Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] the [noun] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rourke only got the part because the film 's director , Walter Hill , insisted on using him . |
| 2 | And how she only got the part because first choice Meg Ryan was pregnant . |
| 3 | But , of course , the client had only approached the lawyer because the solutions she could think of — those available in everyday discourse — were inappropriate or had been tried and had failed . |
| 4 | I was very impressed by Marcuse who started his talk by saying : ‘ What we are doing is hearing a lot of talk about the flower power , but the flower only has the power because the human being is watering it . ’ |
| 5 | He wrote to Law to protest when he was offered only an under secretaryship. pointing out that he had only accepted the Chairmanship because of the offer of a cabinet post . |
| 6 | Many students told me that they only joined the League because it was the correct thing to do at middle school and at university they maintained their membership for the social functions the League organised , such as outings and dances . |
| 7 | they they 've only had the taster because I sent home the erm a map of of D O S , D E S whatever I 'm supposed to call it now . |
| 8 | He was basically directing the session because I did n't know Italian , neither did David . |
| 9 | Stewart said : ‘ It 's difficult because sometimes counties only get the trip because they are taking their big names . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They only discovered the grenade because she had n't done a deal properly . |
| 11 | They only feed the cuckoo because it has successfully manipulated their behaviour . |
| 12 | Bernie believes some parts , mainly the rivets , had corroded and so protected the hull because they were tightly bound to the 11 mm steel . |
| 13 | He obviously misses the lads because he got on so well with them . ’ |
| 14 | He says he only took the job because the neon sign always cheers him up ; but the fact is he really needs the money . |
| 15 | I only brought the letters because Gramps asked me to … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Although one assumes David only crossed the border because his niece had been cheated of her crown and gave him no peace until he avenged her , haranguing him with letter after letter . |
| 17 | In other words it represents the square root of 2 — the problem that so worried the Greeks because its answer was an irrational number ! |
| 18 | Is n't it that he only had the job because nobody else was there ? |
| 19 | For the record , too , the Press spokesman said the president only had the haircut because he was assured that doing so would not tie up traffic at the airport . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , you only object … you only defend the Jews because your husband is a Jew . |
| 21 | Football merely provides the opportunity because a match is taking place but if they we if the football matches were n't taking place those criminal acts would be committed in another context . |
| 22 | but the point I 'm trying to make is that the person who made the presentation er o o on er for , for the best of riders , I think he 's rather missed the point because he was talking to you about the , including , more information on er within the T V P and we did discuss , er we did like to make it quite clear during our er discussions that riding of horses on the highway is a matter for the T V P , riding horses on bridleways is a matter that we will have to deal with in basic in time . |
| 23 | Now independent taxation , as you may know , came in , we 're now in ninety three four , I 've only just altered the heading because very little else has changed and I 'm a lazy so and so I ca n't rewrite it just for the heading . |
| 24 | For years and years , her frailer beauty had made him feel physically famished for her , but he had generally subdued the longing because she seemed worn out with housework . |
| 25 | It was begun by Henry VIII as a hunting lodge and Queen Elizabeth I stayed there many times , finally buying the Palace because it was her favourite country seat towards the end of her reign . |
| 26 | They ( the skinheads ) are just wearing the flag because they 're patriotic . |
| 27 | They had a long chat in Afrikaans ; Herbert specially mentioned the language because it was only the survivors of the family 's oldest generation who still habitually spoke it . |
| 28 | On an equal mass comparison , this further favours the composites because their low densities allow much greater panel thickness . |
| 29 | I could hardly pour the kettle because I was shaking . |
| 30 | In doing this I have further controlled the quality of attention to be expected but it still protects the participants because the centre of their attention is away from themselves . |