Sentence examples for because he lasted from inspiring English sources

Now that era is over, and Beltran has his name attached to it because he lasted more than six and a half seasons, and personified the time with one signature called third strike to end the seventh and last game of the 2006 National League Championship Series.

Can you imagine if Calacanis took a controlling stake of Yammer because he lasted longer in the World Series of Poker?

Because he last played on Saturday, he will be eligible to return Aug. 22.

The trade needs M.L.S. approval, and Rogers also needs to acquire an international transfer certificate because he last played in England.

The idea of Mars dancing his little legs around the stadium may seem familiar because he last played the half-time show in February 2014.

Mr. King is 78 and trim but somehow looks and sounds older, perhaps because he has lasted in show business for so long.

Good thing, because when he last faced the Yankees, in 2000, he could barely fit into the state of California.

"And as we sit here at the moment, we still think he's got a valuable role to play for us this year because he finished last season off for us quite strongly.

It is also probable that Ivan the Russian took part in the Bulgarian victory over Byzantium at Rusokastro in 1332 because he was last recorded as Ivan Alexander's representative in the peace negotiations that followed.

And he repeats David Halberstam's persuasive theory that DiMaggio's fame lasted so long because he was the last great hero of the radio era and was not physically reduced by TV, before adding, "But I'm not convinced".

He encouraged youth to participate because he understood the lasting positive effects it would have on his people.