Example sentences of "[adv] because [pron] [verb] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what I mean is , he did n't have that high an opinion of himself , just because he knew he could have any one of us for the asking . |
| 2 | I lay on my back and watched it for a second , then got up and ran after her as fast as I could , again just because I knew I could n't catch her . |
| 3 | Many garrisons had surrendered quickly because they knew they could rely on Saladin to keep his word to spare their lives . |
| 4 | Either because those in power simply underestimated the potential for resistance or simply because they believed they could in the end over-ride such resistance , industrial companies in conjunction with waste disposal firms ( and often in collusion with state health regulatory agencies ) dumped indiscriminately and with disregard for human health and life . ’ |
| 5 | The number of women poets swelled through the century , not least because they learnt they could speak to one another in this way . |
| 6 | But the problem was n't even helped there because you see he could n't get up the stairs easily , because the wardrobe was in the way . |
| 7 | He chose to take up the issue precisely because he thought it could not possibly lead to war , in that neither the Tsar , nor the Sultan in whose Empire Jerusalem was , would see the issue as of such importance . |