Example sentences of "not just [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people . |
| 2 | I hope you will be with the health service workers , not just because I have the honour and privilege of being a national officer with this greatest union in the country . |
| 3 | In view of this , it would be no more than proper and right for me to talk in some in great detail about it , but I am not going to , and not just because I have an eye on the clock , or an ear for the protest of stomachs . |
| 4 | 2 I think she 's glad to see me , not just because I give her treat food , but because she 's lonely . |
| 5 | But our poetry started to flow again , though now it was he who distributed the favours : there was no call for him now to bribe me with sex , so this aspect of our relationship was something he kept under tight control , allowing sexual contact only when he felt like it and not just when I wanted it , as in the past . |
| 6 | ‘ My anger at the time of his death was n't just because I believed you 'd distracted him , it was more complicated than that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ This is n't just where I live , it 's where I work . |