Example sentences of "because he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he could think of nothing to say to her in reply , Gaily bought her a drink and left . |
| 2 | In October 1939 he caught a feverish cold ; he was altogether melancholy and restless , and when at the end of the year he was asked to make a radio broadcast , he refused because he could think of nothing to say . |
| 3 | De Gaulle was able to be flexible in meeting the demands for democratic participation because he could feel that he was making concessions on his own terms . |
| 4 | Because he could ruin a dough as well as anybody else . |
| 5 | Caring for him became an almost full-time job because he could do so little for himself ; and it was difficult for Mary and Jim to go out together , especially as her father grew less able to get around , and he needed a great deal of help at home . |
| 6 | Owen , because he could pay more , was able to draw his own men almost exclusively from the city . |
| 7 | You trust Picasso all the way because he could draw like Ingres . |
| 8 | He came because he could recite poems , particularly Rudyard Kipling , and at great length . |
| 9 | She loved her father because he could make everyone laugh . |
| 10 | It had to go because he could make more money having erm the three caravans on the site that this occupying . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose that what you 're really saying is that Guy was attracted to me because he could pretend I was a boy ! ’ |
| 12 | Four weeks later at Avus he was back behind the controls , even through he hobbled to his car on crutches and had to be lifted into the cockpit and the pedals had to be modified because he could use only one foot . |
| 13 | Huxley joined the evolutionists because he could use their theory to make a general point about the need for a naturalistic methodology in the life sciences as an essential prelude to modernization . |
| 14 | He was half man and half fish ; because he could live on both land and sea he was created Lord of the World and renamed Bel by the Sumerians . |
| 15 | His local knowledge proved indispensable when he was a firefighter because he could guide his colleagues to the scene of a ‘ shout ’ as accurately as he could deliver a letter . |
| 16 | Afterwards he told her not to report the incident because he could have her ‘ nicked ’ for soliciting . |
| 17 | He was sure , not only because he could have written out a set of instructions there and then , if he had had any paper , but because he could imagine all the minute details of doing those things . |
| 18 | Naming the first person I could think of , I answered St Francis — because he could have chosen to live a life of luxury and ease , but had in fact followed the principles of Christ in giving away all he owned and living a life of poverty . |
| 19 | Lastly , he made up his mind to see Charlie the Pigeon , who could tell him all the things happening in the neighbourhood , because he could fly so high + see so much . |
| 20 | Dr Colman , of Fadmoor , north Yorkshire , sought GMC permission to place a factual , non-promotional advertisement in a local paper because he could find no other way to tell prospective patients of his services . |
| 21 | Dr Colman , of Fadmoor , north Yorkshire , sought GMC permission to place a factual , non-promotional advertisement in a local paper because he could find no other way to tell prospective patients of his services . |
| 22 | He sought to show by ingenious argument that it must be false because he could find thought experiments which circumvented it . |
| 23 | It must be true that Nanny was a liar and a trouble-maker because he could hear her saying all those terrible things that might cause Frankie to be taken away for ever . |
| 24 | She went in for a drink one time , she liked a few drinks around midday , she used to say it helped the long hot afternoons slide by , ’ and Nathan smiled to himself , because he could hear her saying it . |
| 25 | The cultural budget , which stood at FFr3 billion in 1981 , is now FFr13 billion ( £1.3 billion ; $2.3 billion ) thirteen years later , precisely because he could count on the unconditional support of President Mitterrand , who is not only an acknowledged lover of both the arts and literature , but also requires an element of grandeur to be orchestrated and injected into large-scale projects ( see p.12 ) . |
| 26 | I suspect he was in the Tower not because he could count the days but was privy to secrets which could rock thrones and topple crowns ! ’ |
| 27 | He disliked the work at the boys club because the teenagers misbehaved , and because he could see no use in the work . |
| 28 | ‘ And as I put one leg out of the door , he looked slightly taken aback , because he could see that my leg was bare . |
| 29 | That night , because he could see himself , Boy thought about himself all night long . |
| 30 | I remember my dad saying he knew something was up because he could see it in my eyes , ’ says Charman . |