Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] because [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am only guessing because we do not talk about things like that . |
| 2 | The inert gases are so called because they do not readily form chemical compounds . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | The trouble is , men 's emotions are generally misunderstood because they do n't talk openly about their feelings . |
| 5 | Others continued to argue , as they had done before , and as they do today , that the indigent could never be adequately housed because they did not know how to live with cleanliness and decency . |
| 6 | They are n't trading because they do n't receive income . |
| 7 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , implies that his reputation is already controversial , a truth of which he was justly proud , and it is a provocation aptly calculated to make one read on ; and to claim that the only way to escape misrepresentation is to say nothing implies that something momentous is about to be said , that it is his habit and custom to do so , and that he is widely hated because he does . |
| 8 | Thus William Gilpin remarks in 1791 that Petworth House is badly situated because it does not lie at the centre of its park , but at an extremity , where it is elbowed by the churchyard ; Repton , whom Mr Rushworth thinks of employing at Sotherton , explains that proximity to a village may lessen dignity . |
| 9 | Currently , the NHS is much criticised because it does not have a comprehensive inventory of its fixed assets . |
| 10 | The adage of ‘ a diagnosis is not required because it does not affect management ’ is now outdated when many treatment options are available . |
| 11 | The last boy says he 's not impressed because he does n't like vegetables . |
| 12 | Which was not organized because we do n't know anyone |