Example sentences of "because he [verb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought he 'd be back that night but he was there till Friday because he reached the semi-finals ! |
| 2 | In Stanley Kubrick 's film Dr Strangelove , US Air Force General Jack Ripper sends his B52s to bomb the USSR because he fears the Russians have polluted the drinking water of the West . |
| 3 | He , he did it once or twice , had to give up when he got to the mouth of the River Orwell because he mistimed the currents but he did , he did eventually do it from Stoke Bathing Place to Felixstowe . |
| 4 | The chimney sweep is bound to the church , not only because he cleans the chimneys that pump out the soot that disfigures the church but also because the church preaches a kind of Christianity that can countenance beating , starving and insanely cruel treatment towards chimney sweeps . |
| 5 | One further consequence of attributing pre-eminence to quantity in relation to detection rates means that the ‘ prig ’ who ‘ clears his slate ’ ( admits to lots of crimes , no matter how trivial ) becomes a prized catch , simply because he helps the figures . |
| 6 | Whilst DCT would not accept an Australian squadron , he did accept a Canadian squadron — No 405 — because he said the Canadians were actually getting their replacement crews direct from No 6 Group , which was the Canadian group wholly supported financially by the Canadian government . |
| 7 | Indeed , a painter-critic named Lecomte had resigned from membership of the Salon because he felt the Cubists were too numerous and their work too well hung . |
| 8 | Mr Lanaghan returned to the scene to look for his attackers about 10 times … because he felt the police had little chance of success . |
| 9 | From the first he would often stay behind ‘ after hours ’ , telling his mates he ‘ just wanted to finish this run ’ because he knew the machines were capable of producing more material than they were currently achieving . |
| 10 | My brother was sacked by a Tory council many years ago in Derbyshire because he had the guts to take it on , and he has nothing to apologise for . |
| 11 | I made Jack shave his head — because he had the remnants of his hair hanging on — wonderful shape of ahead — shaved that off . |
| 12 | He was sure that he was saved because he had the words of Christ and they had given him assurance . |
| 13 | Yes , historical references , sure and literary references as well because he represents the arts amongst other things , whereas Nick represents the sciences . |
| 14 | The manufacturer might easily founder for want of capital to finance expansion , or because he misinterprets the requirements of the market : And without the producer , there would be no service industry jobs . |
| 15 | The parakeet in the shop , hearing the sweet , mechanical noise , set up a loud jabbering : vehement , meaningless syllables as though incoherent with anger because he thought the toys were mocking him . |
| 16 | Nick Serota , director of the Tate , is at the moment coming in for a lot of criticism because he changes the displays every year . |
| 17 | People knew of him because he took the pictures of more collective Sheringham life — weddings , school celebrations . |
| 18 | Mr Harper is known as ‘ the vicar with the music ’ because he tapes the sounds of pealing bells , traditional hymns and even modern gospel sounds to recreate the church atmosphere for residents . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Will was special — because he wrote the plays . |
| 21 | Erm there 's the legendary Doctor Keat of Eton who er was was erm legendary precisely because he beat the boys so often and so vigorously . |
| 22 | You need one of those slave-driving old studio bosses if you ask me , not a sensitive graduate who went into movies because he liked the clouds in Antonioni and then turned himself into a nouvelle vague Deutscher all hot for Truthspiel . |
| 23 | He conveys our variousness because he includes the parts of our life that he hates , as well as those he loves , and notices the many almost unknowable communities in our midst , people only a little less mysterious than his group of Aztecs who came over in stone boats . |
| 24 | But the plug was about to be pulled on the Fun Minister because he broke the rules on ministerial conduct . |
| 25 | Dr Kavanagh , who wears a beret above fierce eyebrows and is known in New York as Frankie the Mechanic because he fixes the neighbours ' cars , is on permanent red alert over his brother 's reputation . |
| 26 | I think he goes training because he knows the police can never find an Athletico training session . |
| 27 | As the dogsbody sixth assistant to George Oke at Fulwell , he performed his chores with a furious zeal , not because he wanted the members to have the shiniest shoes and the best sand-papered hickory shafts but because these jobs were good exercises to strengthen his hands and arms . |