Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] because it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The food was called Herakleophorbia because it suggested that food made you strong and tall . |
| 2 | To date the CEGB has not signed any contract for using THORP because it believes it is being offered worse terms than the BNFL 's overseas customers . |
| 3 | Esther was also offered places at both universities , and chose Cambridge because it offered her a scholarship , and because her brother had been at King 's , and because she heard an owl hoot thrice in the college garden when she retired to her narrow bed after the glass of wine with Flora Piercy . |
| 4 | AFTERWARDS the typical expatriate had less money , and liked Pau because it went further ; and the servants still came when you pressed the bell . |
| 5 | ‘ And it suits Florian because it gives him a valid excuse when the women he gets involved with start talking about marriage . ’ |
| 6 | The young black people of Britain who are into black consciousness and cultural awareness are keen to speak Afro-Lingua because it reinforces their awareness and gives them hope where otherwise there would be despair " ( 1986a : 44 – 5 ) . |