Example sentences of "because he had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 2 | I made Jack shave his head — because he had the remnants of his hair hanging on — wonderful shape of ahead — shaved that off . |
| 3 | He wished he could be like Martin , if only in some small way , because he had the feeling he lacked something . |
| 4 | He started then with the money , because he had the giro , so I was getting into a mess again , was n't I. So for a couple of weeks we were paid separately . |
| 5 | Darwin succeeded where earlier evolutionists had failed because he had the right solution to the problem of explaining how populations actually change in response to environmental pressure . |
| 6 | And because he had the effrontery to offer money instead . ’ |
| 7 | He went on , more to her father now than to her , in his light drawling voice she had to listen to in church every Sunday of her life telling them all what was what because he had the God-given power to do so and they had to listen and obey . |
| 8 | A chubby young man called Laird Cregar appealed to me as a suspect , if only because he had the habit of being seen loitering around places where beautiful women had just been strangled . |
| 9 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
| 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 | There was blood on his mouth but he kept smiling because he had the machine-gun . |
| 12 | I only mention it because he had the decency to say that Leeds currently have the best midfield in the country , and have had for 4–5 years . |
| 13 | She had indeed shown little interest in the fields her great-aunt had left , probably because he had the use of them . |
| 14 | Anthony Morris , QC , told Manchester Crown Court that Mr Foster died because he had the ‘ misfortune ’ to have been at the same secondary school as the gunman and had known him well for four years . |
| 15 | Because he had the freedom to hang around with anyone , it only seems natural that somewhere along the line he was going to get mixed up with people who were bad news . |
| 16 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 17 | He was sure that he was saved because he had the words of Christ and they had given him assurance . |
| 18 | That 's why he could end those last few minutes or hours of his life , in pain , but in peace , because he had the word , the assurance , the promise from Christ . |
| 19 | No , because he had the present , how quick thinking |