And so far from pitying Bragelonne for his defeat, I could wish him no worse (not for lack of malice, but imagination) than to be wedded to that lady.
Then every evil word I had spoken once, And every evil thought I had thought of old, And every evil deed I ever did, Awoke and cried, "This Quest is not for thee.
Oh, give her back to us, great Queen, for your sake if not for ours!
Be warned in time--from my heart I pity you, but I am not for you!
What he was thinking of our Annie is not for me to say, although I may think that you could not have found another such maiden on Exmoor, except (of course) my Lorna.
Not for me the show, love, Of a gilded bliss; Only thou must know, love, What my value is.
So I laid the case before me in a little council; not for loss of time, but only that I wanted rest, and to see things truly.
For my father, being a leading lord in the councils of King Charles the Second, appointed me to learn the law, not for my livelihood, thank God, but because he felt the lack of it in affairs of state.
The younger girl was weeping bitterly—not for display, or in the hope of producing effect, but for very shame: her face was buried in her handkerchief: and her whole manner was but too expressive of bitter and unavailing sorrow.
You may say I am improving company, for I’ve improved you all to some purpose; though as to my conversation being as my friend Mr. Ellis here describes it, that is not for me to say anything about.
I declare I wouldn’t have him mention his shop, before our new guest—no, not for a thousand pounds!
He had an umbrella in his hand—not for use, for the day was fine—but, evidently, because he always carried one to the office in the morning.
But when the entail was touched on in the usual way, he said, "My dear sir, it is not for me to dictate to you, but for my part I would let that alone.
In the night he had debated whether he should not get on the coach, not for Riverston, but for London, leaving a note to Lydgate which would give a makeshift reason for his retreat.
It is not foryou to interfere between me and Mr. Ladislaw, and still less to encourage communications from him to you which constitute a criticism on my procedure.
I might have won you from my foe, Why did I not for you in arms contend?
If for the first and second labour meet -- He liberty for all his band achieves, Not for himself; who there must stay and wed Ten wives by him selected for his bed.
I should particularly like it; especially as I should give you a chance to see, by the profundity of my attention, that if I am not happy, it 's not for want of taking pains.
You may say that it 's not for me to blame him, for I have none myself.
But I have nothing to conceal; and if I have cause to blush, it is for others, not for myself.
A woman of full age, it was a question of her own conscience--not for me.
Such places be not for such as you--only for them with plenty o' money.
Such remorse is not for you, my sensitive plant, but for the wicked ones of the earth--who never feel it!
Though it's not for want of trying--not much hurt I hope?
Was it not for liberty to worship God according to our conscience?
Prepar'd to plunge into the stream, he fears, Not for himself, but for the charge he bears.
It is not for me to blacken them; they come of a good stock.
Nay, not for hire, my lords, but for love, and as a trifling return for many a good night's lodging the brethren of your order have bestowed on me a poor wayfarer.
Not for a moment must it be supposed that in these great attempts, these great Successes, the Royal Society stood alone.
It is not for Science to compose these contesting claims; it is not for her to determine whether the criterion of truth for the religious man shall be found in the Bible, or in the oecumenical council, or in the pope.
It had therefore been living for others, not for itself.
It is not for either to demand that his co-observer shall admit that the panorama of facts spread before them is actually such as it appears to him to be.
To revisit the glimpses of the moon is not for us.
What I suffered then, and still suffer, is not for pen to write or paper to record.
I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
