Example sentences of "not [adv] [subord] we have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not long after we had reached the Old parsonage and climbed the stairs to Michael 's rooms , Father D'Arcy arrived . |
| 2 | It was not long before we had to try our swords , as the billhooks had become , on something real and so a row of perfectly harmless Brussels Sprouts were decapitated . |
| 3 | ‘ We had a very good season , ’ Walsh reflects , ‘ not just because we 've won something , but because you learn in the process , and it 's very enjoyable . |
| 4 | It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured . |
| 5 | It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured — we 've had extra officers in their all the time , but we 're going to step that up now . |
| 6 | I was really looking forward to the 1961 Birkdale Open , and not just because we 'd gone so close the year before , though I was dying to get another chance to go one better this time . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman 's region has benefited greatly from diversification , not least because we have encouraged inward investment . |
| 8 | Oh we ca n't really cos we 've got music on . |