Example sentences of "it be not in my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not in my handwriting ; it is printed . ’ |
| 2 | That 's why it 's not in my diary . |
| 3 | It 's not in my interests to mark another fifty papers . |
| 4 | It 's not in my guitar . |
| 5 | It 's not in my nature to hurt people . |
| 6 | ‘ But it 's not in my nature to allow myself to be altered by another . |
| 7 | Er , it 's not in my nature to be authoritarian with my students but if I could be authoritarian I would say look , you 're not allowed to use that word , and if you do you 've got ta pay a pound . |
| 8 | yeah erm because it 's not in my nature to be aggressive |
| 9 | " This bloke said , " Well , it depends on discretion , you 're not entitled , you know , and it 's not in my hands , my superior has to decide . " |
| 10 | He points out that sometimes we have control over our ideas , and sometimes not : often we can set ourselves to imagine what we want ; at other times , however , as in broad daylight , ‘ it is not in my power to … determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It is not in my power , Julius and Ethel Rosenberg , to forgive you . |
| 12 | ‘ It is not in my brief to take sides . ’ |
| 13 | It is not in my view surprising that a principle enunciated in relation to the rigours of seafaring life during the Napoleonic wars should be subjected during the succeeding 180 years to a process of refinement and limitation in its application in the present day . |
| 14 | It is not in my body as it might appear to others ( if they put their tongue in my mouth ) but does appear to me ( who has got my tongue in my mouth ) that I have pains . |
| 15 | ‘ It is not in my nature , ’ Frere appealed . |
| 16 | It is not in my nature to accept this kind of diddly-shit which Lucker hands out without a thought . |
| 17 | But it was not in my interests to correctly interpret your question . |