Example sentences of "because it seemed [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervous , perhaps , on edge maybe , because it seemed to her that she would have to keep her wits about her unless she wanted this outing to end up as fruitless as the other times she had been in his company . |
| 2 | But , flicking her glance away from him when he caught her looking at him , she formed the view that she must have gone a little light-headed with the guilt of her conscience , because it seemed to her that since knowing him she had been visited by one strange thought or feeling after another . |
| 3 | The Commissioner states in his report : ‘ Because it seemed to me that the Minister 's letter implied that the NHS had an absolute duty to provide care for the complainant 's father once it became clear that he could no longer meet the nursing home fees , I asked the DoH for clarification of the legal position and invited their general views . ’ |
| 4 | And I must also add that I was a trifle put out , and surprised , because it seemed to me that he was turning down a good opportunity . |
| 5 | I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward . |
| 6 | And when he said that he could n't agree with me , but please , please could n't we let the matter drop since nothing we said or did could alter the course of events , I was enraged because it seemed to me that this really was his attitude , he wanted a quiet life , not to be involved . |
| 7 | That I 've done what I 've done because it seemed to me right , not because I wanted to spite him . ’ |
| 8 | The Austrians joined in because it seemed to them the best way to avoid a resuscitation of ‘ big Bulgaria ’ . |
| 9 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 10 | Conversely slave-owners and self-lords on the whole stood by the system because it seemed to them the very foundation of their society and their class . |
| 11 | He did n't believe in the idea of people possessed by devils , because it seemed to him that that was only a way of trying to tidy up the world by pigeon-holing everything . |