Example sentences of "because [pers pn] was so " in BNC.
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| 1 | I guess I had to see you , drawled Jay , because I was so scared of seeing you . |
| 2 | I did look at the stripogram group because I was so horrified at the thought that they might do it again . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps because I was so friendly with Faith and never with her . |
| 4 | I was running very slowly , simply because I was so tired , but it felt right for a change . |
| 5 | Now Mrs Archer was a very good woman in her way but I 'm afraid that I was never one of her favourites because I was so slow to catch on , particularly in mathematics . |
| 6 | I tried the game years ago and gave up because I was so bad . |
| 7 | ‘ I hurled my shirt down because I was so angry — I felt cheated . |
| 8 | Wycombe were beaten by Bob Taylor 's 82nd-minute winner , and their disconsolate boss Martin O'Neill said : ‘ I was actually looking forward to extra-time because I was so sure we would win . |
| 9 | I was actually looking forward to extra time because I was so sure that we would win . |
| 10 | Perhaps because I was so new to it all and naive . |
| 11 | For the design photographed on the facing page , I chose the frame first because I was so attracted by its marble effect and the inlay banding around the frame . |
| 12 | I always gave my husband the benefit of the doubt and ‘ buried ’ his brutality because I was so ashamed and felt that I was in some way to blame . |
| 13 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 14 | So I did — my mother had that drawing for many years — and then Mr Moore rang my mother and said that it was so nice having me in his class because I was so interested and keen , but there was n't really a lot of point , and would n't it be better if I played the piano ? |
| 15 | I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted . |
| 16 | Dances were absolute torture , because I was so small and because my hands sweated a lot . |
| 17 | I covered it up and I was aggressive towards them , because I was so threatened by how good they were . |
| 18 | It was at this point , partly because I was so nervous , that I felt it necessary to build her weight up a little , so I fed her up and overdid it , with the result that she got above her ideal flying weight . |
| 19 | I denied it for a long time because I was so determined to make this marriage work , but the reality was that we did n't really care for each other any more , or at least somewhere among all the battles our love had been well and truly buried . |
| 20 | I was allowed no anaesthetic because I was so drunk , but felt nothing of the emergency dental surgery or stitches . |
| 21 | So half the time I felt like killing him , and I got agoraphobia , because I was so depressed . |
| 22 | Up until the age of 33 , I managed to push this turmoil to the back of my mind , although I 'd always had trouble with relationships because I was so full of self-doubt , and succeeded in destroying any relationship that seemed to be leading anywhere . |
| 23 | I sobbed again , not because it hurt , which it did , but because I was so helpless against what was happening , and because the small voice was saying blandly , " Well ? |
| 24 | Because I was so small , I had several dangerous accidents during my stay at the palace . |
| 25 | Sometimes I was sacked because I was late , sometimes because I was so tired . |
| 26 | I left the unit in ‘ 78 because I was so big with him . |
| 27 | The baby was quite big for me because I was so small . |
| 28 | I was physically ill the day before I met her because I was so nervous ! |
| 29 | One day I started crying because I was so upset about how poorly he was . |
| 30 | But we ca n't haunt places we 'd never been to , which is a bore for me , because I was so young when I died I 'd hardly been anywhere . |