Example sentences of "[not/n't] because you " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must be some affinity between you and the man or woman on the printed page — something that you recognise not because you are ‘ just like that ’ but because you feel that you can interpret the situation with those words . |
| 2 | But this time , all that is gone ; and it 's not because you have aged a lot , or changed . |
| 3 | One the first flush of passion is over , sex often seems to become infrequent , not because you do n't fancy each other , but because you do n't fancy each other at the same times . |
| 4 | Not because you wonder if you need them in June , but because they are long white scars instead of neat little puncture marks . |
| 5 | There was another roar of laughter when the old lady , her voice changing , said , ‘ All right , I will behave , not because you tell me to but because our dear Henry here will die of shock in a moment . ’ |
| 6 | However , if you have been made redundant or are long-term unemployed you need to understand the thinking behind the interviewer 's prejudices and strive to overcome them by demonstrating strongly that you are unemployed because of circumstances beyond your control , not because you yourself are inadequate . |
| 7 | Remember , and keep remembering , that you are special because you are a person , not because you do ( or do n't do ) a particular job or because of what you do ( or do n't ) possess . |
| 8 | You matter not because you are better or worse than other people but because you are different from them . |
| 9 | Tim just shrugs and says : ‘ You do things not because you are brave but because you are a kind of perverse coward . |
| 10 | And not because you 've a foolish wee fancy in your mind that I require cosseting ? ’ |
| 11 | In April you probably voted Conservative ( scary to think people fought for you to have a vote ) , not because you agreed with their policies , but because Neil Kinnock was a ‘ Welsh wanker ’ . |
| 12 | Very roughly , you are German if your parents are , not because you live in Germany or were born there . |
| 13 | Not because you 're drawn to me particularly . ’ |
| 14 | Not because you 've shared my lunch — it 's not a very big bribe , is it , a few sandwiches ? |
| 15 | Not because you were bad but because they did n't want to pay any more money . |
| 16 | And you only broke in to show how smart you are , not because you 're so brave . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You dress that way from choice , not because you have no idea how to ? ’ |
| 18 | From his own mouth they understood that , regardless of ethnic or regional or age identity , they would have to surrender nothing in order to gain a great deal : that alliance need not produce merger or submergence , that even racist habits of mind became beside the point — you could vote for ‘ the nigger ’ not because you wanted a Black man in your family but because you thought he might save your family farm . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not because you 're loaded that I worry after you , ’ she shouted . |
| 20 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 21 | That things remain unconscious , not because you never knew about them , but because they 're never brought into the relevant connections with other things that make you conscious of the thing in the sense of seeing what 's in it for Mrs you know , reports . |
| 22 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 23 | He needed something new , because we in the medical profession , in responding to your new diseases , from the abuse of your body , have created the situation that you 've got to insure yourself , that financially independence , not because you 're going to die , but because you 're going to live . |
| 24 | There 's a clue , there 's a clue for the need of insurance , not because you 're going to die , but because you 're going to live , and that is the reason why I 'm prepared to cross this world . |
| 25 | When you get angry you pump all sorts of different chemicals around your body and they do n't do your body any good that 's for sure , you know you get the adrenalin that starts making everything well making the blood move faster heart beat faster you get other chemicals ready and if those chemicals are n't used properly or if something does n't happen and it uses those particular chemicals and they 're left inside the body then that causes eventually physical illness in some sort of physical wearing of some sort or another , so gradually just the opposite of this where you 're you 're not internalising your throwing it out , but there 's a hell of a lot in there that 's been stored up there and bottled up there before it throws out , and when you do tend to be aggressive it 's not because you 're being aggressive on purpose it 's because it 's just something that just happens and wells up when you get to a particular point and whoosh out it comes . |
| 26 | It 's not because you 've got any shorter , but we 've dropped the |
| 27 | It is not because you are female . ’ |
| 28 | Yes , but I , it 's not because you 've not been well ? |
| 29 | No you 're not because you 're gon na do this . |
| 30 | Of course I 'm not because you 're at work |