Example sentences of "it be [not/n't] for i [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not for me to say , sir . |
| 3 | Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say . |
| 4 | well it 's not for me to say . |
| 5 | It 's not for me to approve or disapprove . ’ |
| 6 | It 's not for me to come to you , it 's for you to get rid of it . |
| 7 | ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’ |
| 8 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
| 9 | PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour . |
| 10 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 11 | As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’ |
| 12 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
| 13 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 14 | It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee . |
| 15 | It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent . |
| 16 | Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say . |
| 17 | It is not for me to say . ’ |
| 18 | Though it is not for me to say that . ’ |
| 19 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 20 | It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms . |
| 21 | ‘ It is not for me to make reparation . |
| 22 | Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this . |
| 23 | It is not for me to suggest ways in which the Bill should be improved now ; that is a matter for another day . |
| 24 | You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart . |
| 25 | Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’ |
| 26 | That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice . |
| 27 | It is not for me to offer helpful advice to the right hon. Gentleman , but I shall do so : when in a hole , one should stop digging . |
| 28 | It was not for me to tell him . |
| 29 | However , it was not for me to tell him how to treat his advisers , and half an hour later three civil servants arrived with their notebooks whereupon I dictated my suggestions to them . |