Example sentences of "[vb past] not [vb infin] [adv] because " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insurance company did not pay out because he had failed to mention when renewing his policy that he had been seriously ill . |
| 2 | The Government was tempted to seek alternative partners in the Commonwealth and Europe , but did not do so because the Americans had so much more to offer if the MacMahon restrictions could be circumvented or ameliorated . |
| 3 | Boswell had a fire in his ‘ most elegant ’ room overlooking the sea , but he did not sleep well because the sea made its wild noises , and the pillows were stuffed with the feathers of ‘ some sea-fowl , which had to me a disagreeable smell ’ . |
| 4 | It did not last long because of its complexity in application . |
| 5 | There was a library but Rain and Patrick did not meet there because her recollection was wrong and they blundered into each other in a passage . |
| 6 | As a result of living within the rigours of a farming calendar these people understood the imperatives of the seasons ; they knew instinctively that the day did not stop just because it was dark , that work might be slack one day but fraught for the next three . |
| 7 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The fact is that the song did not sell well because , let's face it , it was a bloody awful record … ’ |
| 9 | The ramshackle eight-seater at first did not take off because of a storm after which a pilot could not be found . |
| 10 | It is a pity a few more people , who promised to attend , did not turn up because we could have easily included them . |
| 11 | Manager Lennie Lawrence said last night : ‘ Parkinson did not train today because of his ankle injury . |
| 12 | The mass popularity of the movies did not come about because showmen gave no thought to individuating their audiences but rather resulted from an appreciation that the most important thing about the public as a whole was that every section and every group would respond to the appeal of the movies if it could be given access to the right kind of cinema . |
| 13 | He did not write well because he had learned his letters late in life and , though Lucille had made him into a much better reader , he was still clumsy with a pen or pencil . |
| 14 | I thought I detected a faint smile on his lips , but I did not smile back because my heart was in a turmoil . |