Example sentences of "it was [adv] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't for you to see the point , he said . |
| 2 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 3 | It is quite common , in everyday discourse , to say things like ‘ I was n't really myself ’ or ‘ It was n't like me to do that ’ . |
| 4 | She did n't know what , but it was n't like her to skirt an issue . |
| 5 | It was not for me to tell him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 9 | If he felt that his work lay here , it was not for her to question his decision , but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind . |
| 10 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 11 | Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain . |
| 12 | Tuan Ti Fo smiled , knowing it was not for him to ask , nor for them to answer . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ It was not for you to say , ’ said Sarah proudly . |
| 15 | I knew when we unwrapped it , it was not for us to meddle with . ’ |
| 16 | It was not like him to delay . |
| 17 | It was not like her to flirt with married Englishmen . |
| 18 | It was up to them to prove their case . |
| 19 | The gates of the prison had been flung open , after which it was up to everyone to save themselves . |
| 20 | But after a further month 's reflection she changed her mind and wrote to Moira that it was up to her to do something about ‘ the incompetence of your staff at Harriet Street [ which ] is now causing BA and myself sleepless nights ’ . |
| 21 | It was up to her to rectify that as best she could . |
| 22 | Would she feel nowadays it was up to her to make contact ? ’ |
| 23 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
| 24 | Now it was up to her to prove that Josey was right . |
| 25 | It was up to her to get herself and the twins out of here , back to the safety of their apartment — and clearly any display of outrage or temperament was only going to delay matters . |
| 26 | Perhaps she felt it was up to her to enter the ‘ artistic ’ world to which Arnold remained a devoted but remote outsider . |
| 27 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 28 | Robbo quite rightly got his chance and it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to fight for my place or not . |
| 29 | ‘ It was up to me to decide that . |
| 30 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |