Example sentences of "[noun pl] because he [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's been doing the journey for fifteen years because he says he loves living in the country . |
| 2 | Kruger favours pen-based machines because he says they make life easier for the user — all he needs to do is ring the bit of text he wants to file away for future reference , and his computer will store it away on hard disk . |
| 3 | This can ( and occasionally did ) lead to a situation in which a linguist claims that the ‘ data ’ he is using illustrates acceptable linguistic strings because he says it does , as a result of personal introspection , and regardless of how many voices arise in disagreement . |
| 4 | She said I do n't mind going grey but , but Paddy objects because he says it makes him feel old . |
| 5 | Without consulting the master layout plan I have no idea which square yard H24/V72 occupies on the pitch , once the biggest in England until former manager Billy Bremner lopped off a few yards because he thought it put the team at a disadvantage when playing away ( they must now be regretting all those lost square yards they could be selling ) . |
| 6 | He chose small trees because he wanted them cleared . |
| 7 | Is he a baby really , a stupid kid who hides your toys because he wants you to get mad and spend lots of time trying to find them because otherwise nobody 'll take any notice of him ? |
| 8 | Well round near us they terrorized an eighty three year old lady er near us and er it was a , I met the man next door and his wife and they were the ones that got the police because he said they 'd got her furniture out on the pavement to with a doodah up there . |
| 9 | He worked on numbers because he thought they controlled people 's lives . |
| 10 | Above all else , he 's a businessman and he knows I 'll do the work for less than someone with papers because he knows I have no choice . ’ |
| 11 | Southall , delighted with the look made famous by the great Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin , has even added to the macho image by pulling out all the padding which comes with today 's goalkeepers ' shirts because he thinks it gets in the way of doing the job properly . |