Example sentences of "not be because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they say no , it might not be because they do n't like the sound of it but because their lists are already full and they are unable to take on any more . |
| 2 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 3 | That they did not was because they had achieved only conservation of energy in the sense that the amount released exceeded that contained in the mass of a muon . |
| 4 | I 'm never late for things , I try really hard to be late , but I just ca n't be because we were told off so much about it . |
| 5 | No , it wo n't be because they do n't do the , they do n't do an open afternoon if it 's a championship |
| 6 | But they could n't be because I never take them off . " |
| 7 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 8 | Now that ca n't be because I was that much better at maths because I 'm not I mean |
| 9 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 10 | I said what do you mean sh oh I did n't mean it like that I meant she ca n't be because I like her . |
| 11 | because I do n't speak to at all now and that ca n't be right and the reason I do n't is because I know the response I 'm gon na get , blank look |