Example sentences of "say [conj] it be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 2 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 3 | Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish . |
| 4 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So I said if it 's only for a mile it 's going to be well less than a minute at eighty , presuming you were doing more than thereabouts and er that was it . |
| 7 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 8 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |