Example sentences of "because [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I had n't been in a band for so long , there were plenty to choose from … |
| 2 | Still , it was the hangover of that piece of moral cowardice at Lochgair station , along with everything else , that led to me feeling so profoundly awful with myself that evening ( after the train finally did get into Queen Street and I walked back , soaked and somehow no longer hungry , in the rain to the empty flat in Grant Street ) , that mum had to call me there , because I had n't been able to bring myself to phone her and dad … and I still managed to feign sleep and a little shame and a smattering of sorrow and reassure her as best I could that really I was all right , yes of course , not to worry , I was fine , thanks for calling … and so of course after that felt even worse . |
| 3 | I heard him leaving because I had n't been in bed very long , and I heard him coming back because I had a bit of indigestion and I could n't sleep . ’ |
| 4 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
| 5 | I even carried out a double-bluff of appearing slightly guilty for the wrong reasons , so that adults told me I should n't blame myself because I had n't been able to warn Paul in time . |
| 6 | Because I had n't been around much , I had n't been away from home |
| 7 | Well that 's because I had n't been in there and you can be |
| 8 | She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
| 10 | ‘ It has been a difficult year because I have n't been able to get into the side . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm going to see a sports psychologist because I have n't been focusing on the job and I must become more positive . ’ |
| 12 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
| 13 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 14 | ‘ Only because I have n't been able to prove it yet . |
| 15 | Well honestly I , I do n't know because I have n't been in the discussions |
| 16 | ‘ I have given 100pc but my play has been affected because I have not been mentally happy . ’ |
| 17 | er , was that because you 've not been well this week or just is it a , ro routine replacement or something ? |
| 18 | Yes , but I , it 's not because you 've not been well ? |
| 19 | Because you 've not been brought up to speak broad . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course you would n't understand that because you have n't been here long enough . ’ |
| 21 | Well how many weeks Stuart have we been talking in here about bre You would n't know because you have n't been in here . |
| 22 | It was Hermione , genuinely concerned because she had not been at school ; someone who had missed her . |
| 23 | She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs . |
| 24 | Meredith delved in her plastic bag and produced a bottle of wine and — because she had not been sure whether her hostess drank — a box of chocolates . |
| 25 | She had brought a couple of dresses with her because she had not been too sure about the heat . |
| 26 | Guilt because she had not been there to stop Jamie losing control . |
| 27 | Guilt because she had not been at her father 's side when death had sent him this violent warning . |
| 28 | She had not told her son to keep away from the course because she had not been aware that he had gone that way . |
| 29 | Antonia made soft-porn movie The Pieman — about a one-legged hooker who has a romp with a pizza delivery man — ‘ because she had n't been working much for nearly two years and had no income , ’ said Amanda . |
| 30 | " Nowhere , " she said , but her mother always knew when she was lying because she had n't been a bad liar in her time herself , and it took one to know one . |