Example sentences of "because she was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shelley drove to Casa Madrid later , not to please Miguel , but because she was inwardly delighted that his plan had worked with regard to Señor Lopez . |
| 2 | As children they were spoiled — how can a five , seven , eleven year old be blamed for the lifelong influence of having his shoes cleaned , his tea-cup passed across a table , his hair combed , his every want anticipated by the mother he ached for because she was already so worn out and was not , in the end , his mother ? |
| 3 | She did n't hear what Marc said to her because she was already hearing in her mind Peter 's cry of betrayal . |
| 4 | She wondered whether she heard unreal laughter as a self-inflicted punishment because she was incontinently fond of amusement and only liked people who made her laugh , no matter what their other qualities . |
| 5 | This could have been the return to the stresses and strains of normal life or because she was no longer taking Arg Nit so I put her on Arg Nit LM1 . |
| 6 | Her hair felt rough and unpleasant to the touch because she was no longer washing it properly but improvising with a kettle of hot water in the kitchen sink . |
| 7 | Her father would not remember her either because she was no longer eight years old and heartbroken . |
| 8 | In the quiet of his own skull he called it manly , but he would never have used such a word to her , not only because she was privately decorous but also because the way she talked about her children made him sense that she dreaded being thought lesbian . |
| 9 | At the end of the first year Susan realised that although the business was profitable she could hardly take out enough money to live on because she was heavily reliant on her bank and creditors already . |
| 10 | She wondered whether the doctor imagined that because she was here without a man she had n't got one . |
| 11 | He was here because she was here herself . |
| 12 | Consequently , this young woman would have aroused curiosity because she was well dressed and , though no longer a girl , she was not wearing black . |
| 13 | Valerie Cass might have resented Michael Banks 's affair with her precious daughter , either because of his age or because she was just jealous . |
| 14 | She was living outwardly , towards you , and her face was always watchable because she was rarely bored or dull . |
| 15 | She spoke slowly , partly so she could drop her voice to the right sort of sexy drawl and partly because she was desperately wondering what to say next . |
| 16 | Simone was busy unpacking the bags , finding her way around the kitchen , asking whether there was any garlic because she was pretty efficient at making garlic bread . |
| 17 | Because she was physically worse after the operation than before it , Rose was convinced that the doctors had made a mistake , and for a long time she wanted to sue them . |
| 18 | But perhaps because she was thus secretly rejecting him and yet knew at the same time that he was in love with her , a sense of justice prompted her to help him in amorous efforts , to support him , to rid him of childish embarrassment . |
| 19 | Her alienation was of particular significance because she was soon after enlisted to mediate between her husband and her brother . |
| 20 | Those moments did not last for long , however , because she was soon hearing again his silky , and infuriating , declaration that he was taking her over as his girlfriend . |
| 21 | ‘ If anybody in the jury can explain that letter , ’ said Alice ( she was not afraid of anything now , because she was much bigger than everybody in the room ) , ‘ I 'll give him sixpence . |
| 22 | The second wife and her two daughters hated Vasilissa because she was so pretty and obedient , because her father loved her best , and , above all , because she was much more skilful than they at making lace , at spinning , and at knitting stockings . |
| 23 | And I mean one had to be grateful because she was much more concerned about whether I 'd hurt myself falling off the ladder than her wardrobe . |
| 24 | She was detested below stairs because she was forever carrying tales concerning the shortcomings of the rest of the staff . |
| 25 | He was perpetually in the grip of some obscure , niggling , unexplained bitterness , which led him to repudiate most of the overtures which Clara would from time to time make towards him ; she made these attempts because she was less frightened of him than she was of her mother , and she did on one or two occasions — the purchase of a bicycle , permission to go to the cinema — manage to enlist his sympathies . |
| 26 | She was delighted by the success of her bravery , because she was far happier talking than dancing . |
| 27 | She would never mock it , he was certain of that , and he could not believe that she would be shocked , because she was far too experienced and sensible to waste energy on such a useless emotion ; but it would probably distress her , and she had enough distress to absorb without his adding to it . |
| 28 | She could hardly concentrate on what he was doing , because she was far too busy concentrating on making sure that her stupid legs did n't crumble under her . |
| 29 | He was poisoning Elinor because she was there . |
| 30 | ah she would be because she was there |