Example sentences of "because they [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old people are frightened to open their doors because they know they may face a menacing crowd , all demanding sweets or money . |
| 2 | Many women resist swapping jobs because they know they could do a job a lot better or quicker themselves , or because they are frightened of ‘ having a go ’ at traditional male jobs . |
| 3 | Behind Psychic TV exists an occult , disparate breed of hipsters heavily into Gary Glitter , early Sabbath , Arthur Brown , Grateful Dead just because they know it would scandalize the prevailing arbiters of taste . |
| 4 | They live with a constant dread of the telephone ringing because they fear it will bring bad news . |
| 5 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 6 | One local resident commented at the time , ‘ Possibly this area may have been picked because they think they might meet least resistance from a depopulated area ’ . |
| 7 | I think he was certainly mixed up in the beastly business of getting into England some of those unhappy Asians who pay through the nose either because they 're desperate to join relatives , or because they think they can find work here . |
| 8 | Fish which respond to herbal treatment are not doing so because they think they should get better . |
| 9 | They see the crime and the violence and the misery , and they shake and tremble because they think it might happen to them . |
| 10 | Many southerners are apparently against provision of large-scale welfare support for these people , however ; they apparently believe it will both encourage them to have more children , especially children not in a male-headed , nuclear family , and thus increase the State 's welfare load , and also because they think it will reduce the incentive for them to work , and thereby solve their problems themselves . |
| 11 | You 're not taken to the same wing because they think you might fight again . |
| 12 | Examples of this may be : the agoraphobic person who never goes out because they believe they will collapse and die of a heart attack ; the lift phobic who believes they may become trapped in the lift and suffocate to death ; a person who avoids meeting others because , if a disagreement starts , they believe they will lose their temper and hit people ; and last , a person may obsessively check the locks on doors and windows , believing that somebody is bound to break into the house if they fail to make these checks . |
| 13 | Police hunting a man who raped a woman at Swindon college have widened their search because they believe he may have moved out of town . |
| 14 | Can I deal with your main point , er and in 's very important , er , to understand this , er , the vast majority of the parliamentary party supports strongly what we 're doing , because they believe it will improve passenger services , it will deal with getting freight on , more freight on to rail , now they they backed it throughout the party conference backed it almost unanimously |
| 15 | Well , I think we 're talking here about hospitals in particular and not GP practice but we 're also saying that this is something which the enthusiastic and bright and very capable people we have in our health service are very keen on because they believe it will do better for their patients . |
| 16 | Agents do n't want deadwood and if they are interested in you it is because they feel they can sell you into the market , so that you can go on and make money both for yourself and them . |
| 17 | Ludwig Holzer claims that slobs work harder because they feel they must prove something . |
| 18 | Some people are unable to make choices because they feel they must have everything and can not accept the loss that is inherent in exercising choice . |
| 19 | ENGLAND have turned down invitations to play in two one-day tournaments in November , because they feel it will hamper preparations for the winter tour to the West Indies . |