Example sentences of "[noun sg] because they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are antis because they do n't like Europe full stop . |
| 2 | I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment |
| 3 | I think they 'd say that they 'd like to see an officer in a car because they do n't see anybody , what they really mean they want to see somebody they can talk |
| 4 | It seems the Reillys , who live in Dorset , stockpiled their life savings in the car because they did n't believe in banks or building societies . |
| 5 | They have destroyed hundreds of lives — of the women separated for ever from their husbands , of young children forcibly kept from their mothers and old parents left in isolation because they do n't qualify as dependants . |
| 6 | A lot of fund managers do n't invest in the insurance sector because they do n't understand the accounts — our P/E ratio , for instance , is meaningless . |
| 7 | A lot of fund managers do n't invest in the insurance sector because they do n't understand the accounts |
| 8 | They found that for married men who were household heads under age 45 , the proportions ‘ out of work ’ ( a wider concept than we used which included those who had given up looking for work because they did n't think any was available ) was about nine times as high in the local authority as in the occupied sector . |
| 9 | Well I did n't think they could 've gone straight into socialization because they did n't have the resources to . |
| 10 | Burglary , along with other crimes , is on the increase , yet many home owners do n't bother to improve security because they do n't think it 's worth it . |
| 11 | And youngsters are reluctant to consult their family doctor on contraception because they do n't trust them . |
| 12 | And if tutors go on strike because they do n't get more money , it certainly wo n't be the students who notice . |
| 13 | Then it was my job to take the original t and take the original because they did n't use erm er black-sheet as we M er Americans call it . |
| 14 | There was no anaesthetic because they did n't have any . |
| 15 | The two essential points are that fewer than one in three had considered paying cash as a real alternative ; and that half said they bought on credit because they did n't have the cash , while about another quarter gave answers ( like ‘ needed it right away ’ ) which boil down to much the same . |
| 16 | Now Edingley want to get rid of them going down Station Lane because they do n't pick anybody up down there . |
| 17 | They were both enjoyable erm I ca n't really say which I enjoyed the most er , I thought they were both very good and of course good value for the money because they do n't charge very much for the fares well I do n't think they do . |
| 18 | The Americans say they are surprised at the response because they do n't think the difference of opinion is worth all the fuss it is causing . |
| 19 | As one pupil succinctly put it ‘ you then treat them without any respect because they do n't give you any , so really it 's just a two-way thing ’ . |
| 20 | Well I 've ordered it at the library because they did n't have , they used to , but it 's gone . |
| 21 | They are seen as a drain on the profit because they do n't function in the labour market to produce profit . |
| 22 | But Shirley , says the statistics do n't reflect the true situation because they do n't include single people or those without children . |
| 23 | ‘ A lot of people do n't want to be in the best band in the world because they do n't give a shit about themselves , ’ he remarks flatly , still playing with his half empty bottle of water . |
| 24 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 25 | It 's it 's one way because they do n't want |
| 26 | We did a lot of woodwork at the school because they did n't think we could deal with books . |
| 27 | Says Marcus Lyon : ‘ You are always going to get the lazy buyer who wants a barn conversion because they do n't want to take the time and trouble to do it themselves . ’ |