Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] because [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone has an accident in a Caterham , they might not sue me for $10m because I do n't have that much . |
| 2 | This tactic does sometimes work , but it 's quite risky for Orcs because it ties up a lot of character points which you could well use elsewhere . |
| 3 | In May last year the Court of Appeal upheld a judgment against the friend for more than £5,500 damages for negligence because he had owed the accountant a duty of care . |
| 4 | When asked who they will vote for , they are being asked as experts because they know about their own vote ; ask them who will win the election and they can only guess , rely on anecdotal information or regurgitate polls or commentators they have read . |
| 5 | I feel a bit sorry for Ian because he deserved a goal . ’ |
| 6 | She walked slowly round with him , talking about Magnus because he seemed to be mentally elsewhere . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's good that you have spoken , but you will have to go for trial because you killed a man on that raid . ’ |
| 8 | If you 've had speeding disqualification er speeding points and you were up for disqualification because you 'd totted up twelve points |
| 9 | er a property or something for Toby because she 's got to invest the money in |
| 10 | There 's a site to which this Society objected on Wetherby Road in Harrogate which we thought did n't need developing at all , but in practice the District Council decided they wanted it for industry because it considered the need for industry to be so great and we have along this frontage of Wetherby Road a row of three car showrooms and a token spot of industry behind it . |
| 11 | David could you do me a report on that for command because I suspect nobody 's picture at all . |
| 12 | They would have nothing to do with recognised ‘ sinners ’ such as tax-collectors because they considered them to be immoral . |
| 13 | You dreaded anyone coming in for fabric because you knew you would n't be able to get more than three yards without a fault . ’ |
| 14 | He ca n't have put it there for effect because he did n't know who was going to be there . |
| 15 | Today the Opposition revealed themselves as dinosaurs because they acted as mere apologists for the old established order . |
| 16 | The bacteria involved in this process are known as chemolithotrophs because they have the ability to produce energy for growth from the oxidation of inorganic sulphurous compounds . |
| 17 | ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets , ’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis . |
| 18 | She did n't buy any toys for Josh because she had decided to open a toy shop . |
| 19 | Anna only went to her meetings if she was accompanied , and never after dark because she trusted no-one else to guard the children . |
| 20 | Salah said it was much easier to persuade people in a small community : Huaiwiri had only twenty-seven households and girls could continue schooling after puberty because everyone knew everyone else , because in any case no house was closed to any other , and everyone knew that the girls would come to no harm . |
| 21 | Killer Clare was looking after Cathy because she had been employed by a home care agency which had n't checked her references — though she was wanted for arson . |
| 22 | Walter , after Walter because he thinks he looks like Walter |
| 23 | oh , not very well , we erm , we stopped going after Christmas because we had bad chests both of us |
| 24 | the only one who worked full time , they came on Christmas Eve with reluctant , because I said look I 'm sorry but I have to work Christmas Eve lunch time , and they said right we 'll be there at five past one , and I finish at one , there were there at five past one , they finally left two days after Christmas because I said I 'm sorry I have to go back to work today . |
| 25 | ‘ I just hope surgery is put off until after Christmas because I want to spend the holiday with my children . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't believe in life after death because I do not believe in our limited concept of time . ’ |
| 27 | She could n't turn either way for help because she knew the answer would be ‘ it is your own fault ’ . |
| 28 | Kitchen chemicals , such as detergents , are bad for nails because they strip away natural oils . |
| 29 | They found that for married men who were household heads under age 45 , the proportions ‘ out of work ’ ( a wider concept than we used which included those who had given up looking for work because they did n't think any was available ) was about nine times as high in the local authority as in the occupied sector . |
| 30 | He talked and wrote about Russia because he knew that land and loved it for its enduring cultural and academic qualities , which no one could deny . |