Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam said he agreed and that I should n't worry because he could get that out of her . |
| 2 | The doctor who gave me the medication asked me , ‘ Why did you do it ? ’ and I could n't answer because I did n't know . |
| 3 | I recovered quickly , I 'm glad to say , but I could n't leave because they insisted that I stayed to lunch . |
| 4 | I just knew there were certain places I could n't go because they were for blacks only , ’ he says . |
| 5 | I could n't go because I fell off my horse one day and broke my leg . |
| 6 | I could n't scream because I was simply so scared . |
| 7 | I could n't believe because I always thought that it was the guys that sniggered , the guys that were n't interested |
| 8 | I could n't eat , because of the cuts , could n't drink — they were feeding us milk through straws — and my face was beginning to get septicaemia as we lay in this hut with just this little oil- lamp , and the mosquitoes at night would come and sit on the wounds , and I could n't stop thinking about what was going to happen next in my life , and we had no newspapers and I did n't know what was happening and I could n't cry because it pulled the stitches . |
| 9 | At first I could not speak because I hated him so much . |
| 10 | And this correspondent , to whom , sadly , I could not reply because she did n't give her full address : ‘ Fantastic , exactly the way I would like my funeral arranged . |
| 11 | If Ministers were tempted to give undertakings to the Committee , on which unfortunately I could not serve because I was dealing with other orders such as the Scottish seed potato order at the time , what has happened is a bit below the belt . |
| 12 | ‘ He 'll have to learn quickly or he 'll be out , although I ca n't talk because I walked out of the club . ’ |
| 13 | You see , I love the jacket but I ca n't cope because I ca n't cut it properly . |
| 14 | But I ca n't walk because I 've got emphysema and I 've only got about a third of a lung as well as arthritis to go with it . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I ca n't walk because I 've got something wrong with my spine , but apart from that I 'm perfect , ’ was the answer . |
| 16 | But I ca n't answer because I do n't know . |
| 17 | I ca n't remember because we were n't in the . |
| 18 | Asked by Ruth Anderson , for the uncle , if she was absolutely sure he had done bad things to her twice , the girl replied : ‘ I ca n't remember because I was only little . ’ |
| 19 | I wo n't explain because I do n't have to . |
| 20 | You should n't shop-lift because it 's wrong . |
| 21 | And in doing so she has proved herself a mightier force than the Palace propaganda machine , which suggested that she might not attend because she was too old and frail to make the long journey to Crathie Church . |
| 22 | I was still going and getting the shopping for my mum , and looking after my sister 's baby as she could n't cope because he was a naughty little boy . |
| 23 | You need n't stop because I 'm gone . |
| 24 | ‘ You need n't worry because you recommended her , Peter , ’ she said . |
| 25 | you ca n't tell because he had trainers on . |
| 26 | I feel you ca n't smoke because you 're gon na blow up beds in my hospital ward . |
| 27 | ‘ You ca n't know because you ca n't handle it . ’ |
| 28 | Critical illness , you 've got carry on paying the premiums , with no lump sum paid on living assur , er , on life assurance , the living expenses are likely to increase , because you may have er , somebody who 's disabled , paralysed or whatever , there 's no chance of the widow returning to work because she 's looking after person who 's er , ill , and obviously she ca n't remarry because she 's not widowed at this point . |
| 29 | Well how many weeks Stuart have we been talking in here about bre You would n't know because you have n't been in here . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , you wo n't win because I 'll find somewhere else to stay . |