Example sentences of "because he [verb] [indef pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not afraid of losing anything , because he had nothing to lose — no reputation , no possessions , no clinging to any aspect of life . |
| 2 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 3 | Ceauşescu could not profit from this because he had none to sell . |
| 4 | Mr Fennell was worried because he thought nobody came to meet you , ’ he said , and she knew by his expression that the ancient tyrant had been upbraiding him on this account . |
| 5 | In one Lambeth family investigated by Mrs Pember Reeves , the expenditure on margarine doubled during the week the husband took over the family budgeting in the absence of his wife , simply because he allowed everyone to take as large a share as himself . |
| 6 | Oddly enough , this must have sickened him because he banned anyone going on a course whilst he was AOC Pathfinder Force . |
| 7 | Blue suited her and she 'd worn her pearl and diamond brooch because he wanted everyone to see it . |