Example sentences of "not because [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not because she feared drawing his attention to her presence . |
| 2 | That I 've done what I 've done because it seemed to me right , not because I wanted to spite him . ’ |
| 3 | He had ordered the strengthening of Dunbar Castle , thirty miles north of Berwick ; why , if not because he intended to use it as his base against Lothian and this Edinburgh ? |
| 4 | He walked slowly now towards the room , but as he passed his mother 's door he felt forced to stop and knock , not because he wanted to see her particularly , but because there was a great need in him for human company . |
| 5 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 6 | ‘ It was n't because you wanted to see me , then ? ’ |