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 It was not for you to say , ’ said Sarah proudly .
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