Example sentences of "because they wanted [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It leaves it unsolved , but all right , given that our ancestors had this because they wanted to swim sinusoidally and eat , you know , filter feed and do things like that , we do n't swim sinusoidally and filter feed why on earth do we are we so conservative ? |
| 2 | Regarding behaviour , participants were asked to indicate from always ( five points ) to never ( one point ) the frequency of instances occurring where , for example , they got drunk even when they did not intend to ; their drinking left them short of cash ; they drank to help themselves deal with a crisis ; and they missed meals because they wanted to drink instead . |
| 3 | Champions such as Joe Frazier and Willie Pastrano first entered gyms because they wanted to lose weight . |
| 4 | An in-house survey at one establishment found that 48 per cent of business guests went to the hotel because they wanted to use its leisure facilities . |
| 5 | For example , David Walker and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield approached us because they wanted to take a new look at photosynthesis . |
| 6 | People went to the movies for many reasons but not least because they wanted to see stories which starred very real and very attractive Americans . |
| 7 | There was intention to create legal relations because they wanted to tell Violet about it immediately and two of the cousins did so with the support of the others . |
| 8 | Marx and Engels were interested in primitive cultures because they wanted to construct a general history and theory of society in order to explain the coming to be of capitalism . |
| 9 | The raft of policies that the Opposition are putting before the British people would be devastating to job prospects , and so ashamed are they of the consequences of their policies that four Labour members of the Select Committee on Employment last week voted down a proposal to hold an inquiry into the effects of national statutory minimum wage because they wanted to hide the truth about that policy from the British people . |
| 10 | She imagined puppies in the hall and a row of kennels at the side of the house , and people ringing the doorbell because they wanted to buy one of a litter . |
| 11 | We have all come across women who had children by accident , because they thought it was the thing to do , or because they wanted to qualify for Council accommodation , and we have all come across women who expected someone else to do everything for them . |
| 12 | lasted quite a period of time because they wanted to make sure that he knew what he was doing and everything |