Example sentences of "[vb infin] because [pers pn] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 2 | Many less desperate alcoholics tried AA , but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of hopelessness . |
| 3 | Forgiving sin since Christ has died , forgiving sin is easy but it was , yet , it was the hardest thing that God could do because he could only do it when Christ died for us . |
| 4 | He was holding the gun out like a target-shooter , everything wrong , and he did n't speak because he could n't think of a thing to say . |
| 5 | In the end I had to let Benjy go because I could n't afford the dog food . |
| 6 | I could n't read or write because I could n't see . |
| 7 | Those that did not survive in the market-place would close because they could not attract the revenue to survive . |