Example sentences of "because they [verb] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have felt pretty safe , confident , you know , because they did n't bother to use much evasive language . |
| 2 | We did a lot of woodwork at the school because they did n't think we could deal with books . |
| 3 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was little recognition of the fact that Labour lost not because they changed but because they did n't change enough . |
| 6 | But I do n't love him ; I never have — he was just one in a long line of convenient , undemanding escorts I chose because they did n't threaten my independence … ’ |
| 7 | Years ago I used to do isometric exercises because they did n't make me puff and they seemed easy . |
| 8 | No , they did n't because they did n't finish till half five they did n't get here till I got soaked yesterday morning ! |
| 9 | True , he attempted to look a little more learned by wearing silver-rimmed spectacles that were dwarfed by his large face but were , he thought , all the more pedagoguish because they did n't flatter . |
| 10 | Last year 1,050 people lost the right to call themselves chartered accountants because they did n't stump up by 30 June . |
| 11 | They were battling against the odds because they did n't appear to have the right equipment . |
| 12 | It was principally because they did n't perform a greenbelt function . |
| 13 | And that sort of stuff used to go to America , because in er we had quite a big American market in those days because they did n't wash curtains in America , they used to put them up until they dar until they dropped down and then put new curtains up , you see ? |
| 14 | passed through , because they did n't stop at Needham and er but I always thought , you see , there were , I do n't know several clerks in that office as I remember but I ca n't remember who they were anyway I did n't have , we did n't have much to do with them . |
| 15 | Limited — not because they did n't want to care , they just did n't know how to care for this type of patient … . |
| 16 | But Faye and Roberta — well , they are n't middle class , to put it mildly , but surely they — yes , they would have picked up the know-how , the expertise , so if they did n't get things straight , it is because they did n't want to . |
| 17 | Not because you were bad but because they did n't want to pay any more money . |
| 18 | People had got no money you see having a load of kids and they keep always being in the family way , naturally trying to get rid of them you see because they did n't want them obviously . |
| 19 | Anyway , that meant that the whole thing was top secret , because they did n't want to risk any leaks in case somebody followed up the work and got in first with a patent . ’ |
| 20 | Despite this , the US had to continue to support him because they did n't want to get too involved and wanted South Vietnam to have a chance to make its own way . |
| 21 | ‘ They sat there holding hands , apologising to me because they did n't want to be any trouble . ’ |
| 22 | Because they did n't want to work under these conditions . |
| 23 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 24 | Well they do n't they keep there prices down because they did n't spend a lot on advertising . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ They are responsible for a lot of the machine tools that we have now , ’ Gerwyn says , ‘ and they developed them because they did n't believe in wasted labour . |
| 27 | Cami knickers and french knickers became popular because they did n't take much material and were economic in coupons . |
| 28 | so when they wanted to , to , to have a discipline in the home , they could n't have it , because they did n't take part in the education and then |
| 29 | There was no anaesthetic because they did n't have any . |
| 30 | Rock was rebelling against my parents , but jazz was rebelling against my parents as well as all my peers , because they did n't have any idea what I was talking about ! ’ |