Example sentences of "[is] [adv] because [pers pn] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
| 2 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Well okay , those of you who liked the Shakespeare better , for whatever reasons , even if it 's just because you did n't get to grips with Johnson , which of the plays , first of all , erm did you find most interesting ? |
| 5 | Perhaps it 's just because you do n't like her ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's not because I do n't love you and Dad , you know that . |
| 9 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 10 | Of course sometimes when it does n't work that depresses me because it 's not because it does n't work , it 's because of the constraints of the system that you can not make it work . |
| 11 | When mink and otters manage to share a habitat — and , on both sides of the Atlantic , they often do — it 's usually because they do n't compete too much for food . |
| 12 | no it 's probably because they do n't buy her any . |
| 13 | I think it 's mainly because I do n't really get enough exercise this time of the year I do n't |
| 14 | Perhaps it 's simply because they do n't really know how to go about it . |
| 15 | well meaning people but I mean the reason they 're saying that is simply because they do n't like what they 're doing full stop . |