Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] for i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her .
2 It 's not for me to say , sir .
3 Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say .
4 well it 's not for me to say .
5 It 's not for me to approve or disapprove . ’
6 It 's not for me to come to you , it 's for you to get rid of it .
7 ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’
8 It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . "
9 It could be an oversight , but it 's enough for me to put the law on his trail . ’
10 PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour .
11 Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller .
12 As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’
13 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 . ’
14 But it is not for me to moralize .
15 It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee .
16 It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent .
17 Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say .
18 It is not for me to say . ’
19 Though it is not for me to say that . ’
20 It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view .
21 It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms .
22 It is not for me to make reparation .
23 Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this .
24 It is not for me to suggest ways in which the Bill should be improved now ; that is a matter for another day .
25 You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart .
26 Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’
27 That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice .
28 It is not for me to offer helpful advice to the right hon. Gentleman , but I shall do so : when in a hole , one should stop digging .
29 It is therefore for me to exercise the court 's discretion .
30 It is enough for me to say that , on the basis of those two cases , the arguments of the two councils in the Stoke-on-Trent case struck your Lordships as being very powerful , but not sufficiently powerful to persuade your Lordships ' House that it need not refer the matter to the European Court of Justice under article 177 .
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