Example sentences of "not because i [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paint it I can not because I am not a painter . |
| 2 | I froze not because I am not proud to have worked for my company , and indeed consider myself fortunate to have done so — and not because I do not admire my company and put everything that I can into serving it . |
| 3 | It is not because I am not interested in timetabling — although it is too late now , as I shall be leaving the House shortly . |
| 4 | Not because I 'm not , but because I do so hate to waste my time . |
| 5 | It 's not because I 'm not with every bronchial breath |
| 6 | I 'm not because I 'm not . |
| 7 | It was not because I was particularly pious , but rather because my namesake , Nicholas Breakspear , had been the only Englishman who had ever become Pope . |
| 8 | Before the easter holidays you gave , I gave you this kind list and I do n't know if you did or it not because I was n't here last week . |
| 9 | Not because I was seriously in love with him , but because he was vaguely mine and did n't get permission from me . |
| 10 | Not because I was there , but it was . |
| 11 | I did expect you to drop everything for me and when you did n't I did n't run after you , not because I was too proud to but because I was afraid , just as you were afraid . |