Example sentences of "[adv] because [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 For some reason , perhaps because they had heard it together , she equated that girl with the dead girl in her mind and thought that if bombers could actually see the people they were going to kill , see that they were young and beautiful and full of hope , they might not do what they did .
2 Those who coped less effectively , and allowed themselves to become trapped into unsatisfactory lifestyles , were found to be more likely to become depressed , perhaps because they had reduced their chances of achieving a dependable , intimate relationship with their husband , or increased their chances of stressful lives .
3 If speakers were stuck for a word — perhaps because they had forgotten it , or because there was no such word in the language — they would often invent one , on the spur of the moment .
4 on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day .
5 ( If you pride yourself on being intelligent , for example , bear in mind that someone else might have chosen to have a limited intellect in this life in order to learn from the experience , perhaps because they have over-valued intelligence in the past . )
6 Some people are very mistrustful of machines , perhaps because they have had bad experiences with them and are therefore nervous about using them .
7 ‘ He was n't , ’ said my mother , perhaps because she had concurred for too long and now it was time for contradiction .
8 He looked at her with a pre-occupied air before he recognized her , perhaps because she had put up her hair rather severely deliberately into a tight knot on the back of her head .
9 Perhaps because she 'd dressed them for winter ?
10 Perhaps because she 'd sounded so cheerful .
11 This was perhaps because he managed to stop Sandys sweeping the aircraft-carriers onto the junk-heap of history as he had intended to do when he first took office .
12 Henry V restored them in 1416 , perhaps because he hoped to use their local authority , which depended on the personal loyalty felt towards them , to safeguard his rear before further campaigns in France .
13 Now if anyone asks if you feel for any sense that perhaps some of these routines have perhaps got a bit of become inappropriate in some way , perhaps because you 're teaching a different type of child , or perhaps because you 've got rather different educational aims , they 've changed for some reason , then it 's like asking someone to go back to being a novice again in some senses to change .
14 If you physically vacate your home and let it for profit — perhaps because you have decided to live permanently with a friend — under tax law , the property would be treated as an investment and subject to certain exemptions would be assessed for CGT when it was sold .
15 Or perhaps because I 've lulled her with bedtime stories embroidering our favourite theme : once upon a time there was a girl named Gittel , who had a curse called down upon her …
16 Now , perhaps because I 've had a baby , friends talk to me about sex , or about their relationships with their boyfriends , where before they would n't .
17 Perhaps because I have proven I am no mere parasite , and have helped her knock out one dazzling 1,500-word column for Outsider in record time .
18 A KGB operative and counterintelligence officer for 32 years , Kalugin had been forced to retire in March , apparently because he had complained to the CPSU central committee and in letters to Gorbachev about the need for fundamental reforms of the KGB .
19 Erm he then goes on to talk about erm eliminating banditry erm wh which basically erm where the peasant associations are powerful enough erm , you know , where the people rise up bandi bandits do n't exist because the people have risen up and you know are , are , are strong enough because they 've got swords , because they 've got spears , they 've joined together to , to get rid of the bandits .
20 But perhaps he could think of no words bad enough because he began to cry instead , loud , gasping sobs , eyes wide and streaming .
21 Wickham said they would know soon enough because he had sent someone to ask Ayling .
22 Jordan — My world caved in when he went , basically because he wanted to better himself financially and because he thought Leeds were never going to be a force under Jimmmy Armfield .
23 A couple say they may move out of their house just two weeks after moving in because they 've become the target of thieves .
24 There was er she said , Blue Peter , and they should have put it in because they 've got it in for the kids .
25 In fact of course we put failsafe systems in because we 've got so many statistics and everything , because if you start putting false data in , it will be identified .
26 out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in
27 Therefore , the IT in Mr Sen 's case could have allowed his claim in because he had acted on the advice of a member of IT staff .
28 You let them in to have a laugh at them or you let them in because you want to listen to what they 're saying .
29 ‘ I only popped in because I 'd heard you were in town . ’
30 I did n't put an evaluation in because I wanted to discuss it orally with my adviser .
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