I took it and let her see it . |
| 11 | And I was so sad because it 's it was some water went on it . |
| 12 | and he said erm come on this is the boys ' area or something like that erm and I just stood there , I was so amazed because he 's wrong , you 're allowed to go |
| 13 | I mean it was so funny because it was |
| 14 | ‘ Everyone was so happy because we do n't see much of Garry , Maeve and the kids . ’ |
| 15 | Basic training and a posting to a Regiment lay ahead , all of it an unknown quantity , and my enthusiasm was so manifest because everything that lay in front of me was so foreign . |
| 16 | It was less terrible because her marriage was over . |
| 17 | ( Our sample was obviously biased because we only spoke to couples who felt secure in the knowledge that the adoption had just been completed . ) |
| 18 | Ah , Mary , Mary Shelley , how dear you were and are , beyond all women — and yet what was possible then was only possible because we were mere phantoms in the world , or so we saw it , and scarcely less than phantoms to each other . |
| 19 | Even so , the decision of the 19th Palestine National Council in November 1988 to take this highly accommodationist road was not an easy one , and was only possible because it had become apparent that the world now recognized that no substantive peace negotiations were likely to materialize without formal PLO participation . |
| 20 | But I think John we should point out that it was , it was only unsuccessful because it turned out not to be a sewerage problem . |
| 21 | It was only semi-erotic because she made me wear a condom . |
| 22 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 23 | Well , he , he was repentant , he was only repentant because he was hungry . |
| 24 | She had never felt such a queer sensation before and was suddenly sad because it was this man who was going to take her innocence away from her . |
| 25 | ‘ It was extremely dangerous because there would then have been another , hundred-foot drop off that cliff , ’ said stunt arranger Stuart Fell . |
| 26 | It was extremely unpopular because it was a symbol of Roman rule . |
| 27 | In fact , we were beginning to pack the place to the point where the landlord was extremely worried because there were far more people in than should have been . |
| 28 | But this year it was much better because they 'd let them all in because it was raining were n't it ? |
| 29 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
| 30 | Erm thank you I was just changing because it 's too cold in here , erm |