Example sentences of "because [pers pn] did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 2 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
| 3 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 4 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |
| 5 | Because I did not do the kind of things they did , they attributed waywardness and bad temper to me . |
| 6 | Another gave me a slice of dark brown bread with a piece of sausage on the top which I ate because I did not want to hurt his feelings . |
| 7 | I changed my surname because I did not want my sire 's name . |
| 8 | I was very unhappy after this because I did not want to be apart from my Momma . |
| 9 | I wanted a wet/dry type of trickle filter for use with the vat mainly because I did not want water retained in the filter for any length of time — this could have caused weight problems . |
| 10 | I was happy with the arrangement because I did not want to be tied to a nine-to-five existence , and my employer remained happy , especially when I made regular appearances as his partner at various golf days — all good for business , of course . |
| 11 | I was glad to see there were no towns here , because I did not want people to question me or pity me . |
| 12 | I called the midwife Dave , though her name was Liz , because I did not want anybody else there . ’ |
| 13 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 14 | Pete , of Bruton , Somerset , said yesterday : ‘ I laughed at first because I did not believe it . |
| 15 | No sooner had I selected wheels down than I noticed that the port wheel had not come right down because I did not get a green light on that side of the undercarriage indicator . |
| 16 | I started this case with 0/6 because I did not have the 0/1 in stock . |
| 17 | I was nervous because I did not have any friends and I was worried that I would be on my own . |
| 18 | Perhaps I was not wholly serious about this , however , because I did not sell Hyde 's flat or destroy his clothes . |
| 19 | I had to do something to start this cow 's insides functioning because I did not like the look of her today . |
| 20 | ‘ He is angry because I did not keep my promise to go home early . |
| 21 | Since the point has now been taken that in my judgment in that case I did not support that particular passage from the Master of the Rolls ' judgment , I should state that the reason was because I did not find it necessary to do so in the particular circumstances of that case . |
| 22 | ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them . |
| 23 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 24 | William and Justine died because you did not love me . |
| 25 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
| 26 | God speaks to Moses again and to Aaron : ‘ Because you did not believe in me , to sanctify me in the eyes of the people of Israel , therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them . ’ |
| 27 | It is equivalent to landing on the hedge because you did not close the airbrake , even though you knew that you were likely to hit it . |
| 28 | ‘ Because you did not know him . |
| 29 | Miss Norma Scott , aged 23 , failed to report her mother 's death because she did not want the council to discover the squalid conditions at her home in Bilsmoor Avenue , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 30 | She turned up when Laura was married in 1984 and she stood at the back of the church because she did not want to detract from the bride 's big day . |