Example sentences of "because [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura did not attend ; quite possibly because Bernard forbad it . |
| 2 | Quick as a flash and game for a good laugh , I said , ‘ Because Denis sent us ’ exactly at the same time as Jack said , ‘ Because Maureen wanted to have a good cry … ’ |
| 3 | Well I do n't know , but she , I said , cos she 's telling me about her coming , only three days up the hospital then she 's got ta go back to her own place because Ian said she 'd never managed , she keeps falling and she said this woman never went to see her once when she was in hospital , yet she 's getting paid it look all the time , and she ought to go to see if there 's anything she wants you see |
| 4 | His wife is searching for the book because Ward told her he had it . |
| 5 | I 'm five-foot six and I 'll likely run to fat later on because Ma says I 'm the image of my grandfather , whom I ca n't remember ever having seen . |
| 6 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 7 | This appears reactionary because Freud states it in such general , ahistorical terms . |
| 8 | There will hardly be need for words once their eyes meet because Wright knows he has a problem and is in the wrong . |
| 9 | But then Hector was to blame too because Hector went they were coming round and we had to get out first , he promised us as the first houses would go up we would get back again |
| 10 | ‘ I picked it for you because Jeff told me that blue 's your favourite colour . ’ |
| 11 | Twice they had to stop because Richard thought he was going to be sick . |
| 12 | While he deliberated , Murray continued : ‘ I had the letter because Richard gave it me to post , sir . |
| 13 | However , she insisted that the visits should continue , because Linton needed her , and she wanted to see him . |
| 14 | She and her accupuncturist partner , Richard Spindler , are now in serious debt , they say , because Lloyds lent them money without proper advice and called in the loan after overcharging them . |
| 15 | It could n't have been David because David knew she would be out at work , and knew that Ralph was staying with her . |
| 16 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 17 | because Gavin called it Bubbles |
| 18 | They nearly came to scratching each other because Janice says they 've only got an old banger . |
| 19 | She could n't nag because Reg said he got enough of that at home . |
| 20 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
| 21 | Schmeichel seemed certain to miss Monday ‘ s Premier League match at Southampton because Denmark need him for their game in Latvia on Wednesday . |
| 22 | Then he said flatly , ‘ He ca n't want it for Fincara , because Fand attacked him . |
| 23 | Hobson 's work is mainly remembered because Lenin used it to construct his own , quite distinct , theory of imperialism . |
| 24 | Because Alan said it would be I know . |
| 25 | shut up , because Alan said he said oh it could have been worse girl , it could have been his bleeding handle that 'll come off and do you know I 've got two left out of six , every handle 's come off , cracked |
| 26 | Cromer dominated Egypt , not because England gave him force , or because Egypt loved us , but because he was so good a man . ’ |
| 27 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 28 | Hall said afterwards that he had not realized himself capable of such sustained accurate bowling , but kept at it simply because Worrell wanted him to ; he also said that he was physically and mentally shattered at the end of it . |
| 29 | Much of the new equipment used in the last five Tours is there because LeMond used it first . |
| 30 | He spent a world record £13m on Gianluigi Lentini last year and some observers say it was to stop others having him , not because Milan needed him . |