Example sentences of "because [pron] [vb base] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I believe that it will be updated as the new computer takes on additional information , but when and at exactly what point is a matter on which I shall have to get back to the hon. Gentleman because I do not know ACPO 's plans . |
| 32 | ‘ Because I do not know if I shall be coming back this afternoon . |
| 33 | But I do not do it , because I do not wish to upset Señora Richards . ’ |
| 34 | The sort of parts Michelle Pfeiffer or Sharon Stone get , I would not because I do not look right . |
| 35 | Because I do not accept absolute predestination , however , and can not believe that we human beings are simply pawns in some giant chess game being played in the wide blue yonder , I think that it is the person within whom the spirit chooses to dwell who actually makes the right or wrong decisions . |
| 36 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 37 | ‘ I can see no reason why I should n't keep my job because I have not committed any offence under military law , ’ he said at the time . |
| 38 | If that roast burns there because you 've not basted it , I 'll spit you in its place the morrow 's morn ! |
| 39 | that stage has n't been reached you see because you 've not seen him since Boxing Day . |
| 40 | Now you do n't get tetanus cards to carry because you 've not had the horse serum . |
| 41 | If you see new words written and are not sure of the pronunciation because you have not heard the word or phrase used , check the pronunciation with friends — they do not have to be experts at phonetics to tell you what the word rhymes with — then bring it into your own conversation with confidence . |
| 42 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 43 | If he can not do this quickly — either because you have not told him what questions you have answered , or because you have indicated them in an order that is not that in which you have attempted them — he is likely to be mildly annoyed . |
| 44 | ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you . |
| 45 | Because you do not want a return to destructive two party politics and you do know at first hand that Liberal Democrats do put ‘ people first ’ ; that local income tax is a fair and predictable alternative to the poll tax ; that our stance on Hong Kong is morally right and that we realise the urgency of environmental action with targets for achievement away ahead of the other two parties . |
| 46 | ‘ Because you do not want me to . |
| 47 | ‘ You are deliberately undermining the morale of this company because you do not want to work with Aschmann , ’ Busacher continued . |
| 48 | It is because you do not lose touch with your present identity that I hesitate to ask the question ‘ What is your name ? ’ too early in the session ; the patient 's instinct would be to answer by giving me today 's name . |
| 49 | Shopping is a pleasure when you live alone because you do not have to do a bulk-shop every weekend as families do . |
| 50 | When you live alone , where you keep your money and how you can reach it , is exceptionally important , because you do not have a live-in partner to borrow from if you have not been able to go to the bank . |
| 51 | ‘ Getting a job ’ is a bad example of a reward , because you do not have total control over it-it is in the hands of the employer . |
| 52 | ‘ Then you are deluded , my darling , because you do not know him . |
| 53 | Do you cling to problems because you do not know what else to think about , and what else to discuss with friends ? |
| 54 | I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know that it and because no lie comes from that truth . |
| 55 | The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself . |
| 56 | According to James , much of our unhappiness comes about by failing to ask God for what we need : ‘ You do not have , because you do not ask God . |
| 57 | You should not need to feel inadequate because you do not understand all the technical terms of someone else 's profession . |
| 58 | You gave it to yourself — because you do not trust me . |
| 59 | you are excluded because you do not comply with a specific statutory condition . |
| 60 | All marriages are special occasions but a second marriage is a doubly precious time because you do not take everything for granted . |