Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [v-ing] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stopped working because I decided that the only way to make it was to go full time . |
| 2 | Ali himself has acknowledged this : ‘ I started boxing because I thought this was the fastest way for a black person to make it in this country ’ ( quoted by Torres , 1971 , p.83 ) . |
| 3 | Michael , 45 , who quit boozing because it threatened to wreck his life , has given up another ‘ vice ’ — being too generous . |
| 4 | And he kept persisting because he saw a light on . |
| 5 | There was blood on his mouth but he kept smiling because he had the machine-gun . |