Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be for [pers pn] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ?
2	Performance and comfort : if you prefer bags with lots of room to move , then this may not be for you .
3	If you would n't consider this , then the tests may not be for you .
4	Also , innovative ideas do tend to work their way down to the more affordable guitars and equipment , so it might not be for you now , but maybe in a year 's time it will be .
5	Harder , but it might not be for you I du n no is it ?
6	With difficulty she repressed comments on the writer 's own linguistic proficiency , and how in her view it disabled him from judging Walter 's scholastic achievements ; with difficulty , too , she refrained from rebutting the idea that she was not getting any younger , for that was precisely what she felt she was getting , these days ; and she ended with best wishes for the future , mentally hoping it would not be for him a long one .
7	There certainly would n't be for me .
8	Sissinghurst is a nice garden and it 's got some lovely plants in it , but it would n't be for me , I 'd find it too claustrophobic .
9	I said to the chef , ‘ That would n't be for me , would it ? ’ .
10	Well it would n't be for you would it ?
11	‘ From a football point of view I would n't be for it [ the transfer ] .
12	Postman , I have a Christmas parcel but the name on it is obliterated ca n't be for me then , my name 's Jones .
13	Difficult though it would undoubtedly be for him I do not understand it to be said on his behalf that it would be impossible .
14	His language , so familiar and so foreign , will always be for me an acquired speech .
15	If you win , it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate .
16	‘ It wo n't be for me . ’

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