Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was greeted in silence because no-one understood what he had said . |
| 2 | He identified her easily because everyone looked her way . |
| 3 | She said she had always been interested in science , but had been put off because everyone told her it was n't for girls , only boys . |
| 4 | Salah said it was much easier to persuade people in a small community : Huaiwiri had only twenty-seven households and girls could continue schooling after puberty because everyone knew everyone else , because in any case no house was closed to any other , and everyone knew that the girls would come to no harm . |
| 5 | It seemed like the right reaction as well , because everyone thought we were ambient intellectuals going around posing in mirrors and stuff . ’ |
| 6 | It was removed , apparently because someone thought it might become the butt of jokes . |
| 7 | You see because someone took me in the car . |
| 8 | Because someone told you something and your imagination got to work , generating negative thoughts and images that gripped you . |
| 9 | ‘ You believed you were vampires because someone told you that too . ’ |
| 10 | I wonder was it because someone sent you a letter ? |
| 11 | She told me you left the station because someone arrived who could let your secrets out , and you could n't bear the shame . ’ |
| 12 | Now she was a real woman because someone loved her . |
| 13 | Because I sold it to him first . |
| 14 | I did n't bother getting a drive , be because I sold my computer , but I was gon na get one . |
| 15 | Only Jancey saw the Smith & Wesson in the kitchen , because I stuffed it inside my jacket before the big boys came in . |
| 16 | But erm er the school days I think were were really the best days of our lives , but they we were the happiest days anyway because I enjoyed them and most kids enjoyed school in those days , not like it is today . |
| 17 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 18 | That hat has been to Buckingham Palace twice because I lent it to a friend who was invited to a later garden party . |
| 19 | Well not in the thirties of course but after the War there was one because I er , ah well this , no , this was much later , much much much , because I married my second husband and erm I had two children fairly quick . |
| 20 | She knows I 'm crazy about you , because I told her . |
| 21 | ‘ Because I told her we were lovers and you were expecting me , and you have too much compassion in your make-up to get the girl reprimanded when she believed she was acting in your best interests , min søde Gina . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know bloody well like me , because I told her off one day , told her where to bloody go to . |
| 23 | That 's because I told her what they said to me in erm erm |
| 24 | Mr Dalglish , who was angry that his side were not awarded a penalty for a first-half tackle by Madden on Wilcox , said later : ‘ The only person who did n't play was the referee and because I told him so he says he is going to report us . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He knew , ’ she said simply , ‘ because I told him . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Because I told him I did . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We talked about it , ’ said Jenny , ‘ because I told him frankly that I was in love with Jamie , and he looked at me as if I needed my head examined ! ’ |
| 28 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 29 | It wo n't obstruct no light though because I told you the sun is more er , without the back it joins down the car |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |