Example sentences of "it be not for her " in BNC.

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1 She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control .
2 This is the world of self-effacing service in which the heroine moves with assurance : even if servitors are visible , it is not for her to notice them .
3 But it was not for her ;
4 The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it .
5 It was not for her to criticise him .
6 She had tried to enter the world of light , but it was not for her .
7 He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey .
8 And as certainly as she knew these things , Cassie also knew that however it was that Johnny got his kicks , it was not for her .
9 If he felt that his work lay here , it was not for her to question his decision , but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind .
10 No , it was not for her .
11 If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind .
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