Example sentences of "because they [verb] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them were in a terrible state because they 'd had an electric shock from the lightning . |
| 2 | The Serbian authorities were also preventing 350,000 Albanian pupils and students from re-entering school because they had followed an Albanian curriculum . |
| 3 | He had agreed to pay the money out , before Michael 's death and after it , because they had had an understanding . |
| 4 | And he says it 's more than I 've given the others because they did have an increase . |
| 5 | Is it because they want to see an England team that attacks like the Brazilians and absorbs pressure like the Germans ? |
| 6 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently held that employees may be fairly dismissed because they refuse to accept an offer of new terms and conditions of employment ( see St John of God ( Care Services ) Ltd v Brooks and Others [ 1992 ] 458 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 12 ) . |