Example sentences of "because he [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had dropped out of his studies for an English degree but stayed in Leeds because he enjoyed the social scene . |
| 2 | One parent of a seven year old said that even though the family were moving house and there were several schools that would be nearer she would continue to send her son to the school because he enjoyed the after-school football training . |
| 3 | But he also smoked and drank and boasted that he would sometimes have sex before a race because he enjoyed the physical release . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , what do you want his bloody autograph for , just because he reads the bloody news ? ’ she said . |
| 5 | Carl Jung , writing about black Americans in the 1930s , believed that ‘ the inferior man exercises a tremendous pull upon civilized beings who are forced to live with him , because he fascinates the inferior layers of our psyche ’ . |
| 6 | Mr Arrica rubbishes this view because he comprehends the essential decency of all things English , a truth revealed to him in the form of a Burberry raincoat bought from George Best 's Manchester boutique circa 1965 . |
| 7 | Barro 's procedure ignores such restrictions entirely because he estimates the monetary growth and real output equations separately and does not impose the restrictions . |
| 8 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 9 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 10 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 11 | Darwin succeeded where earlier evolutionists had failed because he had the right solution to the problem of explaining how populations actually change in response to environmental pressure . |
| 12 | He went on , more to her father now than to her , in his light drawling voice she had to listen to in church every Sunday of her life telling them all what was what because he had the God-given power to do so and they had to listen and obey . |
| 13 | They had never liked Mr Eyadéma , who belongs to the Kabye people , because he filled the top army posts with his fellow-Kabyes . |
| 14 | A blind man lacks the ideas of colour because he lacks the requisite experience , and a man ‘ deprived of every sense … would have no idea of a single thing ’ . |
| 15 | He realized that because he saw the new world in the people 's eyes ; and if the populace wanted change , then there could be no return to what had been . |
| 16 | He flailed for balance with his sabre arm , then screamed because he saw the heavy sword coming at his throat . |
| 17 | ‘ I found Freddie Mills very interesting because he personified the British character . |
| 18 | Meanwhile Jansher Khan , the new world champion who had his $15,000 prize money withheld because he left the official dinner early , may have lost his chance of taking over as world No. 1 . |
| 19 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 20 | One delegate opted for Polish Labour Party because he thought the present name would scare away farmers and intellectuals . |
| 21 | ( He had always used a lady 's bike as a teenager because he thought the middle bar on a man 's one might do him a mischief if he cocked his leg over it carelessly . ) |
| 22 | That in itself was a minor triumph for the Popular Front agitation ; Chamberlain moved partly because he feared the domestic consequences of not doing so . |
| 23 | An Oxford academic is condemning plans to bring gifted young sportsmen to the University , because he says the academic level would suffer . |
| 24 | If in refusing , he acted as a reasonable man would have done in the same position , because he entertained the same fears , having regard to the character of the proposed assignee , etc , the real purpose of the assignment , the effect of the assignment on the property or other property of the landlord , etc , the refusal will be upheld as reasonable . |
| 25 | The cottar , subsisting on an inadequate holding , had a greater need for cash earnings and more time to spare , but because he accepted the hierarchical consumption ethic of the village community his aspirations were lower , so that , although working longer , he did so at a lower intensity . |
| 26 | De Gaulle reacted sharply , not just because the evidence against Muselier appeared flimsy , but because he interpreted the British action as an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of his organization . |
| 27 | Eddie gets the best lines , perhaps because he has the most lines . |
| 28 | Wright has such talent that he can become a much more exciting player than Lineker because he has the added bonus of being able to play with the ball as well as without it . |
| 29 | On 3 October 1745 Drummond was forced to suspend payments — allegedly because he supported the Jacobite rebellion . |
| 30 | Initially , used the effect to entertain children at the Leukaemia unit in St Bartholomew 's hospital , but when he found that scientists also were taking interest , he founded the Magic Penny Society , partly because he sees the new pennies as an excellent educational toy to excite children 's interest in science . |