Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] not know " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am Catholic and can not divorce but I do not want to divorce because I do not know him well enough to want to divorce him . |
| 2 | In 1951 , he could still write to an author who wanted to publish some works in his collection : ‘ I have not given you my permission because I do not know what will be in the book you are writing . |
| 3 | I can not comment on details of the negotiations because I do not know the details of what is actually happening today , but it is quite clear that we have been arguing that matters affecting foreign policy should continue to be decided under the auspices of intergovernmental co-operation . |
| 4 | I believe that it will be updated as the new computer takes on additional information , but when and at exactly what point is a matter on which I shall have to get back to the hon. Gentleman because I do not know ACPO 's plans . |
| 5 | ‘ Because I do not know if I shall be coming back this afternoon . |
| 6 | ‘ Then you are deluded , my darling , because you do not know him . |
| 7 | Do you cling to problems because you do not know what else to think about , and what else to discuss with friends ? |
| 8 | I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know that it and because no lie comes from that truth . |
| 9 | ‘ Because you did not know him . |
| 10 | She said nothing because she did not know what to say . |
| 11 | She could not have said that she found him dull , because she did not know it , and was conscious only of her own failure , and her misery at her own personal inadequacy quite drowned any sensation of boredom . |
| 12 | She was worried because she did not know if the rules of the house permitted her to go out walking with Finn and , besides , they were going to be late for dinner . |
| 13 | IT is high time that we stopped this charade of swearing allegiance to the Queen and her heirs and successors because we do not know from time to time who they are . |
| 14 | Because we do not know who owns Delion we do not know who bought the property , which raises the question of why the purchasers want to remain anonymous . |
| 15 | We have cultural stereotypes which suggest that such occasions are difficult for us , potentially embarrassing , because we do not know the appropriate responses . |
| 16 | Please give the things to the Station Master , because we do not know which train you come back on . |
| 17 | Beyond that , it makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality , because we do not know what reality is independent of a theory . |
| 18 | It is not search because we do not know precisely what we are looking for . |
| 19 | ‘ The wreck is important because we do not know just why it was there and how it was sunk ’ , explains Noel . |
| 20 | Perhaps ’ corrupt ’ is too strong , because we do not know who has actually taken out key words or added sections at the last minute because they are worried about the public impact of certain phrases . |
| 21 | Their newspapers provided odd bits of information , such as plutonium-poisoning maps that frightened readers rather than reassuring them because they did not know how to interpret them . |
| 22 | In a study by Taylor of library guides in London polytechnic libraries she found that the users often did not read them because they did not know they were there . |
| 23 | One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home . |
| 24 | Still , something was expected and hoped of me there ; I was credited with a future , and I called some fondness into being , even though this was because they did not know what lay under my surface . |
| 25 | Others continued to argue , as they had done before , and as they do today , that the indigent could never be adequately housed because they did not know how to live with cleanliness and decency . |
| 26 | He said many people who were given council houses subsequently lost them because they did not know how to pay the rent and cope with bills . |
| 27 | The owners say that they are so new to the game that for the moment they are selling everything because they do not know what will eventually prove profitable . |
| 28 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 29 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 30 | Typically , teachers ask questions not because they do not know the answers , but because they want to test their pupils ' knowledge . |