Example sentences of "[adv] it be [not/n't] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — Perhaps it is not for me , as a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , to comment on ‘ the precise purpose ’ of Cardinal Hume 's visit to Moscow ( report , April 16 ) . |
| 2 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
| 3 | And perhaps it was n't for you and Maria Luisa … ’ |
| 4 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |
| 5 | Erm , living there because all can do at the moment , is work in a shop or a restaurant or something like that and she does n't get paid as much as she 'll get on Social Security so it 's not worth it , |
| 6 | so it 's not in their interests to push this through . |
| 7 | So it was n't for my benefit . |
| 8 | So it was n't like us at all . |
| 9 | So it was n't in its natural state — not its natural falling state . |
| 10 | ‘ Usually it 's not worth our while quoting odds — Scudamore is so far ahead , ’ said Ladbrokes ' Mike Dillon . |
| 11 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
| 12 | yeah , done well , I might re come winter I 'll probably replace it , I wo n't bother now it 's not worth it with summer says she having a nice summer |
| 13 | Well it is n't for me . |
| 14 | Well it is n't worth it , you ca n't afford to drink and drive can you ? |
| 15 | Well it 's not for him personally |
| 16 | ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’ |
| 17 | well it 's not for me to say . |
| 18 | well it 's not for my house , it 's for yours |
| 19 | The elders in the congregation will take careful note of what 's happening in the circuit with regards to these figures and the standard of er talks and so forth and the standard of teaching , well it 's not for us to quibble about it is it ? |
| 20 | " She knew quite well it was n't worth what she paid for it . " |
| 21 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
| 22 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 23 | Maybe it was not in their interests to say so . |
| 24 | I , I have got a sort of vague feeling that maybe it was n't with you we walked along it , maybe it was Christopher and Amanda . |
| 25 | Seems I was right all the same , and if Harry 's got money to spare as he does n't know what to do with , then it 's not for us to deny his right to spend it any whichaway he pleases . |
| 26 | Specifically it is not in our interest to deny to the United Kingdom protection against possible dangers from the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | Certainly it 's not in your background and it 's not in most people 's I have to say . |