Example sentences of "was [adv] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his judgement rankled , it was only because it accorded perfectly with my own . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's funny you should say that , ’ said Miss Mack 's Solicitor , from a resumed recumbent position , rather dreading his appearance as No. 11 in boots too small for him , ‘ because an uncle by marriage of mine took me once to tea with some cousin of his who had been a county cricketer and this county chap said middle and leg was best because it gave you room to cut . ’ |
| 3 | Ruth stared down at it and wondered why she had bought it and thought it was probably because it contrasted so sharply with what she had been through on this trip . |
| 4 | This was partly because it proved so difficult to crush or even to assess the strength of the ‘ People 's Will ’ . |
| 5 | I may also have dwelt too long on the years between 1690 and 1730 , but this was simply because it seems to be most people 's favourite period . |
| 6 | This was principally because it contained the old Baghdad-Tehran highway . |