Example sentences of "it [be] not for him [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , look , it 's not for him to say that he 's gon na keep the trades council movement alive , the trades council movement can well look after itself , without the interference of the dead hand of the T U C.
2 ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say .
3 Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain .
4 Tuan Ti Fo smiled , knowing it was not for him to ask , nor for them to answer .
5 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 .
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