Example sentences of "because he [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , because he said for obvious reasons , he said er I did n't want my name and address mentioned . |
| 2 | I do believe , however , that he proceeded in considerable apprehension in his dealings with the lady ; in fact , that he was plainly frightened of her because of her quick temper and also because he had for a number of reasons formed a most favourable view of her judgement . |
| 3 | I could n't meet you last Saturday because he came for me , and took me away . |
| 4 | Sorloth could not make it because he played for his Turkish club at Sunday and he had to be in Poland at 11AM this monday ; and that was not possible . |
| 5 | Now I ca n't remember which English player it was , either Bobby Moore or Norman Hunter , I think it was Norman Hunter because he played for Leeds , but they made a mistake and they scored a breakaway goal . |
| 6 | Mr Solarz is celebrated in Hong Kong because he argued for ( and got ) more American visas for anxious would-be emigrants . |
| 7 | He is notorious in Islamabad because he argued for the cut-off in American aid to Pakistan , implemented last autumn . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty . |
| 9 | Zacchaeus was a tax-collector and was very unpopular with the Jews , not only because he worked for the Romans but also because he was very rich through cheating people , as he himself admitted ( Luke 19:8 ) . |
| 10 | Maxim wondered if he dressed that way only because he worked for The Firm , and decided probably not . |
| 11 | In fact , we only know each other because he worked for me — when he was a student . ’ |
| 12 | You think I might have killed your brother because he worked for Richardson ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It was interesting because he arrived for the audition clearly drunk , ’ said Hauser . |