Example sentences of "because they [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 2 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 3 | They left me alone because they thought I had hours to go . |
| 4 | Because they thought I was an intruder . |
| 5 | I bought them because they had I bought them oh I think it was when I went with Val to Kessler long weekend |
| 6 | He never went to court because they said I was too young to give evidence . |
| 7 | because they said I believe they 're not , erm and he stopped these two American servicemen |
| 8 | ‘ Because they pissed me off . |
| 9 | Because they told me that the assessment will be made by the Child Support Agency who would then pass it over to the Income Support Agency who would then take them off Income Support . |
| 10 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 11 | They do n't tell you why they refuse you , but I think it was because they knew I was Black from my name . |
| 12 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 14 | But I was glad we could n't because they asked me to read the lesson . |
| 15 | But I idiotically thought I could see Antoinette and Piers looking rather amused and I was sure it was because they felt I did n't know him as well as I 'd said . |
| 16 | I proceeded no further , because they paid me but one-half , viz. 2/6d . |
| 17 | But I 'm afraid of marriage because I 'm afraid someone might want me because of who I am instead of because they loved me . |
| 18 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |