Example sentences of "[pron] because [pron] could not " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BANK manager killed himself because he could not cope with the worry and pressure of his work in the recession . |
| 2 | Do not reply a letter to Lewis until I contact you because I could not be here . |
| 3 | At the same time they wanted to be able to increase their staffing as and when orders came along , and did not want to be in a position to have to refuse orders because they did not have the staff , or lose them because they could not promise fast enough delivery . |
| 4 | This worried me because I could not make out what I had done this time to annoy her . |
| 5 | This was a worry to me because I could not work out how much money I would have to live on . |
| 6 | A STUDENT , Sarah Molyneux , hanged herself because she could not make friends during her first term at university , an inquest was told yesterday . |
| 7 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 8 | Recording a verdict that Mrs Bowyer ‘ Took her own life ’ , Dr Weir said : ‘ This is terribly tragic because she did it because she could not cope with the pain of the illness she suffered from . ’ |
| 9 | He was not allowing it because he could not . |
| 10 | I came to see you myself because I could not ask another person to tell my story . |