Example sentences of "[that] it be [not/n't] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 2 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman will understand that it is not for us to tie the hands of the Government of Kenya but to encourage , offer help and point the way whenever we possibly can . |
| 5 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 6 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 7 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
| 8 | She had n't seen him for some years , of course , but she was sure that it was n't like him to be so edgy … so extraordinarily tense and restless . |
| 9 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 10 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 11 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Sitting on the train she had suddenly thought that it was not worth it . |