Example sentences of "be not for [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 2 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 3 | She is weak and ill but her first prayer is not for herself but for her unborn child who is dedicated to Christ 's service . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , it 's not for myself . ’ |
| 5 | The terror , however , was not for herself or for the children but for Edward , who might realise that what he was saying was true . |