Example sentences of "[was/were] because we [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the high cost was because we had to shoehorn the suite into a difficult-shaped space . |
| 2 | Some said it was because we had harvested too many beans , but it was because our union was getting stronger . |
| 3 | That was because we had a sensible framework of industrial relations laws . |
| 4 | Well , the legislation in Britain , the first law which is the law from which our present wages councils for people like hairdressers came from erm was passed in nineteen oh nine , and it was because we had a reforming Liberal Government at the time . |
| 5 | The reason why that was founded was because we thought that the women 's movement in this country and its channels of communication and its publications and so on , including Spare Rib at the time , just did not reflect the struggles of either Black women in this country or any other movements within other countries , especially within Third World countries . |
| 6 | One of the reasons we developed a design-led retail business , offering our own unique products , was because we saw we could distance ourselves from other retailers who were just selling manufacturers ' products and discounting them and getting into constant competitive battles . |
| 7 | It was because we felt guilty , I suggested . |
| 8 | And I thought it was because we seemed to be so much on the same wavelength . |
| 9 | That , I believe , was because we moved him a bit upmarket in his packaging , and gave him more thriller-style covers . |
| 10 | One of the reasons Loop fell to bits was because we lost control of what was going on and did too many stupid things . |