Example sentences of "[noun] because [pron] [vb past] it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to let you know of this initiative because I thought it might be possible to : |
| 2 | Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy , for example , was associated with the suffrage movement , Butler 's campaign against the CD Acts , and the campaign for the Married Women 's Property Acts , while Millicent Fawcett , though withholding public support for Butler because she feared it would bring the suffrage movement into disrepute , in fact wholeheartedly approved of her work . |
| 3 | He had forbidden the two girls to attend the Requiem Mass because he said it would upset them too much . |
| 4 | I persuaded her to come on this course because I thought it would be a change for us both . ’ |
| 5 | Tom 's mother was highly critical of the way the mainstream school was handling him but agreed to the assessment because she felt it might help him . |
| 6 | It emerged yesterday that one of the two private consortia negotiating to build the line with British Rail had rejected BR 's preferred route because it said it could cost up to £5bn . |
| 7 | The United States Senate rejected this provision because it thought it would bestow legal rights upon third parties . |
| 8 | A planning inspector rejected plans to build a £3m private clinic because he believed it would create traffic chaos and disturb NHS hospital patients . |
| 9 | Most students liked to talk a lot because they thought it would impress the professors . |
| 10 | For ten years , Anne who ran a G P practice from her home at Wallasey , tried to obstruct her daughter taking cannabis because she thought it would do her harm . |
| 11 | He went into the scheme because he thought it would be fun . |
| 12 | ‘ I offered you brandy because I thought it might steady your nerves . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Originally he decided not to take up the option because he thought it would upset me , ’ Miranda said lamely . |