Example sentences of "because he [verb] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By pre-arrangement the debate was limited to foreign and defence matters , which Mr Ford considered his strong suit because he had been a congressman and a vice-president while his opponent , Jimmy Carter , had been a mere governor of Georgia and a peanut farmer . |
| 2 | He was particularly pleased to be patron of Great Ormond Street , he said , because he had been there himself as a child . |
| 3 | Souza 's commitments were no doubt the more complicated because he had been raised as a Catholic , and had been taught that the eroticism of Hindu religious philosophy was wicked . |
| 4 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |
| 5 | ‘ How was I supposed to know ? ’ he said , instantly aware that he had acted too hastily because he had been so angry with her . |
| 6 | Berridge contemplated this step , he tells us , because he had been |
| 7 | It had referred to Mr Donovan because he had been targeted as the first victim of the campaign in Britain . |
| 8 | It had referred to Mr Donovan because he had been targeted as the first victim of the campaign in Britain . |
| 9 | But he missed out because he had been in Copenhagen trying for a place in the Olympic team . |
| 10 | This is much more credible than Bourke 's story and suggests that in reality Bourke was no more than a go-between because he had been in prison with Blake . |
| 11 | And who was it who said that when he agreed to play the Devil in the Witches of Eastwick , it was because he had been practising for the role all his life ? |
| 12 | I know that you came only to honour dear Crabb , at a small informal party , because he had been of assistance to your illustrious father , and valued his work at a time when it meant a great deal to him . |
| 13 | The Russian race , on which the competitors were accommodated on a train following the race route , proved to be a harrowing experience for Zarei , but not because he had been doing too much running . |
| 14 | His clothes were in more of a mess but just because he had been in the city longer . |
| 15 | Jack Little was Palace 's first choice right-back for some seven seasons , on the resumption of fully competitive football after the end of the 1st World War , but he was well-known to followers of the sport in the wider Croydon area for considerably longer , because he had been a regular member of the Croydon Common side , which won promotion from the 2nd Division of the Southern League in 1913–14 with a remarkable defensive record of only conceding 14 goals in 30 matches . |
| 16 | Curtis faced a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison because he had been growing Psilocybe cubensis , or ‘ magic mushrooms ’ as they were called in court . |
| 17 | Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come . |
| 18 | He had been held , in the first place , because he had been caught carrying out what must now appear an ill-judged and irresponsible foray . |
| 19 | I contacted him because he had been a friend of the novelist and playwright , Patrick Hamilton , about whom I am writing a book . |
| 20 | Mr Baker appointed him without interview because he had been impressed by Professor Stubbs 's publications on the importance of knowledge about language . |
| 21 | It was because he had been summoned to do so , by no less than his paymaster , Edward , King of England . |
| 22 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 23 | Karen Silk , defending , said : ‘ He was only at work because he had been asked to do an extra shift . |
| 24 | A GUNMAN slaughtered six people in cold blood because he had been evicted . |
| 25 | ‘ But so are you , ’ I protested , really astonished because he had been so reasonable about my activities up to now . |
| 26 | Under cross-examination he denied his evidence was tainted by any bitterness he held for British soldiers because he had been jailed in 1968 for five years in Manchester for assault . |
| 27 | He was able to express his own upset at his mother 's absence and said that he thought she had gone away because he had been naughty . |
| 28 | He told Barking magistrates he had been unaware of the problem because he had been away ill . |
| 29 | When questioned , Mason , the carpenter , agreed that it was he who had raised the flag , but said that he had done so because he had been prematurely informed of the relief of Mafeking . |
| 30 | This contrasted sharply with the parents ' belief that the child 's poor behaviour at home was a consequence of the latter perceiving himself to have been rejected by the family because he had been sent to a boarding school . |