Example sentences of "[not/n't] for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 2 | Not for him the carefully charted route to the top . |
| 3 | Not for him the Baden-Powell approach of rubbing two Boy Scouts together ; he liberally douses the twigs with paraffin and throws in a match . |
| 4 | That was routine stuff and not for him . |
| 5 | Not for him the elevation and security of Wordsworth 's appointment as His Majesty 's Distributor of Stamps for the County of Westmorland . |
| 6 | Not for him the acrobatics that fiction attributes to the American rich . |
| 7 | Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 9 | Not for him , though , the heated boxes and all-weather gallops of Newmarket or Lambourn . |
| 10 | Not for him the pleasures or the relief of omnipotence ! |
| 11 | Not for him the emancipation and the exultation and the divinity of creative work ! |
| 12 | Not for him , then , the vogue of so many of today 's tournament players who have moved into the fashionable Sunningdale area so they can be close to Heathrow . |
| 13 | Not for him a short iron to loosen up . |
| 14 | Not for him the intricate miracles of Gothic architecture . |
| 15 | After a year 's postdoctoral research , including a short spell in Sweden on a British Council award , Worswick decided that a long term career at the bench was not for him . |
| 16 | They might be ideal for daft holiday-makers , but certainly not for him . |
| 17 | So , she had sung for Patrick , but not for him . |
| 18 | Not for him Classical decoration hung on utilitarian steel or concrete frames . |
| 19 | Well , then out came the champagne , but not for him — for the press and for his friends . |
| 20 | Not for him the life of a squire ; not for him rain-swept , windswept Mayo with its barren mountains and bogs . |
| 21 | Not for him the life of a squire ; not for him rain-swept , windswept Mayo with its barren mountains and bogs . |
| 22 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 23 | Not for him the slightly raucous ribaldry with which most of the chaps used to greet us , no slaps on the rear or tweaking of curls , or addressing us as ‘ darling ’ or ‘ my love ’ . |
| 24 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 25 | Not for him the blind search for a nipple , no free of the womb' spasms to jerk his limbs ; he was happy to be apart , independent , an entity unto himself . |
| 26 | The glamour and glitter of London that his wife clearly loved was not for him and at any opportunity , he would fly back by helicopter to Highgrove late at night . |
| 27 | Not for him the path of apprenticeship followed by his two younger brothers — at least , not quite . |
| 28 | Now 48 , Mr Ames realised at an early age that the nine to five routine was not for him . |
| 29 | Philip Ames realised at an early age that the nine to five routine was not for him . |
| 30 | Not for him a cool , air-conditioned dealing-room in Hong Kong . |