Example sentences of "it is not in my " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not in my power , Julius and Ethel Rosenberg , to forgive you . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not in my nature , ’ Frere appealed . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not in my brief to take sides . ’ |
| 7 | It is not in my nature to accept this kind of diddly-shit which Lucker hands out without a thought . |