Example sentences of "to [noun] because [pron] had " in BNC.

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1 It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman .
2 ‘ Nearly a fortnight ’ , he complained , was spent in Sydney organising his journey to the other side of the Liverpool Range — that remote and tantalising region that had eluded him on his first visit to Yarrundi because he had had to return to his wife in Hobart .
3 He said that France was still shipping the missiles to Argentina because they had signed a contract .
4 Litigants went to court because they had adopted ‘ Western ’ legal values .
5 The Daily Mail , or more specifically the Editor , David English , was taken to court because he had published the article during the Leonard Arthur case and was held in contempt of court .
6 Well what she bought she gave it all to Mary because she had Ben 's birthday party .
7 IN the thinking of the early Church , anyone who married could never be completely devoted to God because they had chosen to pledge part of their love and loyalty to their spouse .
8 But when it got dark , I had to go to bed because I had no light .
9 A couple of months earlier , Buhler had been introduced to Coleman by Marshall Lee Miller in Washington , and since then had been urging Shaughnessy to talk to Coleman because he had ‘ a great deal of interesting information concerning the crash of Flight 103 ’ .
10 ‘ He was taken to hospital because he had to have pine needles removed from his head . ’
11 All turned to ashes because he had not trusted her , or the love she had given him .
12 She says , she 's starved to death because she had n't had no cake !
13 He had a good later reputation , and according to Osbern was very acceptable to Cnut because he had given him holy chrism .
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