Example sentences of "but because [pron] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these schools and classrooms the more traditional approaches to teaching and learning were rejected , not because they were traditional but because their teachers came to realise that through a programme of learning which was based upon the qualities and gifts of each child , higher standards could be achieved . |
| 2 | But God confronted her about that laugh — not because she laughed in God 's presence but because her laughter expressed a limiting view of God which was a denial of his power and an incitement to doubt . |
| 3 | He took her , or began to , in the direct , unsentimental manner in which she had always understood men took their whores , hurting her slightly not from any particular roughness on his part but because her body had turned dry with protest , resisting him as her supple mind did not . |
| 4 | Next day , in her usual riding class , Evelyn was given one of the beginners ' ponies to ride ; not because she had become ‘ big-headed ’ over night , but because her instructor had spotted one weakness in her riding . |
| 5 | Not because of any failure , but because his employers wanted to promote him from temporary to permanent status and this required checking his background . |
| 6 | She smiled at the baker too , rather warmly , not for the sake of Saturday 's bread bought cheap on Mondays but because his wife detested the Irish in general and that " bold , brazen strumpet from the top of St Jude's ' very much in particular . |
| 7 | The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes . |
| 8 | Endill was a little suspicious of Mould , not because of what the Headmaster had said , but because his eyes glowed with a life of their own , as if there was something burning inside his head . |
| 9 | That whole shopping trip was something I 'd rather draw a veil over , not because it was mildly larcenous ( okay , illegal ) but because my street cred would be severely dented if the saga got out . |