Example sentences of "because they [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | of those people — 361,000 — have their forms returned to them because they filled them in incorrectly . |
| 2 | A lot of parents were refusing to sign she said , ‘ because they admitted they just did not understand the new selection procedure . |
| 3 | Many electors undoubtedly withheld votes from some of its constituency candidates because they judged them sure to be defeated . |
| 4 | We were originally going to do two shows at Knebworth , but we had to cancel one because they figured it would be too hard — we could n't get the trucks there on time and get the show going when they wanted to do it . |
| 5 | At first , customers kept their mouths shut not just because they signed nondisclosure agreements , but because they figured it was in their interest to do so . |
| 6 | It has to though because if in the pa if they 've had this long-term sort of culture for all this time they need to be given ideas but essentially if their traditional values were so strong they would have rejected what the Communist Party was trying to say , but because they accepted it it meant they ha they did actually have the potential to be revolutionary . |
| 7 | Hincmar puts in a significant phrase when he says that the minores who " confirmed " assembly-decisions did so " not because they were forced to do so , but because they understood them in their own minds and agreed with them " . |
| 8 | The couple , who live in a village in the New Forest , took the baby back to the hospital because they feared they would become too fond of her , but have now taken her back . |
| 9 | Because if we do n't we then run the risk of being injured ourselves erm somebody alleging that they did n't realise they were police officers and therefore shot at us because they thought we were invading their territory or something . |
| 10 | The government put this here after ‘ Forty-six because they wanted one spot of safety in a wilderness of hatred , and because they thought they might as well get some good of this country once they 'd ruined it . |
| 11 | Who , after all , would decline a chance to emigrate because they thought they might later qualify as a refugee ? |
| 12 | Conner 's crew were incensed because they thought they had made the perfect forcing manoeuvre . |
| 13 | And additional cross-tabulations not included in Appendix I showed that two per cent of those buying for cash said that this was because they thought they probably would n't be able to get credit . |
| 14 | THREE British women escaped death in the Himalayan air disaster because they thought they were too busy or not fit enough to trek or climb with their men . |
| 15 | Palmer , seconded by GLEB to work with NoS , felt many people were naively attracted to the pops because they thought they were easier to do . |
| 16 | You used to surprise some of them because they thought they 'd done it before you 'd notice . ’ |
| 17 | I talked them into it because at first they were scared , one because they thought they 'd get docked for it — but they said we could have half a day off for it and not get docked — and also because they thought Ros and Maureen were going to be looking down on them , " Oh , you 're only young girls ' , things like that . |
| 18 | Some of the crew were against this because they thought they 'd get their watches stolen ( I ask you ) and some in favour so that they could get a closer look at the women ( I ask you ) . |
| 19 | stocking up again because they thought they 'd have to go in |
| 20 | so we 've got one or two people because they thought they 'd do a duo on design and print buying from them |
| 21 | They wanted to get rid of her because they thought she was an interfering busybody . |
| 22 | in actual fact , because they thought she 'd be better out of the way , had the baby last night ? |
| 23 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 24 | One person said : ‘ Many clients thought they 'd get a slightly better deal through having a blind social worker because they thought I was having to pull out all the stops to prove that I was good and therefore they would get a spin-off . ’ |
| 25 | They left me alone because they thought I had hours to go . |
| 26 | Because they thought I was an intruder . |
| 27 | And here were people who wanted him not just for the name on the letter-head , but because they thought he could make a positive contribution . |
| 28 | BOURNEMOUTH gave Harry Redknapp a £100,000 golden handshake when he left the club because they thought he was quitting football , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 29 | When he waited outside pubs , the pub-owners chased him away because they thought he had come to steal something . |
| 30 | He was across the road and halfway back down Fleet Street before it occurred to him that they had been staring at him like that because they thought he was trying to push in at the head of the queue . |