Example sentences of "not for she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for her the summit this day ; she 'd left the others to it . |
| 2 | The grand style of landscaped gardens with carefully planned borders and regimented bedding plants ‘ like soldiers all lined up for attention ’ is not for her . |
| 3 | But it was not for her ; |
| 4 | As I struggled to follow her directions my natural curiosity overcame me and I asked her how she came to have all that wool and all those knitted garments which were obviously not for her . |
| 5 | Not for her the shops of the Boulevard or Bond Street . |
| 6 | Not for her the gentle , feminine title First Lady and a background role choosing the Oval Office curtains . |
| 7 | Well , that may be good enough for other girls , but not for her . |
| 8 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 9 | Not for her that studied aloofness which so many attractive women mistakenly affect . |
| 10 | Marriage was not for her , she told herself . |
| 11 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 12 | Not for her , one feels fairly sure , would have been sables worn as a chemise , nor Savonnerie carpets used as underfelting . |
| 13 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 14 | Not for her ! |
| 15 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 16 | This is the world of self-effacing service in which the heroine moves with assurance : even if servitors are visible , it is not for her to notice them . |
| 17 | Giles said , ‘ The whole set-up is not for her . ’ |
| 18 | She had tried to enter the world of light , but it was not for her . |
| 19 | but not for her |
| 20 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 21 | No hair-stroking or sighing or staring sorrowfully at the ceiling , not for her . |
| 22 | But for that prayer , I might never have thought of nourishment ( not for her , anyhow ) . |
| 23 | And finally she said , this was her judgment , that the price of her love was that I should return to the front — not for her , but for myself . |
| 24 | And as certainly as she knew these things , Cassie also knew that however it was that Johnny got his kicks , it was not for her . |
| 25 | If he felt that his work lay here , it was not for her to question his decision , but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind . |
| 26 | No , it was not for her . |
| 27 | If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind . |
| 28 | Not for her anyway . |
| 29 | NOT for her the stay-at-home , cookie-making image as a wife . |
| 30 | No , not for her . |