Example sentences of "because he 'd be " in BNC.
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1 | Sam Yaeger spent Monday at the boatyard because he 'd been medically stood down from racing as a result of a fall , but by Tuesday he was racing again , and on Wednesday he rode at Ascot , so the boathouse was vulnerable all day Tuesday and again Wednesday morning . ’ |
2 | He must have been about my age , too , because he 'd been in Nagasaki when the bomb went on . |
3 | Which Labour MP lost a libel action against the Observer partly because he 'd been educated at Berkhamsted School ? |
4 | And there was the gatepost Dad had driven into because he 'd been eyeing some young girl instead of looking where he was going . |
5 | ‘ I had to warn Monty about his drinking because he 'd been causing trouble , ’ MGM 's then chief of production , Dore Schary said to me . |
6 | Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . |
7 | But he was economising because he 'd been robbed in Spain . ’ |
8 | He arrived at the interview in shades , because he 'd been up all night speeding , and a leather jacket . |
9 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
10 | William was nervous because he 'd been here before and he knew what was going to happen next , but his father kept smiling at him cheerfully , a strong , reassuring presence by his side . |
11 | When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better . |
12 | Also Keith thought he could n't have any children because he 'd been out with a girl for a year before I started going out with him and they did n't take any precautions and she never got pregnant . |
13 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
14 | Ted was awake and out here because he 'd been hearing Wayne speaking to him , and he was worried about his sanity . |
15 | Not because he 'd been provoked or excited ; on the contrary , it had happened because he 'd allowed himself to relax , to lessen his control and to become open and vulnerable . |
16 | Because he 'd been a graduate entrant , accelerated promotion had been guaranteed . |
17 | Rory knew because he 'd been with mum once when they 'd met Lachy and a woman in the street in Lochgilphead . |
18 | information somebody might die because he 'd been too slow , or there 's been a delay in transmission , or there 's been a fault in the transmission and he 's not prepared to take that responsibility . |
19 | That 's why your father rode home in the carriage , not because he 'd been drinking , as people thought . ’ |
20 | It was an Unmentionable Disease , and he 'd caught it because he 'd been to an Unmentionable Place and so it served him right , but that did n't make it any less sore . |
21 | Maxim wondered why he was n't more shocked at the instinctive distrust implied by that decision , and sighed as he realised it was because he 'd been nearly six months in the atmosphere of Whitehall . |
22 | ‘ Because he 'd been a novice monk himself once , in Ireland , before he went to Oxford . |
23 | Really sad case , that , because he 'd been a fine man . |
24 | She guessed that Mike Booker would be calling curses down on her head because he 'd been hoping a one-two win at Estoril would clinch the constructors ' championship for Carlisle Flint , quite apart from putting Ace into an unbeatable lead . |
25 | Because he 'd been expecting someone else ? |
26 | She thought she knew what might have been on his mind , because he 'd been writing a letter in the Lounge . |
27 | Well I remember feeling quite niffed because Matt was really off on Friday because he 'd been up so late |
28 | Probably because he 'd been so much on her mind , she instantly fell into dreaming of Adam , his dark fathomless eyes and granite features dominating her sleep . |
29 | A farmer facing thirty four charges of animal cruelty could n't appear in court today because he 'd been admitted to a psychiatric hospital . |
30 | A police sergeant accused of assaulting a prisoner is said to have told a colleague that the man was treated like an animal , because he 'd been behaving like one . |