Example sentences of "[adj] because [pers pn] have [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 Durham bit she said : ‘ Oh , is n't that funny because you have n't got a Scottish accent , have you ? ’
2 It 's been three days now I 'm not sure though I could be wrong because I have n't slept very well I have nightmares of a man and they think it 's me but it is n't , is it ?
3 They often get lost because they have not kept the airfield in sight and within easy gliding range .
4 Well what 's happening is it the , during the war , right , we 're constraining the computer to estimate , like a single coefficient that is applicable to both war and peacetime er is n't the case , right , th there is a structural change , right , so when th when we constrain the computer to estimate the coefficients throughout the whole period , right , the coefficients are biased but if they do n't apply either to the post er pre war peacetime sample neither do they er fit very well to the data during the wartime , right , if we allow the intercept to change but we 're getting much better estimates both wartime and peacetime er parameter 's okay because we have n't got rid of , we 've got rid of that bias , right , in constraining the parameters to fit both wartime and peacetime er time periods .
5 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 .
6 He says : ‘ The fans have been frustrated because we have n't scored but all we can do is to try and put it right .
7 You do not feel inhibited because you have n't prepared adequately or fear that other people might catch you out or ridicule you .
8 He 's really upset because we have n't been to Devon .
9 it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time .
10 It 's not that she 's said , ‘ No , you must n't wear make-up ’ , but all my friends do , and sometimes I feel strange because I have n't got any .
11 ‘ The Americans are so jealous because they have n't got a Royal Family of their own .
12 I 'm hungry because I have n't had lunch .
13 When classifying fossils even more care is necessary because we have not got as much evidence to go on as with living animals .
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