Example sentences of "[adv] because [pron] [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mine do n't eat tadpoles , perhaps because I feed them regularly . |
| 2 | I keep this all the ti got some you see I 'm trying to group the flowers together because I think they give more effect that way . |
| 3 | They 'll accept , but only because they feel they 've reached the end of the line . |
| 4 | ‘ Very well , ’ sighed Isabel , obeying only because she knew they had to find shelter , and there was none where they stood . |
| 5 | And if he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters , it was only because he accused them of taking the Old Testament commands too lightly and superficially . |
| 6 | Mark took these pictures down because he knew they would terrify his patients . |
| 7 | Fish which respond to herbal treatment are not doing so because they think they should get better . |
| 8 | In the US , for instance , the cost of supporting a child to the age of 18 — excluding college fees — is over $100,000 and 50% of American women using contraception are doing so because they feel they ca n't afford another child . |
| 9 | We have done so because we think they can do it better than anyone else . |
| 10 | Bethany Megan Robinson says residents of Hammond Drive who object to the closure of Loraine Crescent do so because it stops them taking a short cut . |
| 11 | do n't want you to take them outside because you trail them in the wet . |
| 12 | Women who entered voluntary work during the inter-war years did so largely because it provided them with a diversion from household routine . |
| 13 | But erm er the school days I think were were really the best days of our lives , but they we were the happiest days anyway because I enjoyed them and most kids enjoyed school in those days , not like it is today . |
| 14 | I think he fakes this , just because they had them in the books . |
| 15 | but sure but but but surely there is also a lot to be said for I I mean you do n't go and buy a V W Golf G T I just because somebody says they make one and would n't it be good to have one ? |
| 16 | Erm , most of the people I know , particularly the one 's I like , I look at them and I look at them being beautiful , just because I like them , erm , but I 'm aware of also looking at other people and thinking oh that 's gross you know |
| 17 | They might eat fruit and vegetables and dairy products but that was for their health , not because they liked them . |
| 18 | This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls . |
| 19 | That I lameduck people only because it flatters me , not because I believe they need my sympathy . |
| 20 | I wanted no children of my own , not because I disliked them , although I did — my step-sister and brother were the only small children I had experience of and they aroused no feelings in me but exasperation and distaste — but because I did n't want to be a mother with the weight of life and death on me . |
| 21 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 22 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 23 | It was Nimrod , it was Nimrod with Univers , it was , except occasionally there 'd be Grot nine , not because you felt they wanted to use Grot nine , but because they 'd said well what 's this one that has n't got serifs . |
| 24 | Ludwig Holzer claims that slobs work harder because they feel they must prove something . |
| 25 | Many garrisons had surrendered quickly because they knew they could rely on Saladin to keep his word to spare their lives . |
| 26 | I think that 's had it , I think the er man from customs Simon was saving that , the man took it all apart and I think that 's why it probably got broken so quickly because I think they messed with it . |
| 27 | How do you know you are not distorting the situation totally because everyone know they 're taking part in an evaluation exercise ? |
| 28 | He put on a tape of Vivaldi and then switched it off because he said they had too much to talk about . |
| 29 | Well mm well you , you can but it 'll be nice to , it will be nice to have something , something , you know , kind of some sort of list we can , we can refer to and , and say oh yes oh great he 's handed that one in now and , and sort of knock it off because I know they do keep records in the office but , you know just , just something so , so we know where you are erm and it also kind of er will perhaps help concentrate the mind on what you need to get done erm so er |
| 30 | This is partly because we think they should be more widely recognized but also because they can also be wonderfully informative and entertaining . |