Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] because [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , old was doing the the executorship for them because he poked his nose into everything ! |
| 2 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
| 3 | And , of course , that was something so different for me because they treated you like one of themselves . |
| 4 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 5 | It was from the credit that the , I went the education secretary his , his secretary was retiring and er he came for me because he knew I knew Guild and Co-operative work you know . |
| 6 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 7 | You used to surprise some of them because they thought they 'd done it before you 'd notice . ’ |
| 8 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 9 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 10 | I may have made an unconscious movement towards him because he gave me a last malevolent grin and disappeared into the crowd . |
| 11 | They wanted to get rid of her because they thought she was an interfering busybody . |
| 12 | Clarissa did n't want to make too much fun of him because she knew he was serious , so she picked up her glass , filled by the waiter from the fresh bottle . |
| 13 | I did n't think there were any prints on the other rounds , and there ca n't be any of mine because I handled them in gloves . |
| 14 | and of course the insurance people would not pay out on either , wiped their hands of it because they reckoned it was nothing |
| 15 | She laughed at the very thought of it because she doubted it was possible because her conception of God was too small . |
| 16 | In other words , I saw the town as being completely different towards him at the outset of the film , and then in snide little ways he would turn them against him because he carried his violence with him . |
| 17 | And after that it seemed so horrible , is there something even more wrong with me because I thought it was so horrible ? ’ |
| 18 | Though these men were perfectly acceptable to Theodore , Wilfrid is said to have declared himself unable to serve God in unity with them because he regarded them as strangers to the Catholic Church ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 30 ) . |
| 19 | But Peter said to him , may your silver perish with you because you thought you could obtain the gift of God without mo , with money ! |
| 20 | " I know how you came by your money , Harry Pascoe , and I know that Sam was only in with you because you gave him no alternative . |
| 21 | But he ta also he talked with her because he sought her salvation . |
| 22 | For the most fleeting of moments , she knew humiliation , but then anger surged , and an aching triumph with it because she knew he could not deny her . |
| 23 | ‘ But then , ’ he excused , ‘ I 've had but a short while to suspect — when you were prepared to leave without fulfilling your agreement to your sister whom you love so much — that you might , dare I believe it , be running from me because you loved me and had been badly hurt by my ‘ clinging ’ accusation . ’ |
| 24 | We are blessed in him because he gave his life for us . |
| 25 | Its crassness repelled her but it slid inside her because she recognized it as her name and suddenly there was a dark pit , a chasm , a void , and the gravity of being dragged her down into the dark heart of weight . |
| 26 | Knox J. held that ‘ Mrs. Steed was tricked into signing what her daughter put before her because she trusted her … |
| 27 | And you , Opal , you will exult in it because you made it possible . |
| 28 | There certainly was n't in mine because I 'd I 'd been sacked . |
| 29 | People are doing it for him because they loved him very much and he was a very funny guy as well as a kind person . |
| 30 | Surere , presumably , had sent for him because he needed his help ; why was it , then , that he gave the impression of bestowing a favour ? |