Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun sg] because [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tells me you asked for advice because of tantrums and that you agreed to him asking me to call on you … ’ . |
| 2 | Of the 330 patients , 144 were excluded from analysis for the following reasons : asthma present , but referred for endoscopy because of gastrointestinal symptoms ( 56 ) ; chronic obstructive airways disease present rather than asthma ( 18 ) ; no asthma present ( 58 ) ; and declined offer to have endoscopy ( 12 ) . |
| 3 | Even her loyalty came under suspicion because of his activities . |
| 4 | The offences only came to light because of an attempt to inflate profits at Alexander Howden , which was discovered by the American company Alexander and Alexander after it bought the company . |
| 5 | The economic growth of the 1960s and early 1970s came to grief because of the western economic slump of the last decade and the massive increase in the Southern population . |
| 6 | However , the scheme came to grief because of the entrenched opposition of Cabinet Secretary , Sir Maurice Hankey , who believed a tunnel to be a major threat to national security . |
| 7 | Judge Michael Coombe said he had taken into account that they turned to crime because of the slump . |
| 8 | In 1801 and 1807 ministries fell from power because of the obstinate resistance of George III to the grant of equal political rights to Catholics . |
| 9 | This obedience resulted in death because of the wickedness and sin of humanity . |
| 10 | He later resigned as master because of disagreements with the fellows . |
| 11 | In December , while in the last stages of composition , he stayed at home because of the London fog , and at the beginning of the new year he took to his bed for a week with a slight chill . |