Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] because they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the early fourteenth century , however , both king and pope were embarrassed by this : Edward I and Edward II because they preferred to invoke royal prerogative and national custom ; the pope because he was anxious to disown , tacitly at least , any such concession . |
| 2 | The assumption was that their wages only supplemented the family income and , anyway , they did not need to find work interesting because they had families to look after , which was their real job . |
| 3 | All major opposition parties boycotted local elections in November 1990 because they believed that the results would be rigged . |
| 4 | Military authorities often performed the duties of the judiciary : " civilians found themselves facing court martial because they fell into one of the categories — 41 in all — which placed them within military jurisdiction " . |
| 5 | If they said John was acting as a man , they would make the people angry because they considered John to be a prophet . |
| 6 | But I think they make a bit idle because they knew what they knew what I w You know I was able to serve the what they wanted is n't it . |
| 7 | It was held that the defendants had no defence under section 24 because they had , in failing to display a disclaimer , failed to take all reasonable precautions . |