Example sentences of "not for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that is not for them to decide ’ ( I , 60 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Tuan Ti Fo smiled , knowing it was not for him to ask , nor for them to answer . |
| 4 | But it is really not for him to argue the case about taxes because , as we well know — Opposition Members do not like that . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Since George always did the arriving early and the saving of places , it was not for him to complain . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was not for her to criticise him . |
| 11 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 12 | He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour . |
| 16 | It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee . |
| 17 | As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’ |
| 18 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
| 19 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 20 | You 've got a tremendous amount to for you , not for me to go through with you , |
| 21 | What he said was , ‘ It 's not for me to say , Aggie , it 's for her . |
| 22 | He said to Jarvis , ‘ That 's not for me to say , sir , ’ and , less pleasantly , ‘ nor you either . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Not for me to say , dear , ’ she replied . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not for me to say , sir . |
| 25 | It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent . |
| 26 | Whether Skelton needs to expand at the present moment is not for me to say . |
| 27 | ‘ Not for me to say , Mr Colley , ’ the Tayside guy says , gathering up his notebook and tape recorder . |
| 28 | Whether or not Harry is the right man for you , it 's not for me to say . |
| 29 | Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say . |
| 30 | It is not for me to say . ’ |