Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adj] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cami knickers and french knickers became popular because they did n't take much material and were economic in coupons . |
| 2 | To say that a dog eats because it wants to is as uninformative as to say that dinosaurs got larger because they had an inner drive to do so . |
| 3 | Richard ignored this because it did n't seem to him quite to the point . |
| 4 | Ruth took that because she had earned it . |
| 5 | ’ Van Gogh died penniless because nobody bought his paintings — they did n't think he was very good at the time . |
| 6 | The Kingston match had a similar pattern , except that England batted first because they had been put in by Lloyd . |
| 7 | X. Ray stayed quiet because he had a chance , as would Osvaldo in his place . |
| 8 | Lansdowne came first because he had been leader in the House of Lords since 1902 ; he was too old to be a rival to Law and he cooperated with him fully , though not without some condescension . |
| 9 | Emmie felt guilty because she did think that . |
| 10 | After R. v. Samuel the police underwent a painful education , as a series of people charged with serious crimes on the basis of admissions went free because they had been wrongly denied access to a solicitor . |
| 11 | ( My mother left South Africa and went to Lesotho when Lesotho became independent because she had become really depressed with South Africa and she thought she would find a niche and peace there . ) |
| 12 | Belinda knew this because she had seen his photograph in the social pages of the newspaper more than once . |
| 13 | But de Gaulle held firm because he knew that time was working in his favour . |
| 14 | It leaves it unsolved , but all right , given that our ancestors had this because they wanted to swim sinusoidally and eat , you know , filter feed and do things like that , we do n't swim sinusoidally and filter feed why on earth do we are we so conservative ? |
| 15 | The defendant 's mother became suspicious because she had overheard a conversation about drugs . |