Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 2 | That 's a good idea , that 's why I 've sat out here tonight darling , not watched the telly , cos there 's a lot of nasties in those sort of films and they 're not for little children |
| 3 | He hoped Barbara could read the sub-text here : that if she was offering him some kind of invitation — and he was not for a moment suggesting that he was worthy of such a thing if she were — then he was regretfully declining it , on the understanding that both of them knew why . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
| 5 | " I was followed today — and it 's not for the first time , either . " |
| 6 | I regret that there is n't a man here who would uphold the opposite point of view and it 's not for want of trying . |
| 7 | It is the law which prevails over every other form of law , and it is not for the court to say that a parliamentary enactment , the highest law in this country , is illegal . |
| 8 | That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice . |
| 9 | It sustained her when the pain inside her became near-unbearable , and it was not for sharing . |
| 10 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 11 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
| 12 | And it was n't for long , I must admit , that we had cows in that field but I think |
| 13 | I 've been to Germany and Austria skiing , I 've been to , er we went to Italy but I was , you know , I was quite a bit younger and it was n't for very long . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , ’ she heard him say , ‘ I 'm sorry if I 've made you unhappy , but I 'm not for you . ’ |
| 15 | But she 's not for you and she 's certainly not for me . |
| 16 | But she 's not for sale . |
| 17 | But she is not for me nor I for her . |
| 18 | But we are not for sale . ’ |
| 19 | But they 're not for Pussy , ’ she added , with a disapproving look at Faustina now held firmly in Sophia 's arms . |
| 20 | No , but they were n't for them , cos they , does n't really matter , they 've got so much pocket out of gas But the Gas is erm , make them increase prices at five per cent less than the rate of inflation that way . |
| 21 | Okay our French tourist is entitled to the protection of the laws but he 's not for example entitled to vote and he 's not entitled to hold erm public office . |
| 22 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 23 | I would not exclude a consideration of the greenbelt functions served by the area , but it is not for us to question the correctness of the approval by the Secretary of State for the Environment of the general extent of the greenbelt for York . |
| 24 | ‘ Being a local government lawyer can be an extremely exciting and rewarding career but it is not for people who want a quiet easy life . |
| 25 | It is for the European institutions to define those ’ floor-level ’ rights , but it is not for Brussels to say how they will be observed . |
| 26 | Anyway , it sounds like something to make long pisses much more interesting , but it is not for me , thanks to cruel fate . |
| 27 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 28 | But it 's not for everybody , that 's for sure . |
| 29 | But it 's not for football that they fear — it is for the danger of crowd violence . |
| 30 | I had a few putts with it at home , but it 's not for me , Chris . |