Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [be] [not/n't] [adv] because " in BNC.

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1 And it was not only because it was the third time I had heard precisely how that acrobatic quartet achieved congress .
2 And it was n't just because England won the World Cup , either .
3 She had been so worried about the mistress , and it was n't just because of the way she had torn into the work this morning , nor because of the bairn growing heavy inside her and making life uncomfortable .
4 And it was n't just because of what happened with Mortimer … that was part of it , but the way Guy made her feel , deep inside , must surely mean that any damage done by Mortimer Harrison had been transitory … must n't it ?
5 It was n't only because she was fat , and it was n't only because she had no height , and it was n't only because she was plain , it was because she was a combination of all three .
6 It was n't only because she was fat , and it was n't only because she had no height , and it was n't only because she was plain , it was because she was a combination of all three .
7 but that 's no problem for me , it used to be a problem but it is n't now because I 've worked on building up my confidence in other things so I 'm good at quite a lot of things and I always keep re-enforcing that that I 'm good at doing these things .
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