Example sentences of "be not [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It should be noted this is a Post Graduate course , and it is not our intention to include it in the main embalming course .
2 The interviewer will organise the best position , it is not your responsibility to do it .
3 ‘ It is not your place to criticise me .
4 ‘ Well , I can assure you , sir , it is not my desire to upset anybody .
5 I think that you would find them excellently suited to your purpose , but of course it is not my business to force your decision .
6 It 's not my place to tell you whom you should or should n't invite .
7 It 's not my intention to jeopardise your recovery in any way . ’
8 It 's not your place to give him orders . ’
9 ‘ C'm on now , ’ challenges La Tribune , ‘ is n't it time to cut your losses and simply sell the company ? ’
10 It was not her place to tell anyone .
11 At the start of the hearing he told the jury that no-one was on trial and it was not their job to blame anyone .
12 Mr Wilcock told the bench that Mr Smith was not a cruel man , and that it was not his intention to cause his animals suffering .
13 Quite evidently it was not his habit to discuss his business affairs with strangers .
14 It was not his place to serve anyone but the Captain and if he ever found out it would mean punishment .
15 Indeed , I may say it was not my wish to see you at all .
16 ‘ Surely you knew it was not my wish to have you here this evening . ’
17 It was not my place to order your household .
18 It was n't his brief to find him .
19 ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’
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