Example sentences of "because he want [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is he a baby really , a stupid kid who hides your toys because he wants you to get mad and spend lots of time trying to find them because otherwise nobody 'll take any notice of him ? |
| 2 | ‘ Anyway , you know that Tim is only saying that because he wants you to marry him . |
| 3 | He wrote not to tell her this nor to send her any kind of greeting but because he wanted her to do something for him . |
| 4 | Blue suited her and she 'd worn her pearl and diamond brooch because he wanted everyone to see it . |
| 5 | He chose small trees because he wanted them cleared . |
| 6 | Explanations in the intentional mode express the relation between the action and the reason ( e.g. , John wound up the car because he wanted it to go ) . |
| 7 | John wound up the toy car because he wanted it to go . |
| 8 | When my mother met , we were met you know when we got married the solicitor had us in because he wanted us to make a will because see we did n't take the money that we got from mum . |