Example sentences of "it be [adv] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Think carefully before you decide — will it be just for you , or will other members of your family want to use the computer ? |
2 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
3 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
4 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
5 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
6 | Externalisation or blaming — accepting that there are significant problems but blaming anything other than alcohol or drug use for their cause : " If it were n't for you I 'd be okay " . |
7 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’ |
8 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’ |
9 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
10 | It were enough for me to take back to our branch and say " it 's us against them " . " |
11 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
12 | ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’ |
13 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
14 | What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her . |
15 | I had a few putts with it at home , but it 's not for me , Chris . |
16 | " It 's not for me , sir . " |
17 | ‘ It 's not for me to say , sir . |
18 | No , Kat , it 's not for me . ’ |
19 | Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say . |
20 | ‘ It 's not for me , though . |
21 | It 's not for me to approve or disapprove . ’ |
22 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
23 | It 's not for me to come to you , it 's for you to get rid of it . |
24 | But it 's not for me … star signs and Mr Wyatt I can do without . ’ |
25 | It 's not for me , I ca n't stand you , it 's for my mother-in-law , she liked your book . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | well it 's not for me to say . |
29 | And sausage and bacon by the side of it , it 's not for me anyone . |
30 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |