Example sentences of "it 's not [adv] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm longing for kids but it 's not up to me . |
2 | ‘ It 's not up to me to ask you what you think you 're up to , ’ her grandfather began , when they were once more alone together with Xanthe in the sitting room of their hotel suite . |
3 | Joanna glanced at Robert , saw his mouth tighten , then said quietly , ‘ If you ca n't guess , then it 's not up to me to tell you . ’ |
4 | I said to her why did n't you say something and she said oh well it 's not up to me , it 's nothing to do with me and I said well , it 's more to do with you than |
5 | You think at first that you have no choice , that it 's not up to you to decide on things like boyfriends — he 's sexy or he 's ugly — that you can just forget it . |
6 | It 's not up to us to say what will happen . |
7 | We give advice on suitable tenders , it 's not up to us to make sure that they 're enforced . |
8 | But it 's not just for myself . |
9 | ‘ It 's not just for me , you know , ’ Charlie said once , after taking money . |
10 | It 's not just in my area they 're all over the place in Scotland as well , so |
11 | It 's not , it 's not just before it , it 's it actually indicates an n , |
12 | ‘ If it 's not completely beyond you , ’ she said glacially , as they reached the hut , ‘ perhaps you could tell me why we are checking out fishing equipment ? ’ |
13 | I mean the majority of them now it 's not even worth them stopping , and I mean , most of them are like in their eighties and not , er eighties and there 's like the amount of damage they 've done |
14 | It 's not even worth it . |
15 | Similarly with a tailwind , it 's not exactly behind you , but just a bit to one side . |
16 | That poor girl has been through a terrible ordeal , and if I know anything of gipsies , it 's not over for her yet . ’ |
17 | ‘ If it 's not out of your way , ’ she said , serenely , knowing that it was n't , and McLeish got to his feet , savouring self-consciously the sensation of being whole-heartedly envied by the surrounding male drinkers . |
18 | ‘ It 's not much without your father doing the piano part , ’ he said . |
19 | It 's not much after what you 've just been through , but I 'd hate to end up in a French jail and , as I forgot my licence , I 'm not insured to move this car . ’ |
20 | ‘ It 's not down to me , ’ he protested . |
21 | For me , as a lover , as a person , as a man , it 's not enough for me only to give — I want it back as well . |
22 | Oh right , so it 's not s , it 's not enough for you to be convinced . |
23 | Yeah we could do with decorating , but it 's not really worth it |
24 | Yeah , it 's not really about my mum . |
25 | It 's not really on you know . |
26 | You see it 's not really for me to do . |
27 | Now it 's not really for my information . |
28 | They 've stopped their publishers take action over several infringements — ‘ We thought it 's not really in our spirit ’ — but some still rile . |
29 | I came from Jamaica over twenty years ago and I got married in this country and I have stayed here ever since and although perhaps I might want to go back to Jamaica it 's not home to him . |