Example sentences of "because he [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he does , he lives in the churchyard , and he has done on and off , as you say , for a few years , and he 's been a bit of a most of the time he 's perfectly all right because he keeps himself to himself . |
| 2 | This process is analogous to a buyer at an auction paying more than he can afford because he allows himself to be swept along by the bidding . |
| 3 | ‘ The humble man , ’ as Iris Murdoch winningly remarked in The Sovereignty of Good ( 1970 ) , ‘ because he sees himself as nothing , can see other things as they are ’ , which sounds like a snug , confident view of humility , far removed from the self-lacerating anxieties about identity and self-image that mark out much of American fiction , or the radical scepticisms of Sartre and his disciples in post-war Paris . |
| 4 | Conran never really switches off from work , because he surrounds himself by objects that are beautifully designed . |
| 5 | In the former case there is no express threat of proceedings to be withdrawn if the defendant pays up promptly because he believes himself to be liable . |