Example sentences of "not because i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not because I did n't want to dance but because I had not yet learned how to do it properly . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't make love to you last night , not because I did n't want to , but because it was n't the right time , or place . |
| 3 | One last thing — I should like my letters to be returned — all my letters without fail — not because I do not trust your honour , but because they are mine , now , because they are no longer yours . |
| 4 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 5 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 6 | As Wittgenstein observed : ‘ If however I doubt whether a spider feels pain , it is not because I do n't know what to expect ’ ( Z 564 ) . |
| 7 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 10 | It 's not because I do n't love you and Dad , you know that . |
| 11 | The sort of parts Michelle Pfeiffer or Sharon Stone get , I would not because I do not look right . |
| 12 | Er , I mean , I do n't go not because I do n't enjoy the pictures but I think that it 's got to be something really special . |
| 13 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 14 | Erm , when I first started erm I think the typists felt that erm as an ordinary typist I ought to er be in the typing pool but the I 'm glad I did n't because I do n't think I would have felt very happy amongst er |
| 15 | I wo n't because I do n't do them ! |
| 16 | The reason I packed in the charity job was n't because I did n't sympathise . |
| 17 | It was n't because I did n't like what she was saying , some of it I did n't like what she was saying |