Example sentences of "because [pron] could [not/n't] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only did n't ring last night because I could n't find you , sir . |
| 2 | Have Software City stopped trading because I could n't find their list of games in Issue 87 ? |
| 3 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 4 | Because I could n't find anything under procedures about signing the job descriptions and indeed this persons specification total , I do n't think but I mean is that something like you audit it on , its that I am not clear who should award job specifications . |
| 5 | She apologizes as well , because she could n't find any frozen peas for Timmy 's tea and he would n't eat the broccoli . |
| 6 | because they could n't find where to do it and they were |
| 7 | They ransacked his room and were angry because they could n't find anything . |
| 8 | But surgeons were forced to call it a day because they could n't find the right tools for the job . |
| 9 | Many say they have had to turn down surgery , for instance , because they could not find alternative care for their dependants when a bed became available . |
| 10 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 11 | A recent Department of Employment survey found that only 13% of part-timers did such jobs because they could not find full-time work . |
| 12 | There may be cases where all the fault lies on the side of the head , and indeed in the earliest days of financial delegation many governors were said to have resigned because they could not find enough time to master the intricate responsibilities of new government and because a path through those intricacies had not been mapped by the head . |
| 13 | Rehearsals save you being embarrassed in the meeting by broken light bulbs , out of focus films , a speaker half an hour late because he could n't find anywhere to park , and shrieks and howls as the public address system does its best to drown the speaker . |
| 14 | Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry . |
| 15 | Milligan moved to the Sussex hills because he could n't find anywhere close to London ‘ which did n't involve living on a motorway ’ , but XR3 prosperity has pursued him . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , what is wrong with him , ’ she tells me , ‘ is that because he could n't find heroin he used a substitute . |
| 17 | Subsequently the council 's own officers told the inquiry that a pedestrian had been killed on Hollyhurst Road because he could n't find a safe place to cross , that ambulances struggle to get down Hollyhurst Road in emergencies , that residents cars are blocked in their drives and that buses have to drop off in the middle of the road . |
| 18 | Sun said it went to the Russians because it could n't find comparable technology anywhere else — the only other source comes from the US military , and according to Dave Ditzel , acting head of Sun Labs , ‘ It 's easier to work with the Russians ’ . |