Example sentences of "not for me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps there is still something in it , but not for me , he wrote . |
| 2 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 3 | But capital punishment is not for me in that category : it is not self-evidently harmful , not self-evidently unjust . |
| 4 | No thanks , that 's not for me ; I 'm even more of a recluse now . |
| 5 | ‘ Not for me thanks , sir . |
| 6 | Not for me your concrete nymph or your plastic heron . |
| 7 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 8 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 9 | But usually I decide it 's OK for them , but not for me — I could n't bear it , I 'd feel fat . |
| 10 | ‘ Not for me , thanks . ’ |
| 11 | Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Not for me . |
| 14 | The 1855 treaty was finally ratified in 1859 , with Old Joseph commenting : ‘ The line was made as I wanted it , not for me but my children that will follow me . |
| 15 | ‘ Not for me ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Not for me , thanks . |
| 17 | Whatever you 've done you 've done for science and not for me personally , whether you see it that way or not . |
| 18 | ‘ Not for me , until her killer is caught . ’ |
| 19 | Not for me . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Not for me , ’ Buckmaster corrected him quickly . |
| 22 | Not for me , she decided . |
| 23 | ‘ Not for me , Aunt Winnie . |
| 24 | ‘ But not for me , ’ she added sadly to herself , setting off homeward through the twilight . |
| 25 | And with some discussion he said , ‘ That 's not for me . |
| 26 | ‘ Not for me . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That stuff 's not for me . |
| 28 | They 're for my father , not for me , and a change will undoubtedly whet his appetite . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Boxing Day 's not for me , ’ said Bruce . |
| 30 | It was not for me to tell him . |