Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] so because " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hesitate to do so because that 's actually a source of difference between us and the County Council . |
| 2 | We have done so because we think they can do it better than anyone else . |
| 3 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |
| 4 | At night they like to ride horses , and in the morning one can see that they have done so because the horses are exhausted … |
| 5 | In many cases they have done so because their goods , produced outside the Community , have been regarded as unfair competition and have attracted anti-dumping duties designed to make them more expensive and therefore less competitive . |
| 6 | By and large , those who approved of conscription when it came did so because they believed that it was everyone 's duty to serve in the armed forces in any case . |
| 7 | Although Chancellor Kohl later agreed to an apparent compromise it was clear even then — how much more so now — that West Germany had killed the programme , and it had done so because it sensed far better than any of its Nato partners how completely President Gorbachev had changed the situation in Europe . |
| 8 | If he had done so because he genuinely believed himself to be alone and was unaware that a mounted rider was behind a clump of trees nearby , though the horse as a result took fright , he might still plead that his action was not reckless . |
| 9 | When questioned , Mason , the carpenter , agreed that it was he who had raised the flag , but said that he had done so because he had been prematurely informed of the relief of Mafeking . |