Example sentences of "[noun sg] because [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 MANY people believe that the Royal Navy is referred to as the Senior Service because it has some sort of superiority to the Army , but the term was not even heard before the 17th Century .
2 In the US , car makers fear the Index because it exposes some models as unreliable and poorly built .
3 She resented the claim because it raised some barrier between them .
4 And she , Merrill , had jumped to the obvious conclusion that Luke was trying to hide his past association with her cousin because he felt some guilt over the manner of her death .
5 In mitigation Lawrence Hazell , for Muise , said he committed the offence because he owed some people £110 .
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