Example sentences of "it be [adv] for me " in BNC.
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1 | Where would you be now if it were n't for me ? |
2 | ‘ 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 ! |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | It were enough for me to take back to our branch and say " it 's us against them " . " |
5 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
6 | ‘ Well it 's not for me to advise you , of course … ’ |
7 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
8 | What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her . |
9 | I had a few putts with it at home , but it 's not for me , Chris . |
10 | " It 's not for me , sir . " |
11 | ‘ It 's not for me to say , sir . |
12 | No , Kat , it 's not for me . ’ |
13 | Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say . |
14 | ‘ It 's not for me , though . |
15 | It 's not for me to approve or disapprove . ’ |
16 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
17 | It 's not for me to come to you , it 's for you to get rid of it . |
18 | But it 's not for me … star signs and Mr Wyatt I can do without . ’ |
19 | It 's not for me , I ca n't stand you , it 's for my mother-in-law , she liked your book . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | well it 's not for me to say . |
23 | And sausage and bacon by the side of it , it 's not for me anyone . |
24 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |
25 | It 's not for me . |
26 | 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 ’ . |
27 | ‘ Here , let me pull the paper off now that you 've undone the ribbon and tape , or it wo n't feel as if it 's really for me . ’ |
28 | It could be an oversight , but it 's enough for me to put the law on his trail . ’ |
29 | Personally , forget as I say , I say it 's enough for me . |
30 | That 's not what it 's about for me . ’ |