Example sentences of "be not for me " in BNC.

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1 If you 're not for me , you 're against me .
2 Wedding bells and roses are n't for me , Folly .
3 And remember , Rene , you were n't for me putting that on show , were you ?
4 Where would you be now if it were n't for me ?
5 ‘ 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 !
6 ‘ 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 .
7 And if he turns round and says owt , I 'll say , Ian if were n't for me your kids would be naked .
8 But capital punishment is not for me in that category : it is not self-evidently harmful , not self-evidently unjust .
9 But it is not for me to moralize .
10 Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller .
11 Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’
12 SIR — Perhaps it is not for me , as a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , to comment on ‘ the precise purpose ’ of Cardinal Hume 's visit to Moscow ( report , April 16 ) .
13 Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this .
14 ‘ It is not for me , ’ he said , ‘ to believe in anything . ’
15 ‘ It is not for me , ’ he repeated , ‘ to believe in anything .
16 It is not for me or for you to believe in anything .
17 Backpacking is not for me .
18 Her own refrain went : This is not for me .
19 It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent .
20 that their all goody goody and then later on you think , this is not for me
21 Whether Skelton needs to expand at the present moment is not for me to say .
22 You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart .
23 PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour .
24 But she is not for me nor I for her .
25 Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say .
26 It is not for me here to try to account for the common features of movements so different in nature as those we have mentioned .
27 It is not for me to say . ’
28 However , it is not for me or you to presume upon the gentleman 's intentions .
29 It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee .
30 That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice .
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