Example sentences of "because [pers pn] could n't be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But he was pretty down in the dumps and I felt terrible because I could n't be there to make his Christmas complete . |
| 2 | I really can not come to terms with the fact that I am … there 's lots of interesting work to do — there was in the job I did — and I want so much to identify with that rather than just sit back here and say ‘ I 'm a housewife and I 'm happy ’ … because I could n't be . |
| 3 | In the dark I could manoeuvre , hide in the alleys of incomprehension , crouch behind the walls of indifference , know that I existed , and hope because I could n't be seen . |
| 4 | Because I could n't be bothered to cook it . |
| 5 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 6 | Peut-etre Wilko was aussi pissed off with him because he could n't be arsed away from home … |
| 7 | And if the spring is late , like this year , then the supplies of hay that the women gathered all autumn from the steepest slopes where the grass grew longer because it could n't be grazed just do n't last out . |
| 8 | ‘ Then forget whatever it is , Kate , because it could n't be important … ’ |
| 9 | which we says no because it could n't be possibly done . |
| 10 | ‘ Merseyside was the most dangerous place to be in 1940 and 1941 , but the Government and media tended to emphasise the fate of London , because it could n't be hidden . |