Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was substituted at Coventry because of a toe injury . |
| 2 | As for the second , in my own opinion neither Upper Gumtree nor Flokati will win at Winnipeg because Mercer Lorrimore is shipping his great horse premiere by horse-van . ’ |
| 3 | Maggie had to work at things because Mitch was very different from his usual amusing self . |
| 4 | She began to work at nights because there were fewer people working in the factory then , and so it was easier to get into the photographic laboratory . |
| 5 | A group like Waterstones would be less likely to welcome this approach : ‘ It would n't do at Waterstones because their buyers like to do their own checking . |
| 6 | The Pakistan authorities , however , only agreed to let the plane land at Karachi because it was perilously low on fuel . |
| 7 | Assessment can not be made at birth because antibodies to HIV from the mother cross the placenta , and though these would be detected in an HIV antibody test , it would not show whether the baby itself was infected . |
| 8 | Only general conclusions can be drawn at present because not enough is known about the parameters involved in this model ; whether the Universe will expand forever or whether it will finally contract is not yet clear . |
| 9 | Like many I have supported this union 's policy my C L P , but also like many I have been hurt and angered by the attempts of some of the Party , both nationally and locally to deride and belittle the unions as a thing of the past and not relevant to the Party 's new media image and that working class issues were not worth presenting at elections because they are unpopular with the tabloids . |
| 10 | SIR — It was with considerable alarm that I read ( article , April 6 ) that William Kent furniture at Houghton may be sold at auction because the many items ‘ are additional to those on view ’ and that their loss ‘ would not be evident ’ . |
| 11 | She did n't work at Sakata because she was pregnant . |
| 12 | Yes but the , Julie said , and she 's right of course , you ca n't have the erm strength of drugs to , to , to administer at home because obviously |
| 13 | You ought a erm drink that bottle of coke I 've got at home because that goes flat do n't it ? |
| 14 | Wallace was only being used at Brighton because Fergie wanted to give his regular stars a rest . |
| 15 | These experiments had to be performed at 37°C because at 20°C cholera toxin did not stimulate cyclic AMP content . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't sleep at night because I 'm worried : both about getting behind with my work , and about bouncing cheques , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I knew MPs who could n't sleep at night because they were going through lobbies voting against their consciences for the Gulf war — to kill 100,000 people — because they believed it would help a Labour victory . |
| 18 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We had to leave at speed because emotions were running so high . ’ |
| 19 | Scottish international Durie was axed for the Boxing Day draw at Norwich because he was n't ‘ in the right frame of mind ’ . |
| 20 | The club is awash with cash , but the shares , are languishing at 265p because the City still reckons the original flotation price was too high at 385p . |
| 21 | He also warned : ‘ I prefer it not to be carried because the Conservatives , who are desperately clinging at straws because of the popularity of our policy , against the irrelevance of theirs , would do what they could to make mischief about it . ’ |
| 22 | The Royal Marines had not landed at Dakar because , without adequate craft for an overwhelming initial assault , any piecemeal landing could have led to prolonged fighting with potential allies . |
| 23 | Was some bastard getting at Colm because his father was English ? |
| 24 | No more is known at present because plans are still changing , but Bill Gates ' threats to make life miserable for WABI by bringing out competing products of his own are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft licence to Wind/U . |
| 25 | No more is known at present because plans are still changing , but Bill Gates 's threats to make life miserable for Wabi by bringing out competing products of his own are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft licence to Wind/U . |
| 26 | As it turned out , Mario was n't allowed to race at Monza because he 'd driven a dirt-track race within the previous twenty-four hours , and it was n't until Watkins Glen at the end of 1968 that he first drove in a FI race . |
| 27 | To add to their misery , the flight was delayed when the plane had to land at Belfast because of bad weather . |
| 28 | It 's almost like a G.W. Fashions hallmark — though hard to recognise at times because of the fussy way it 's been handled . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a pity it 's not run at Doncaster because Amron would be a certainty , ’ Berry joked . |
| 30 | ‘ I have agreed with his owner to let him run at Newbury because they have had a lot of rain down south . ’ |