Example sentences of "it [is] [not/n't] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
2 | ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’ |
3 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
4 | What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her . |
5 | I had a few putts with it at home , but it 's not for me , Chris . |
6 | " It 's not for me , sir . " |
7 | ‘ It 's not for me to say , sir . |
8 | No , Kat , it 's not for me . ’ |
9 | Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say . |
10 | ‘ It 's not for me , though . |
11 | It 's not for me to approve or disapprove . ’ |
12 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
13 | It 's not for me to come to you , it 's for you to get rid of it . |
14 | But it 's not for me … star signs and Mr Wyatt I can do without . ’ |
15 | It 's not for me , I ca n't stand you , it 's for my mother-in-law , she liked your book . |
16 | It might seem long-winded , but dependent upon er if you get it right at the start with it , it might mean that one of the things we 're suggesting er you might say no , it 's not for me this , but you might think that job analysis is a good way of identifying training . |
17 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
18 | well it 's not for me to say . |
19 | And sausage and bacon by the side of it , it 's not for me anyone . |
20 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |
21 | It 's not for me . |
22 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
23 | Anyway , look , it 's not for him to say that he 's gon na keep the trades council movement alive , the trades council movement can well look after itself , without the interference of the dead hand of the T U C. |
24 | Well it 's not for him personally |
25 | Above a pair are just abbing off : they 've decide it 's not for them today . |
26 | Seems I was right all the same , and if Harry 's got money to spare as he does n't know what to do with , then it 's not for us to deny his right to spend it any whichaway he pleases . |
27 | ‘ It 's not for us to chase . |
28 | It 's not for us to decide necessarily that we will we will treat effluence to a certain standard and pass the costs on to you , because that 's where it all goes to . |
29 | I mean , it 's not for us to look into , but , |
30 | Telephone , well , it 's not for us , no . |