Example sentences of "because [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was because no-one could be sure who exactly within this group begot him . |
| 2 | It was a big relief because everyone could see we should have won it . ’ |
| 3 | Endless , he wrote , because I could see no end to them and because I could envisage no beginning . |
| 4 | Endless , he wrote , because I could see no end to them and because I could envisage no beginning . |
| 5 | Days eating scraps because I could not bear to enter a shop , talk to another human being , have people see me . |
| 6 | Because I could n't countenance how you could stay under water without being asphyxiated , and yet at the same time I was incapable of comprehending the trick . |
| 7 | That was the common ground between us ; the reason I got the job in the first place was because I could play The Faces ' ‘ Three Button Hand Me Down ’ . |
| 8 | It was for this reason that I had Zowie because I could see how he was with children . |
| 9 | ‘ I only did n't ring last night because I could n't find you , sir . |
| 10 | My insomnia became chronic whenever Dana stayed the night , simply because I could not take my eyes away from his sleeping form beneath the bedside lamps . |
| 11 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 12 | Do not reply a letter to Lewis until I contact you because I could not be here . |
| 13 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 14 | During the next three and a half years I often thought of this meal and of the amount I had to leave on my plate because I could not eat any more . |
| 15 | So we had to redecorate the house very quickly because I could n't bear it . ’ |
| 16 | Then we got Brian back — ’ Brian ! — ‘ because I could n't stand your father worrying that he 'd fall down a rock face . ’ |
| 17 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 18 | Of course , that might suit me because I could wear my old rags and not attract attention . |
| 19 | Neither of these stations are any use to me if my car is out of action , however , because I could not possibly walk to them . |
| 20 | Swirling sand made visibility terrible — I had to fly the aircraft looking down through the side window because I could n't see ahead . |
| 21 | Anyway , you can see I feel confused about it still , because I could n't face the flak from your friends . |
| 22 | Have Software City stopped trading because I could n't find their list of games in Issue 87 ? |
| 23 | ‘ At the time I was convinced it was an allergic reaction to something because I could n't believe I could be suffering from acne at my age ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Because I could never do that it never became a problem . |
| 26 | ‘ Once I felt I should go mad because I could n't finish The Watsons . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant . |
| 28 | But after my divorce , I moved back into my parents ' home because I could n't cope with Anna Alone . |
| 29 | ‘ But he was pretty down in the dumps and I felt terrible because I could n't be there to make his Christmas complete . |
| 30 | I nearly starved at first because I could n't bear the idea of eating — well — insects and the like , but it 's amazing what you can get used to . ’ |