Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in fact the girl who did the mailing for them did n't do it properly so in fact it 's unlikely to happen erm they asked me because I know that since she 's now leaving the Vice-Principal through network erm and and they were thinking of getting something together like that , I did n't write this that 's not my writing but just let me tell you I do n't write a twenty- four clock , twenty-four hour clock with full stops in it |
| 2 | Mr Davidson , who runs a pizza takeaway on High Northgate , Darlington , said : ‘ They stopped me because they thought the engine numbers were filed away and the car was stolen . |
| 3 | Eventually they murdered him because they disliked him so much . |
| 4 | They depended upon him for their pleasure , they admired him because he had a skill they did not , they liked him because he was charming and energetic , but they did not treat him as their equal . |
| 5 | ‘ They are responsible for a lot of the machine tools that we have now , ’ Gerwyn says , ‘ and they developed them because they did n't believe in wasted labour . |
| 6 | They did it because he 's got a vast audience they wanted those people to watch their awards on TV . ’ |
| 7 | They liked her because she did n't put the book down in the middle to go and do something else , and because she read stories properly , as if she wanted to know what happened too . |
| 8 | They liked me because I told them dirty jokes , made good after-dinner speeches , did a reasonable job for them in terms of links with government and that kind of thing , and had a bit of class . |
| 9 | They trusted him because they believed his work was guaranteed by FIMBRA , the financial watchdog body based in London . |