Example sentences of "[was/were] because he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walter Robins told him it was because he antagonised the fasties by doffing his cap after evading a bouncer ( Randall used to infuriate Lillee in this way ) ; Barrington , though , was only being his naturally jolly self . |
| 2 | Possibly this was because he distrusted the enthusiasm , sometimes pushed to excessive lengths , which some agnostics felt for the church ( for example their defence of Cranmer 's Prayer Book ) , and Hardy 's enthusiasm amounted almost to love . |
| 3 | In Laverty [ 1970 ] 3 All ER 432 ( CA ) the reason why the victim bought a stolen car was because he thought the accused was authorised to sell it , not in reliance on the fact that it did not have its original number-plates . |
| 4 | I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit . |
| 5 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 6 | It was because he liked the idea of death , because he wanted to talk about it . |