Example sentences of "[noun] because it [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In old age he used to regret that he did so well in the classical scholarship because it caused him not to read history . |
| 2 | She could no longer bring to the man she loved her untouched innocence , and , worse than that , she could not bear his lovemaking because it reminded her so bitterly of what had been done to her . |
| 3 | Here were editions esteemed as being the first , and there stood scarcely less regarded as being the last and the best ; here was a book valued because it had the author 's final improvements , and there is another which ( strange to tell ! ) was in request because it had them not . |
| 4 | I 'd like to skip over this decision because it wakes me up in a sweat fairly often . |
| 5 | If the truth were known , he had only acceded to her wishes because it took him away from her , allowing him access to libraries , bookshops and students of all races and creeds — many of them Irish . |
| 6 | This was a very important speech in developing the plot of the play because it tells you much more about the slightly muddled character of Brutus and his reason for killing Caesar ( to help the public ) . |
| 7 | We got a lot of plaudits for that victory because it took us back to the top of the league . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , we give a kind of reality to imagined creations by feeling these emotions ; in a way we live an imagined situation because it affects us emotionally . |
| 9 | ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't need an alarm clock because it wakes you up . |
| 11 | I admire them for being so up front about their religious activity because it puts them right in the front line against anti-Semitism . ’ |