Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] it because [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The trouble is , once one article said it , then other articles copied it because it made a good story .
2 I had the balls to do it because I did n't know any better .
3 Then you know if you 've got to do it they 're not going to actually give you any more resources to do it because you ca n't say no .
4 The night before his ship sailed , Jussieu left all his material in the care of a servant with strict instructions to guard it because it was of great value .
5 ‘ The Whips love it because it means they can have power over the Backbenchers , but as a system of organising the world it 's lunacy . ’
6 ‘ Well , so old Wilson used to tell us that lots of men opposed it because they felt it would lead to women in trousers sitting in pubs drinking pints of bitter .
7 Children love it because it 's easy to eat there are no bones .
8 New Democrats dislike it because it is a substitute for painful spending cuts , old Democrats because it is inherently regressive .
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