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 .
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