Example sentences of "because we [vb past] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And McHarg seethed : ‘ I am not whingeing because we did not deserve to win , but Dean Richards exploited the offside law right up to its limit . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered . |
| 3 | We did so not because we did not want money spent on community care , but because we did not necessarily believe that a one-track policy was the best way to ensure the ideal form of care . |
| 4 | Before they went to sleep , Marian whispered , ‘ You will think of us when you are his wife , Tess , and how we did not hate you , because we did not expect to be chosen by him . ’ |
| 5 | We were , however , unable to provide this important service — either because we did not hold appropriate information in an accessible form or , if it was accessible , we did not have sufficient resources to extract it as required . |
| 6 | Have no doubt in your mind about that because we did not take one of our representatives to negotiate with the guard force to enhance your and their membership that is not the ball game I 'm not playing it and we wo n't do that and you can rest assured we will pursue it to Bridlington if need be . |
| 7 | ‘ We failed because we did not raise people 's hopes sufficiently . |