Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be because he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had known where I was because he had received all my letters , although I had n't received any of his . |
| 2 | He 's more likely to die than I am because he loves life , his mother tells me so . |
| 3 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 4 | He feels that it is because he has a high ethical and moral standard in his approach to sacred sites that he has earned their trust over the years . |
| 5 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 6 | It may be that it was because he was so secure in East Anglia that Offa was subsequently able to involve himself so much more forcefully in the south-east . |
| 7 | Indeed , quite early on , I tried to work out in my mind what it was that made his personality ( though he did not like the word ) so compelling ; and I came to the conclusion that it was because he did not let me down in my own estimation of him . |
| 8 | If , nevertheless , it is accurate , and Eadric was known as someone unwilling to oppose the Scandinavians , one can speculate that it was because he profited from the raising of tribute by acquiring the lands of defaulters . |
| 9 | She wished he were not being so kind , so tender — even if it was because he hoped to cajole her into selling him her house . |
| 10 | It is not that the Sergeant really objects to the constable having a legitimate excuse for being late , but it is because he too has to satisfy his superior officers that his omission to visit all the constables regularly is due to efficient Police duty . |
| 11 | I do n't know whether it was because he realised how hard it 'd be for us to get enough for both of us , or whether he knew he was off his head and needed someone around who was n't , y'know what I mean , to look after the kids and sort things out , like . |
| 12 | Dexter wondered at first whether it was because he was black or a probationer , but after a few months he was sure it was because of his Jamaican origins . |
| 13 | Whether it was because he was a lousy burglar or because he was wasting valuable brain-damaging time , I could n't tell . |
| 14 | Whether it was because he had other fish to fry is unrecorded , but Hartlepool 's chippies had made the law courts before . |
| 15 | But Jones said : ‘ He was moping around in training this morning whether it was because he was left out of the first team I 'm not sure . |