Example sentences of "it be not for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Well it 's not for him personally |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 4 | It was n't for him : he was no pansy ; he liked women , not boys with made-up eyes and sly insinuating glances . |
| 5 | It was comforting and easy , but it was n't for him . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't be at Arsenal if it was n't for him . |
| 7 | If it was n't for him , I 'd have talked Dimitri round . |
| 8 | Only this time it was n't for him , but for Billie . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , if it was n't for him … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If it was n't for him we 'd still have the empire . ’ |
| 11 | If it was n't for him it would have been in bits . |
| 12 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 13 | Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain . |
| 14 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 15 | Tuan Ti Fo smiled , knowing it was not for him to ask , nor for them to answer . |