Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did n't because I quickly discovered that I was even more fundamentally opposed to unnecessary pain — and resorted to an epidural anaesthetic . |
| 2 | ‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono . |
| 3 | I could n't believe because I always thought that it was the guys that sniggered , the guys that were n't interested |
| 4 | I took that view for many good reasons , partly because I always believed that it would play far too much into the hands of the Government . |
| 5 | ‘ Meaning that I let you kiss me once I realised that was your intention , because I too thought that it would serve a purpose and stop Terry Lewis making any more waves . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , shit , ’ I then said , because that was how I felt and because I suddenly knew that the next few minutes were going to be extraordinarily difficult . |
| 7 | Frightened for the Englishman , because she well knew that her brother had an uncontrollable temper , she did not tell him anything . |
| 8 | After that she would make her way back to her aunt , her mission a failure , because she now knew that in no way would Silas be persuaded to go cap in hand to Bertha . |
| 9 | This grandmother was a lasting influence , ‘ because she always insisted that you had to have the best of everything . |
| 10 | In addition , retinoic acid is insoluble in water and so would remain where we put it in the limb for some time ; this was important because we already knew that to exert its effect the grafted polarizing region needed more than 12 hours . |
| 11 | The Maronites were prepared to cooperate with the outside power because they correctly believed that the French wanted a future independent Lebanon which would look to France for protection . |
| 12 | So Peter Abelard could argue that those who crucified Christ had not sinned because they genuinely believed that they were acting rightly . |
| 13 | Allan Roberts raised the issue because he realised its importance for lesbian and gay liberation , but he then tried to dismiss it because he also realised that even to articulate the question ran counter to Labour 's ‘ duty to win ’ . |
| 14 | Duncan was n't too concerned because he soon realized that there was little difference in the policeman 's driving whether he used one hand or two . |
| 15 | The forces of evil must have been working smoothly that day because it so happened that the spot he chose was the position within yards of the epicentre of terror that had frightened the railwaymen so many years earlier . |
| 16 | And I have to say that it was after we had done a course for them on really bad press releases , because we , they had done some pretty awful press releases in the past , and we were delighted when that one came out because it actually showed that they 'd picked up the message . |