Example sentences of "because i [verb] not [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I had n't put in the back . |
| 2 | I 'd forgone breakfast because I had n't got to bed till four in the morning , lunch because I had a hangover and anyway I was late for the train , and due to the fact that it was — according to British Rail at any rate — still part of the extended Festive Period , there had been no buffet trolley on the train . |
| 3 | He had been late talking — was that because I had n't coo-ed at him and gurgled baby talk ? |
| 4 | Nour had laughed because I had not heard of Herodotus . |
| 5 | I felt aggrieved at this because I had not worked with the sister during my placement , and could not imagine how she could possibly assess my work and capability . |
| 6 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 7 | Er I should say that I 'm only saying this because it 's written in front of me , some churches apparently in York are putting on alternative festivities er I do n't think they 're trying very hard because I have n't heard of any and I certainly do n't move around the place , hear of any . |
| 8 | Is it because I am consumed with envy when I pass the Woodborough bookshop , and there is Eleanor 's newest novel in a special display , and with resentment because I have n't heard from Mary for over a year because she is so busy now , commuting to Brussels being a Euro-lawyer ? |
| 9 | Nothing too mettlesome , because I have n't ridden for more than three years . ’ |
| 10 | Not at the moment because I have n't gone through how to do that . |
| 11 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |