Example sentences of "it [is] [not/n't] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The elders in the congregation will take careful note of what 's happening in the circuit with regards to these figures and the standard of er talks and so forth and the standard of teaching , well it 's not for us to quibble about it is it ? |
| 32 | I said it 's not for us anyway so |
| 33 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 34 | It 's not for you — ! ’ |
| 35 | ‘ It 's not for you , ’ I replied frostily . |
| 36 | Anyway , you 're grown up now , it 's not for you to be as thick as thieves with the likes of her . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ It 's not for you to understand , ’ Nanny said , stifling a small hiccup . |
| 38 | And they say ‘ It 's not for you to think . ’ |
| 39 | 6 If you teach abroad , respect the customs and conventions of the country ; it 's not for you to shock or try to change their society . |
| 40 | Okay well er er that 's the decision we make today so what what why do you think it 's not for you . |
| 41 | ‘ What a pity it 's not for you to guarantee ! |
| 42 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 43 | This is the world of self-effacing service in which the heroine moves with assurance : even if servitors are visible , it is not for her to notice them . |
| 44 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 45 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 46 | Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’ |
| 47 | SIR — Perhaps it is not for me , as a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , to comment on ‘ the precise purpose ’ of Cardinal Hume 's visit to Moscow ( report , April 16 ) . |
| 48 | Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this . |
| 49 | ‘ It is not for me , ’ he said , ‘ to believe in anything . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ It is not for me , ’ he repeated , ‘ to believe in anything . |
| 51 | It is not for me or for you to believe in anything . |
| 52 | It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent . |
| 53 | You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart . |
| 54 | PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour . |
| 55 | Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say . |
| 56 | It is not for me here to try to account for the common features of movements so different in nature as those we have mentioned . |
| 57 | It is not for me to say . ’ |
| 58 | However , it is not for me or you to presume upon the gentleman 's intentions . |
| 59 | It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee . |
| 60 | That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice . |