Example sentences of "because he had [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He rolled a little closer on the big feather mattress in the big brass bedstead , and put his arms round her — carefully , because he had to take special care of Ruth now .
2 Sugar said his main reaction was one of ‘ relief ’ that the issue had been settled because he had received such abuse from a small section of Tottenham fans .
3 For example , a sum should be allowed if he had a company car , or because he had a cheap mortgage , or because he had received free accommodation ( on account of his employment ) .
4 Because he had grasped this fact was why Morgan had risen so high .
5 A dealer was sacked from one firm because he had leaked disloyal comments to the Press , and the tape was played back to him as evidence .
6 Robert , aged 18 , was referred to me because he had smashed several windows in a local church .
7 Catching hold of her and she could n't get back do you seem because he had slipped this hand down this stick , got hold of her and he you see , and then I let go of the dog and take the the front feet and we used to drag her out like that you see , from the burrow and put her in a bag .
8 Or was it because he had had two daughters before the son he wanted eventually arrived and by then he was too old , with all the eagerness and spontaneity of early fatherhood dried up ?
9 It was a perfect opportunity for some writers to express the resentment which they had harboured against him for many years , and he himself was convinced that such people detested him because he had acquired British citizenship .
10 Because he had spent three weeks trying to gain that animal 's trust and he had done it .
11 This was more patriotic than wise because he had to work long hours and came home coughing ; you could smell the sulphur on his clothes .
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