Example sentences of "because he wanted [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He chose small trees because he wanted them cleared . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | John wound up the toy car because he wanted it to go . |
| 5 | 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 . |