Example sentences of "it was [not/n't] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't for you to see the point , he said . |
| 2 | It was not for me to tell him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 8 | Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain . |
| 9 | Tuan Ti Fo smiled , knowing it was not for him to ask , nor for them to answer . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ It was not for you to say , ’ said Sarah proudly . |
| 12 | I knew when we unwrapped it , it was not for us to meddle with . ’ |