Example sentences of "not because he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had desired to go to his homesite just once , not because he expected his parents to greet him with pleasure — he knew they would long ago have forgotten him in the act of rearing many other young even if they were still alive — but because it was there he had first been caught . |
| 2 | For some reason , Belgion had resented this observation , not because he thought it untrue but because he claimed to have said it first . |
| 3 | He said this , not because he thought it was likely she would tire herself , but because he was aware of a certain lack of sympathy in his own nature and tried , conscientiously , to redress it by saying the things other people said . |
| 4 | ‘ Not because he liked me . |
| 5 | He had been better able to tolerate it ten years ago , but then he had drunk alcohol to be like other people and to impress , not because he liked it . |
| 6 | He noticed Schellenberg the moment he entered , not because he recognized him , only the kind of man he was . |