Example sentences of "because [pron] ca " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone says something particularly stupid in a shop , or you wait half an hour in the British Rail canteen because someone ca n't decide whether they want some fruitcake or not . |
| 2 | I feel I 'm not making the most of myself because I ca n't apply my make-up well . |
| 3 | I have gone into this rather lengthy description for two reasons : one , because it leads back into the folklore of the November Owl Pie , and two , because I ca n't stand the blighters at any price . |
| 4 | I 've resigned from my job because I ca n't cope . |
| 5 | ‘ If I get unhealthy because I ca n't do any sit-ups , ’ he told Gina , ‘ it 's all your fault . |
| 6 | If I kill myself , which is what I want to do because I ca n't bear this misery , then I will go to hell . |
| 7 | I feel that because I ca n't bring myself to talk about it , but on the other hand I ca n't forget it , I joke instead about hating my body , or hating being a girl , or hating men , then I get drunk and cry . |
| 8 | I have n't seen him since they took him away , screaming his head off , with Jonathan Johns telling everybody gathered round that it was all my fault , bloomin' unfair because I ca n't help it if Pitt has the kind of bones that break easily , can I ? |
| 9 | And within the next half-hour , because I ca n't and wo n't hold these people off any longer than that . |
| 10 | Aggie , do n't tell me you want to walk out of here , because I ca n't do without you . |
| 11 | Because I ca n't … ’ |
| 12 | The weather ca n't be controlled and I hate sitting around waiting for it to clear up because I ca n't sit still for too long ! |
| 13 | Because I ca n't bear to look at her eyes as I say the words . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the JMP-1 has no input on the back and so in some ways it falls at the final fence , because I ca n't really see how you can set it up to work in a neat and user-friendly rack ; you 'd have to wire the thing up every time you gigged it . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe after I get an album of my own material out — which does sound a lot like Jimi , because I ca n't help it — then I 'll try to take that a step further … maybe where he was going himself , possibly . ’ |
| 16 | Sometimes I panic because I ca n't remember what he looked like . |
| 17 | I do n't carry a dinghy because I ca n't see there 'd be time to get it out — and subsequent events were n't about to prove me wrong . |
| 18 | In a pitch of frenzy he stammered , ‘ Man , do n't mention plaster to me again , because I ca n't stand it . ’ |
| 19 | Do n't ask me questions because I ca n't tell you anything . |
| 20 | So I have to do something because I ca n't just stand idle and let my kids die . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Because I ca n't run round in a car with English number plates , ’ she explained . |
| 22 | I 've got to go right on to the end of whatever all this is , because I ca n't go back . |
| 23 | I am getting worried because I ca n't remember — and , what is more , they are no longer playing my music.Panic stations . |
| 24 | Once a guy came running after me , he must have run fifty yards up the road , but I had to ignore it , because I ca n't be big-headed enough to turn round and go , ‘ Oh , he 's running after me . ’ |
| 25 | If it does n't work because I ca n't carry the experiment through ’ — I shrugged my shoulders — ‘ it would n't be worth starting on . |
| 26 | The most uncomfortable part now is the interviews , because I ca n't put on an act , particularly on TV , I get really embarrassed seeing myself . |
| 27 | ‘ Because I ca n't afford to move , ’ Hari said with a flash of anger . |
| 28 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
| 29 | Because I ca n't believe if you come in the off peak periods there really are n't that many people here erm I ca n't believe that the phone is so busy that that we 're actually being stopped in making from reservations . |
| 30 | No of course I have n't locked it up because I ca n't find my keys … |