Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [be] because " in BNC.

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1 that the reason he did n't sleep was because the fact that he was just sitting around all day .
2 It could n't have been because of that . ’
3 It could n't have been because the pub was busy , it was more likely she 'd just forgotten where the phone was .
4 But I 've heard him quoted as saying that one of the reasons he did n't come was because they did n't have a venue large enough , because people would want to come from all over Europe .
5 Weber believes the reason Intel would n't participate is because the 80586 chip , P5 , is n't all the Intel hype claims it is , and could n't stand the comparison .
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