Example sentences of "because [conj] [pron] [verb] n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela was glad she was a Brownie , because if she had n't been she would surely have broken down and sobbed at missing her great chance of winning the bicycle . |
| 2 | He always felt honoured to have been chosen , because if she had n't been comfortable with him she would have worked him out of the job long ago with little finesse . |
| 3 | Okay , I , I , I 'm glad , I , I 'm glad I was confused on that point , because if I had n't been , I might not have have er |
| 4 | ‘ You had your Terry here when he got out , and I 'm grateful to you because if it had n't been you , it would have had to be me , and with Dad the way he was , I was better out of the country . |
| 5 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |