Example sentences of "not for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was a sadness in Alina 's eyes now , unlike anything that he 'd seen there before ; a sadness not for what had been , but for what could never be . |
| 2 | But that is not for them to decide ’ ( I , 60 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Tuan Ti Fo smiled , knowing it was not for him to ask , nor for them to answer . |
| 5 | But it is really not for him to argue the case about taxes because , as we well know — Opposition Members do not like that . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain . |
| 9 | Not for nothing had she made all those journeys with her employers — she now showed herself to have a familiarity with timetables quite out of the ordinary and was able to spot at once where a connection could be made . |
| 10 | But not for nothing had Max Klein spent the best years of his youth and early manhood at country fairs and markets learning to give as good as he got . |
| 11 | Not for nothing had this little procession presented the air of a party setting out to receive guests . |
| 12 | It was a challenge ; not for nothing had Mrs Lorimer been a formidable ARP warden in the war , and later a JP . |
| 13 | Not for nothing have I a brother-in-law who cooks professionally . |
| 14 | Not for nothing have the return invitations dwindled a bit over the years . |
| 15 | Not for nothing has the shift remained a timeless classic . |
| 16 | It was also the home of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club whose motto , ‘ The right crowd and no crowding ’ , neatly summed up its attitude — not for nothing has it been called the Ascot of the motor racing world . |
| 17 | Not for nothing has Nikolaus Pevsner 's The Englishness of English Art just been translated into German . |
| 18 | The second remarkable event was Henry 's marriage in May 1152 to another great heiress — not for nothing has the twelfth century been called the " Century of Heiresses " . |
| 19 | Not for nothing did Sue Ellen 's hair flop when she became an alcoholic . |
| 20 | Not for nothing did smiling Irish eyes make the fortunes of the bohemian hacks who were just about to create the modern popular music business in the cities of the United States . |
| 21 | There is undeniably something ‘ over-thetop ’ about Rachmaninov 's piano music , a larger-than-life quality that requires larger-than-life treatment , and that extra dash of daring in Wild 's playing ( not for nothing do his fans call him ‘ Wild Earl ’ ) can be relied upon to produce something more than unusually exciting . |
| 22 | Not for nothing do rivals sourly suggest that MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Seeks Domination Over Society . |
| 23 | The court held that the council could not maintain the action : ‘ to allow such a thing would be wholly unprecedented and contrary to principle : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 806 , per Day J. There were two grounds of decision in effect , first , that a corporation might sue for a libel affecting property but not for one affecting personal reputation and , secondly , that the charge was one of bribery and corruption of which ( see the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case , 4 H. & N. 87 ) ‘ a corporation can not possibly be guilty : ’ 63 L.T. 805 , 807 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 27 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 28 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If that stage has not been reached at the end of the formal application processes it it' not for me to judge now what the Department 'll do . |