Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you I think if you sent it without any postage and packaging charges I 'm pretty sure that they would er , they would send you the goods because they would n't want to loose a good customer . |
| 2 | If they 've got their own computer which is I B M compatible we just give them the disk because it 's programmed that the despatcher not the hardware . |
| 3 | We tell them the price because we know the price almost immediately . |
| 4 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 5 | I am not surprised that the Minister declines to give us the figures because is not the truth that about 60 to 80 times the amount of money is being spent per capita on students at the city technology college than is spent on pupils at secondary schools in Sunderland and surrounding boroughs ? |
| 6 | And we called it the man-killer because we had ridge and furrow land down there , and this darn thing they was taking , and nothing would come over the top for ages , and suddenly the whole lot would come over on top of you , of course it as well , and you had to that 's what we were doing . |
| 7 | And we called it the bull because it did n't cry , it sort of bellowed . |
| 8 | ‘ They call it the Hilton because it 's such a relaxed regime , ’ says officer Babs Hale . |
| 9 | " Do n't know whether he 's showing us the gun because he 's afraid of us , or so that we 'll be afraid of him . " |
| 10 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |