Example sentences of "because he [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man has ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had already spent time in jail on remand . |
| 2 | The man has ninety-one previous convictions , but was released because he had already spent time in jail on remand . |
| 3 | When she had done all she could she went to the bathroom and wept for a while and found herself raging against her lodger for being young and clean and free of spirit and unsure because he had never faced death . |
| 4 | ‘ Antonia told me he was besotted by her because he had never had sex like it . |
| 5 | Perhaps this was only because he had never had reason to he until he met Mr Evans , but he was n't afraid of him , even after that first , dreadful night , because Mr Evans had false teeth that clicked when he talked . |
| 6 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 7 | Tommy had to make it up , because he 'd never met Donald before . |
| 8 | ‘ Mellor was besotted with me because he 'd never had sex like it ’ |
| 9 | He remembered the gate at the end of the track , had time to hope it was open because he did n't think Conker could jump it . |
| 10 | The vet said there was n't much he could do because he did n't think Biggles was old enough or strong enough to survive the anaesthetic . |
| 11 | I think David , because he did n't answer Janet . |
| 12 | The reason the Democrats lost was that Stevenson lacked ‘ the presidential image ’ — which sounds suspiciously like saying he did n't become president because he did n't become president . |
| 13 | Not because he did n't have faith in his own production . |
| 14 | Sam found himself completely cut off by his own side of the family , who considered he had married beneath him ; while John had a furious row with him because he did not think Sam good enough for Marie . |
| 15 | ‘ Iggy ’ it seems had not settled at Frampton mainly because he did not speak English . |
| 16 | A glint of panic flashed in the boy 's eyes because he did not speak English very well . |
| 17 | Previous Nobel Peace Prize short lists have included Robert Mugabe , a former guerrilla leader ( 1980 ) , and , in 1939 , Adolf Hitler — ‘ because he did not unleash war , as expected , in 1938 ’ , as the Swedish politician who proposed him cited . |
| 18 | On the other hand , while Franco was selling strategic minerals to Hitler , he was also selling them to the Allies , precisely because he did not want Spain to become the economic satellite of Germany . |
| 19 | Political analysts stated that Borja was able to make the land grants because he did not face re-election . |
| 20 | graces could be an embarrassment , for he had no polite small-talk and did not pretend to any ; his visits to Windsor were an ordeal for guest and hosts alike , to him because he disliked formality and to his hosts because he was so difficult to entertain and because he did not mince words with the King . |
| 21 | Because he did not use violence ? |