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

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1 Street lights are not too bad because they do n't shine directly into your face and only cast a fairly soft light .
2 According to the RMT , stations throughout the country could be axed because they do n't make enough money .
3 Because they do n't make a bad noise .
4 Mother says : People only lose because they 're not strong enough , not because they do n't want to fight or are n't good at fighting .
5 It 's true in some cases , naturally ; but very often it 's the people who have felt wounds that jest most at scars , because they do n't want the whole world to know .
6 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 . ’
7 Ten to one you 'll find that they hate the idea but are going along with it because they do n't want to be thought of as the oldest fuddy-duddy parents in town — little knowing that their consent is the only reason why other parents are being unnecessarily liberal .
8 ‘ The decent people staying quiet because they do n't want trouble .
9 It 's the sort of place where the pigeons fly backwards because they do n't want to get muck in their eyes .
10 Girls should not be raped because they do n't want to be raped — not because men wo n't marry them .
11 ‘ That 's partly because , being unaccustomed to serious illness , they ca n't believe something like that can happen to them , partly because they do n't want to believe it .
12 ‘ Many families are struggling on , perhaps because they do n't want to consider residential care or because the right sort of care is n't available , ’ said Bill Barker .
13 You 've got to get your casualty from the cause , but make sure it 's safe for you , now if it is a , a place where you 've got to get your casualty out and you have n't got a lifeline and I must express this really that there must be two of you and if you are going in you only go in if you think it is safe to go in and you must have a line attached to you and there 's somebody outside , so that if you do get erm overcome by fumes or whatever , they can pull you out , you are safe , they 'll see to you , if there is no hope , you do n't try to be the hero , what you do is go and make a phone call and get the professionals in , because they do n't want to come along and have to deal with two casualties , when there 's only one .
14 Because they do n't want him back .
15 It 's not because they ca n't have sex , it 's because they do n't want to .
16 Maybe it is because they do n't want to fulfil their financial commitments .
17 I mean I du n no whether it 's because they do n't want to lose votes or you know I mean they they were there sort of pontificating about we should all come little children and let's talk .
18 Chairman , this is not what we , er , agreed before , and it seems to me that there 's been some re-thinking on this , and I hesitate to say that once again , er , members are trying to face all ways because they do n't want to upset somebody , but the policy that we 've had in the past , had total support at property , and it is , it is a policy that has worked .
19 A farmer and his wife have been teaching their son at home for over two years because they do n't want him to go to a special school .
20 And finally , builders have stopped work on a three million pound sports centre in Cheltenham because they do n't want to disturb a blackbird 's nest .
21 The people do n't want to help you unload because they do n't want you to go …
22 Because they do n't want yeah well you you 'd better tell your mates at work that .
23 Be careful because they do n't want to be in a thunder storm .
24 It 's it 's one way because they do n't want
25 There 's a tremendous enthusiasm , partly I suppose because they do n't want to be left behind in the , the new technology , but I think , more positively , that they see the advantages and some of the benefits that may come from having these machines in their classrooms .
26 That 's one of the reasons why they do n't like doing this kind of thing that the did this morning , because they do n't want to affect the project in any way , and I think the management takes advantage of that .
27 . I mean it 's very much again the way they 've been brought up , because they do n't feel that they 've got to earn respect and love .
28 They are seen as a drain on the profit because they do n't function in the labour market to produce profit .
29 " We do n't know because they do n't tell us .
30 The trouble is , men 's emotions are generally misunderstood because they do n't talk openly about their feelings .
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