Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [adv prt] because [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know now from the Portuguese Government that that delegation has been called off because of the recent tragic events in East Timor . |
| 2 | And her daughter I think she must have been getting on because around the time she told me that she was eighty , she happened to mention that her daughter was forty . |
| 3 | The Campaign for Real Yorkshire has been set up because of the imminent review of local government structures in the county being carried out by the Government 's Local Government Commission . |
| 4 | The Campaign for Real Yorkshire has been set up because of the imminent review of local government structures in the county , being carried out by the Government 's Local Government Commission . |
| 5 | ‘ Naturally , it was never admitted they 'd been thrown out because of the investigation . |
| 6 | The previous year regular Arts Centre visitors complained they had been kept out because of the festival . |
| 7 | It had been held up because of the freezing of assistance to the Soviet Union ( also released on the same day — see p. 38105 ) . |