Example sentences of "[pron] be not for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ she heard him say , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you unhappy , but I 'm not for you . ’ |
| 3 | If you 're not for me , you 're against me . |
| 4 | You 're a cretin ; she 's not for you . |
| 5 | But she 's not for you and she 's certainly not for me . |
| 6 | But she is not for me nor I for her . |
| 7 | Whether this is important to you is not for us to say . |
| 8 | The lesson of history is that doctrine becomes a cloak for power politics , rivalry becomes an excuse for dealing ruthlessly and the rule of fear , paranoia and suspicion means that whatsoever is not for us is against us . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're not for him , ’ she denied stiffly , ‘ they 're for me . ’ |
| 10 | I just worry about that song because I do n't wan na be any part of kids thinking drugs are cooler than they are , 'cos they 're not for everybody . |
| 11 | ‘ They 're not for us , they 're for me . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't look at those books , ’ he tells me , when I go in to clean , ‘ they 're not for you . |
| 13 | No they 're not for you miss . |
| 14 | And Clara , walking by her side and hearing these words , burst suddenly and at last into loud hysterical weeping , and as the tears flooded down her hot cheeks she knew that they were not for her father , but for the meanness and the lack of love , and for the fear that she would die in so ugly a hole , and so unloved . |
| 15 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 16 | At the western outskirts of the town is the Bliss Valley Tweed Mill , an imposing stone-built factory which , if it were not for its chimney rising from a domed tower , would look like a great country mansion . |
| 17 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 18 | As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ . |
| 19 | If it were not for my concern for my grandmother , I would — I would put you out of the car right now , I would let you wait beside the road until someone took pity on you and offered to drive you back to Milano . ’ |
| 20 | First , that the conditions I have described constituted a substantial interference with the residents ' enjoyment of their property up to June 1990 ; second , that enough residents were affected to constitute a public nuisance if it were not for his other defences . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , it 's not for myself . ’ |
| 22 | But it 's not for everybody , that 's for sure . |
| 23 | It 's not for nothing that he has earned his reputation as Scotland 's most effective ‘ company doctor ’ . |
| 24 | It 's not for their |
| 25 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 26 | ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
| 28 | What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her . |
| 29 | I had a few putts with it at home , but it 's not for me , Chris . |
| 30 | " It 's not for me , sir . " |