Example sentences of "because i [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ai n't see any because I were with Jacqueline were n't I ? |
| 2 | I 'm sorry , I I 've obviously misunderstood something , because I was under the impression that in this er er steering gear there is only the sixteen double O four and the six eight O seven . |
| 3 | I find it strange , because I was under the impression that … ’ |
| 4 | Because I was aboard her . |
| 5 | I could n't caddie for him because I was with the central-heating men . |
| 6 | I was standing with him , you know , and two mates were there with their birds and I could n't because I was with this wee guy of 12 , watching him , and those fourteen guys got round me and wanted to fight with me . |
| 7 | For the boys in the band , it was becoming like they were frozen fish fingers , waiting to be thawed out for the next meal , because I was off doing a mini series or whatever . |
| 8 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I was for so many years a one man operation , ’ he says , ‘ I was always right at the centre of things . |
| 10 | ‘ Because I was on last night . |
| 11 | A young pilot officer came into the office , white faced , and said to me , because I was on hand , ‘ That 's my friend out there ! ’ |
| 12 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 13 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 14 | It was more or less at eye level , because I was on the floor at the time , and I crawled towards it with a muffled sensation of triumph . |
| 15 | When I came out , one time , they did n't give me any money because I was on remand . |
| 16 | I am very worried now because I was on a deportation order , the immigration had n't been settled . |
| 17 | Unfortunate , because I was on ramp duty practically every night , finding the work somewhat impersonal too , the selections now being made by loudspeaker ( such was the weight of traffic ) , and having little to do but stand there drinking and shouting with my colleagues — thus denying Herta the kind of undivided attention that every young wife craves … |
| 18 | So I was actually messing around with the Tax Officer for quite a while because I was on demob leave and I was also working so he was n't gon na let me have two lots of sa wages . |
| 19 | Er men were coming , young men were coming out of the forces and er they wanted their jobs back and er I began to wonder what was going to happen to me , if , because I was on the temporary staff and erm there was no guarantee that I 'd be able to stay erm , and then of course erm I was thinking of probably getting married and erm er the salary at that stage was n't er , was n't very much to get married on . |
| 20 | To be near hand because I was on maintenance on call you see as maintenance . |
| 21 | ‘ I was n't part of the investigation but because I was on duty I had to go to the scene of the crime . |
| 22 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 23 | It was a job that fell mainly to me , because I was at home . |
| 24 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |
| 25 | Then I did get a break because I was at a party where there were lots of television producers who like to relax and let their hair down , fall out of windows and things like that . |
| 26 | I do n't know how it went down because I was at home in bed asleep at night . |
| 27 | I could just hear because I was at the front of the class . |
| 28 | I 'm not because I was at work last week and they got |
| 29 | I 've brought him , I 've brought him at half five , because I was at the bus stop , leaning on the lamp-post and it was about twenty five past , and then he did n't come along to the next stop by and it got to twenty five |
| 30 | I did n't make it over there because I was at another party , but after the dinner , the night before last , they all went over to the Apple Playroom and started drinking , ordering from room service and making more . |