Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [not/n't] [be] because " 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 | It could n't be because golf carts — ’ he levelled a look at Nelson ‘ — are careening round the grounds with a complete lack of any regard for safety . |
| 3 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 4 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 5 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 7 | If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | IF ENGLAND fail to win the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cricket Trophy — the grand title ( which is accompanied by the unofficial suffix of ‘ Mini World Cup ’ ) presumably intended to persuade the public that they are about to witness something cosmic rather than just another one-day tournament — it will not be because of being under-prepared . |
| 10 | If the Tories lose , it will not be because of him , or the campaign . |
| 11 | But even if that 's true , it wo n't be because sighs are n't words . |
| 12 | They will say invest in whatever it is say Global Investment no it wo n't be because that 's tied to the Halifax Building Society but just say Global Investments as a name . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |