Example sentences of "[not/n't] because [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | James says , in his letter , that we have not because we do not ask . |
| 2 | Mother says : People only lose because they 're not strong enough , not because they do n't want to fight or are n't good at fighting . |
| 3 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 4 | Typically , teachers ask questions not because they do not know the answers , but because they want to test their pupils ' knowledge . |
| 5 | Negative mistakes , they say , arise from boredom with banal material , Controversially , they explore substitutions psychoanalytically , giving examples of cases where children make deviant responses , not because they do not know the original words , but because they do not want to say them . |
| 6 | This is not because they do n't enjoy the subject but because of the way the courses are structured . |
| 7 | Also , young children 's answers to examination questions may be off the mark , not because they do not know what they are being tested for , but because they misinterpret the examiner 's intention . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | I wo n't do defended cases because I ca n't spare the time , not because I do n't feel competent . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not because I do n't love you and Dad , you know that . |
| 16 | The sort of parts Michelle Pfeiffer or Sharon Stone get , I would not because I do not look right . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It 's no good depending as Owen said waiting for people to fit lights themselves , they wo n't because they do n't think accidents can happen to them . |
| 22 | It 's much easier to get good marks on a short answer question than it is in theory to but most people do n't because they do n't apply the correct technique so to writing short answers . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | I wo n't because I do n't do them ! |
| 25 | It 's no good saying you do n't because you do . |