Example sentences of "[noun] because [pers pn] do [not/n't] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put my hands over my ears because I did n't want to know what was happening . |
| 2 | He had his cigarette firmly between his lips because he did n't want it falling on the floor , or worse , on to the track . |
| 3 | Ballantyne 's boys were very soft when they first saw the pig because they did not want to disturb it when it was sleeping . |
| 4 | His first wife had left him to become a theatrical agent because she did n't want to be just a housewife . |
| 5 | Millwall manager Mick McCarthy admitted : ‘ I did advise the lads to cool down at half-time because I did n't want anyone sent off . |
| 6 | stop the tape because it does n't want me on it . |
| 7 | That was said in anger and confusion because I did n't want you to know how much you 'd hurt me ! ’ |
| 8 | Charman did not confront Gedge over his flirtation with Catt because he did n't want to cause a major disruption in the middle of a tour . |
| 9 | We do n't send more papers out to external referees because we do n't want to exhaust this valuable resource ( even though we have about 2500 referees on our database ) and because we are the best judge of issues like whether the paper belongs in the BMJ or another sort of journal . |
| 10 | She recently turned down £1,500 for a day 's work because she did not want to miss school . |
| 11 | So you , yes we , we 've got the end of feudalism , and then we , we 've got this promotion of the rich peasant economy , the promotion of inequalities but at the same time you might need to come in to protect the ri the poor at the bottom because you do n't want those inequalities to get too great . |
| 12 | I never did anything and I never played with children when I was a child because I did n't want to play with peasants on the estate , so I never did anything except sketching , painting and reading , and I 'm still doing pretty well exactly the same thing , and learning languages . |
| 13 | It does not want to recognise this specific clash because it does not want to recognise that the entire common agricultural policy rests on a bigger fraud : systematic overproduction of food in Europe , paid for by Europe 's taxpayers to please a powerful lobby , Europe 's farmers . |
| 14 | I think I did n't mention food in my diary during this period because I did n't want to mention my own eating-habits . |
| 15 | A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school . |
| 16 | The duchess stayed away from Sunnie 's funeral because she did n't want to turn it into a photo opportunity . |
| 17 | Women ( particularly married women ) , those with part-time and those with seasonal , temporary or casual jobs , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they did not want a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " voluntary " temporary workers . |
| 18 | I bump into a lot of people at conferences , so I have n't been able to write formally to thank you for the meeting because I do n't want anything on the record then |
| 19 | According to the Labour Force Survey , the proportion of agency workers working on a temporary basis because they do not want permanent jobs is considerably higher than the average for all temporary workers and that the proportion of agency secretarial/office workers doing so is still higher ( see Table 5.1 ) . |
| 20 | Using LFS data , Table 7.1 shows that temporary workers in semi- and lower skilled industrial occupations are more likely to be working on this basis because they do not want permanent jobs . |
| 21 | And er she wanted er you know she has visions of us filling the streets of from to with banners waving and the we asked for no banners in the first rally we had back in October because we did n't want it to be seen as some thing that had you know big sort of take over and everybody you know the Communist Party and the language people and er all the different factions being able to wave their banners you know , We support the Blaenau quarry men . |
| 22 | I stayed near my home and I never used my guns because I did n't want to make a noise . |
| 23 | It was luck that Anne came out on top because she did n't want to go to medical school anyway . |
| 24 | I leave my heating on during the night because I do n't want to get up in a cold flat but people I know try to save their money by living in the cold . ’ |
| 25 | Ferranti carried on with the contracts because it did not want to give the purported customers an excuse not to pay back the credit . |
| 26 | Via his lawyer , Sam refused to give Clare money because he did n't want a divorce . |
| 27 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
| 28 | We did n't tell them about the Germans because we did n't want them to be more worried than they were already . |
| 29 | Mr Gould said he did n't resign last Wednesday because he did n't want to overshadow John Smith 's impressive Commons debut as Labour leader . |
| 30 | tend to try and get rid of the T V because you do n't want the distraction in the background . |