Example sentences of "it was not [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clara , when the idea was broached , declared instantly that it was not worth her while to ask her mother 's permission , whereupon the school embarrassingly said that if it were finance that were in question , then help might be forthcoming . |
| 2 | But when he spoke it was not of her but of Peach , how to feed him , what sort of supplements he should have , that although he had had his routine immunizations , he must have a booster at a year old and also an injection against a new sort of feline virus . |
| 3 | But it was not for her ; |
| 4 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 5 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 6 | She had tried to enter the world of light , but it was not for her . |
| 7 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 8 | And as certainly as she knew these things , Cassie also knew that however it was that Johnny got his kicks , it was not for her . |
| 9 | If he felt that his work lay here , it was not for her to question his decision , but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind . |
| 10 | No , it was not for her . |
| 11 | If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind . |
| 12 | It was not like her to flirt with married Englishmen . |