Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [adv] thought " in BNC.

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1	How good that wine tasted , if only because I secretly thought , what a rare old vintage I must be quaffing , laid down no doubt before the Battle of Trafalgar !
2	I mean I know that now because I never thought I 'd be on the scrap heap , but sometimes I really do feel as if I am
3	It 's a bit like , I 'll , I 'll , it 's very , you know very , it 's quite curly I thought , because I really thought she had a perm done , when , when she had it .
4	‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono .
5	When England 's centre-forward played like he did tonight you have to score two goals because I always thought Wright would get one . ’
6	I could n't believe because I always thought that it was the guys that sniggered , the guys that were n't interested
7	‘ Meaning that I let you kiss me once I realised that was your intention , because I too thought that it would serve a purpose and stop Terry Lewis making any more waves .
8	‘ I always told him , ’ she said , ‘ that he was fabulous — because I genuinely thought he was .
9	And very upset that she looked so awful because we always thought she looked so lovely .
10	Because we always thought well she knows what sh you know she 's right .
11	Thereafter , because he patently thought my laughter geometry chart was the first sign of incipient lunacy , I would play the lines , then turn upstage and make a huge gesture demonstrating the sausage shape of the laugh , which never failed to roll him up .
12	He had married because he too thought he was of an age to settle down , and he had settled .
13	Otherwise his life would not have been possible , because he only thought of that every night , and every day too . ’
14	Most of the older boys agreed with Jack and believed that Piggy was a middle-aged wet blanket because he always thought he knew best about everything .

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