Example sentences of "[pron] because [pers pn] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At the inquest they said he probably had n't intended to kill himself because he had a return ticket in his pocket . |
2 | What he describes is a series of patrilineal descent groups , each person necessarily belonging to one because he has a father ; and necessarily belonging to only one because he has only one father . |
3 | The patient , whom I shall call Maxine , first came to see me because she had a phobia about water — a phobia which was becoming so exaggerated that she could not even bear to put her hands in water and had to rely on creams and lotions to cleanse her face and body . |
4 | They depended upon him for their pleasure , they admired him because he had a skill they did not , they liked him because he was charming and energetic , but they did not treat him as their equal . |
5 | ‘ That at this very minute Maria Luisa is telling him she ca n't marry him because she has a child by another man ? |
6 | There was one time she was all dressed up to go to town and I did n't know her because she had a hat on . |
7 | I found out about it because we had a call onto into the radio station that somebody was pinching flower pots in this Long Eaton area . |
8 | He will be even more interested to know that , through the grapevine , I have heard that one Labour county councillor in my constituency supports the application and that another Labour county councillor , who publicly opposes it , privately supports it because she has a child at Torrells comprehensive school . |
9 | Those who say they like washing up do not like the task itself — one woman likes it because she has a dishwasher , one because she has just acquired a new stainless steel sink , and the third likes it merely ‘ to get it out of the way ’ . |
10 | Like he sold it because he had a producer |
11 | You ca n't organise to go out anywhere or do anything because you have a performance that night . ’ |