BECAUSE + past perfect simple – English Grammar Profiler
In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 59 in the category of PAST is defined:
past perfect simple AFTER ‘BECAUSE’ giving explanatory information.
Here are examples of past perfect simple used to give explanations.
Someone even wiped away tears because she had done it,
she had connected them to information differently, she helped them see something they couldn’t unsee.
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Vicky called because her husband had suddenly collapsed in the hallway of their home.
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1 BECAUSE I HAD HEARD 519 2 BECAUSE I HAD SEEN 376 3 BECAUSE I HAD READ 372 4 BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME 282 5 BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN 222 6 BECAUSE HE HAD LOST 201 7 BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD 200 8 BECAUSE HE HAD MADE 199 9 BECAUSE I HAD MADE 193 10 BECAUSE I HAD LOST 173 11 BECAUSE THEY HAD SEEN 170 12 BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN 169 13 BECAUSE HE HAD TAKEN 168 14 BECAUSE I HAD FORGOTTEN 160 15 BECAUSE I HAD TAKEN 159 16 BECAUSE I HAD SPENT 151 17 BECAUSE HE HAD BECOME 148 18 BECAUSE I HAD USED 148 19 BECAUSE THEY HAD BECOME 144 20 BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD 129 21 BECAUSE I HAD TRIED 127 22 BECAUSE I HAD GONE 126 23 BECAUSE HE HAD GIVEN 123 24 BECAUSE I HAD WORKED 122 25 BECAUSE I HAD BECOME 114 26 BECAUSE HE HAD WORKED 111 27 BECAUSE THEY HAD LOST 110 28 BECAUSE HE HAD FAILED 105 29 BECAUSE I HAD BOUGHT 101 30 BECAUSE I HAD PUT 98 31 BECAUSE HE HAD GONE 95 32 BECAUSE HE HAD RECEIVED 95 33 BECAUSE SHE HAD SEEN 95 34 BECAUSE SHE HAD HEARD 94 35 BECAUSE THEY HAD MADE 94 36 BECAUSE I HAD FOUND 91 37 BECAUSE HE HAD TOLD 90 38 BECAUSE I HAD LEFT 90 39 BECAUSE SHE HAD LOST 89 40 BECAUSE THEY HAD FAILED 89 41 BECAUSE I HAD LEARNED 87 42 BECAUSE HE HAD COME 86 43 BECAUSE HE HAD SPENT 86 44 BECAUSE HE HAD LEARNED 84 45 BECAUSE HE HAD SAID 84 46 BECAUSE HE HAD FOUND 83 47 BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUND 83 48 BECAUSE THEY HAD TAKEN 82 49 BECAUSE I HAD COME 79 50 BECAUSE I HAD STARTED 79
51 BECAUSE HE HAD LEFT 78
BECAUSE I HAD PLANNED
53 BECAUSE I HAD RUN 76 54 BECAUSE I HAD WRITTEN 76 55 BECAUSE I HAD THOUGHT 75 56 BECAUSE I HAD GIVEN 73 57 BECAUSE THEY HAD COME 73 58 BECAUSE SHE HAD MADE 72 59 BECAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN 71 60 BECAUSE SHE HAD BECOME 71 61 BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD 70 62 BECAUSE I HAD SET 69 63 BECAUSE IT HAD TAKEN 69
64 BECAUSE HE HAD PROMISED 68
65 BECAUSE THEY HAD RECEIVED 67
66 BECAUSE HE HAD REFUSED 66
67 BECAUSE HE HAD USED 66 68 BECAUSE HE HAD KILLED 65 69 BECAUSE IT HAD FAILED 65 70 BECAUSE I HAD GROWN 64 71 BECAUSE I HAD SAID 64 72 BECAUSE THEY HAD RUN 62 73 BECAUSE HE HAD FALLEN 59 74 BECAUSE HE HAD LIVED 59 75 BECAUSE THEY HAD GONE 59 76 BECAUSE HE HAD WRITTEN 58 77 BECAUSE SHE HAD GIVEN 58 78 BECAUSE SHE HAD TAKEN 57 79 BECAUSE I HAD TOLD 56 80 BECAUSE THEY HAD LEFT 56 81 BECAUSE I HAD DECIDED 55 82 BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED 55 83 BECAUSE IT HAD GOTTEN 55
84 BECAUSE THEY HAD REFUSED 55
85 BECAUSE HE HAD TRIED 54 86 BECAUSE SHE HAD SPENT 54 87 BECAUSE THEY HAD GIVEN 53 88 BECAUSE I HAD HOPED 52 89 BECAUSE WE HAD MADE 52 90 BECAUSE HE HAD READ 51 91 BECAUSE HE HAD BROKEN 50 92 BECAUSE I HAD PLAYED 48 93 BECAUSE HE HAD COMMITTED 47 94 BECAUSE I HAD ASKED 47
95 BECAUSE I HAD DEVELOPED 47
96 BECAUSE I HAD MOVED 47 97 BECAUSE I HAD PAID 47 98 BECAUSE SHE HAD FOUND 47 99 BECAUSE IT HAD COME 46
100 BECAUSE SHE HAD TOLD 46
B1 vocabulary: developed, planned, promised, refused
1 BECAUSE OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED 114 2 BECAUSE IF I HAD KNOWN 20 3 BECAUSE THE LORD HAD SAID 17 4 BECAUSE THE SUN HAD SET 16 5 BECAUSE NO ONE HAD TOLD 15 6 BECAUSE THE TIME HAD COME 15 7 BECAUSE HIS FATHER HAD DIED 14 8 BECAUSE NO ONE HAD SEEN 13 9 BECAUSE THE CANCER HAD SPREAD 13
10 BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD DIED 12
1 BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAD READ 19 2 BECAUSE TOBIAH AND SANBALLAT HAD HIRED 14 3 BECAUSE TOO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED 13 4 BECAUSE SO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED 12
5 BECAUSE THEY KNEW HE HAD SPOKEN 12