Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pers pn] because [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He says : ‘ In villages there are many women with skills who are n't using them because of child-care problems . |
2 | ‘ Quite a few of them were given a chance last season and although they have n't had much of an opportunity this time , I have n't forgotten them because of their importance to the squad . ’ |
3 | Women are distracted and men do n't trust me because of my looks , ’ David said . |
4 | They would n't need them because of the , this technology and that that 's but nevertheless they do ha they would be conscripted because they do have to have the ground troops of |
5 | He did n't need her because of her wonderful personality . |
6 | ‘ I ca n't do it because of him/her . ’ |
7 | ‘ A corporate finance house could n't do it because of competition with other corporate finance houses whereas we have no involvement in that respect . ’ |
8 | Such containers are available but we are told we do n't stock them because of lack of space . |
9 | ‘ Here am I , ’ he explained , ‘ with inside information about a very good story , and I ca n't use it because of where it comes from . |
10 | And I ca n't see them because of the trees and bushes everywhere . |
11 | Within a few days , however , anxiety had set in and he was confiding in Rohde his fear that a book that crossed so many conventional demarcation lines might deter all his prospective specialist readers : " the philologists wo n't read it because of the music and the philology … " ; and regarding the classical readership in particular , Rohde would know " how offended the philologists are bound to be at anything not published by Teubner and without the paraphernalia of critical notes " . |
12 | You see , whoever put that poisoned cherry on the cake must have got sugar on his hands , but could n't lick them because of the poison , and could n't wash them because there was no water available . |
13 | The February play was A Thriller of the Year , with an all-female cast our original choice of play was A Death Trap we could n't cast it because of a lack of men auditioning . |
14 | Because there are worries that it 's going to er , effect the outcome of this mad ref , referendum , you know they the farmers are sort of desperate and they think they need government help and they think they would n't get it because of the black government so |
15 | And if the police had n't investigated him because of that stupid bitch Caroline he 'd have quietly taken what was his and still looked clean . |