Example sentences of "it [be] not [prep] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And they say ‘ It 's not for you to think . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ What a pity it 's not for you to guarantee ! |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not for you to understand , ’ Nanny said , stifling a small hiccup . |
| 5 | She told me once to do some lines and I goes , ‘ It 's not worth you telling me to do them , because I wo n't do them ’ , and she goes , ‘ Well , I think you should do them ’ , and I goes , ‘ Well , I 'm not going to , so I do n't know what you 'll have to do with me ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not like you to run away from your responsibilities . |
| 7 | The woman in the yellow overall said , ‘ It 's not like you did n't pay for it . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not like you did n't pay for it , ’ she said again . |
| 9 | It 's not like you to stay out like that . |
| 10 | It 's not like you to moan . |
| 11 | It is not for you to say that the defendant foresaw the possibility of hitting the bystander : that is for the jury . |
| 12 | In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong . |
| 13 | Because it is n't with you see . |
| 14 | But it is n't like you to hold it against me . ’ |
| 15 | It is n't like you to fuss about a missing chop . ’ |
| 16 | It was n't for you to see the point , he said . |
| 17 | Some people carry on and live it 24 hours a day because they have to be that person all the time and at that time , it was n't like you played a gig , finished the gig and then had a very private life until the next gig . |
| 18 | I promise you it was n't like you think . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It was not for you to say , ’ said Sarah proudly . |