Example sentences of "but [adv] because [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Arsenal won the league again two years later , it did n't feel the same — partly because it was achieved in a less dramatic fashion , but mostly because I had nothing left . |
| 2 | But mostly because I wanted you to have time to make comparisons . |
| 3 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 4 | They 'll accept , but only because they feel they 've reached the end of the line . |
| 5 | Not to save your reputation , nor to satisfy society or your father , or even me — but only because you love me and I you ? ’ |
| 6 | Oh yes , he does , but only because he feels he ought to . |
| 7 | I 'd feed him and clothe him but not because I loved him . |
| 8 | ‘ I will go on to the senior slopes , but not because I have anything to prove — to you or anyone else . |
| 9 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 10 | She talked about it today partly because she was warm , relaxed and happy , but more because she felt she owed it to Leo . |
| 11 | Graham frowned as he passed it , partly at its loud white-lettered tyres and obtrusive styling , but partly because it reminded him of something ; something to do with Slater , with Sara even . |
| 12 | The world and its leaders reacted very differently to the news of Ceauşescu 's fall : Westerners , even those who had flattered him , rejoiced , but the rulers of Third World or Communist states mourned him — not only for his own violent end , but also because they saw it as a premonition of their own impending fates . |
| 13 | Herr Nordern was a trifle brusque , not only because he did mind Karl being in his flat at dinner-time , but also because he found his florid manners irritating . |
| 14 | We now give a variant of the method of 2.9.3 ; we do so partly because the variant can save computer time , especially if may iterations are required , but also because it enables us simply to bring out certain features of the method , which lead to possible modifications . |
| 15 | This potent theme needs exploring not only for its past influences but also because it affects what sort of theories are thought worth considering in current debates . |
| 16 | In the contrasting situation , when there is no convention but only agreement in conviction , everyone follows the same rule but principally because he thinks it independently the best rule to follow . |
| 17 | Perhaps because his view on the main point is the same as mine , but certainly because I consider it to be a clear exposition , I here reproduce the statement of Professor Smith in The Law of Theft , 6th ed. , ch . |