Example sentences of "was not the sort [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This was not the sort of fog one is used to in towns , but a veil of salt-smelling white , damp and mild , with all the soft brilliance of a thin curtain drawn between earth and sun . |
| 2 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 3 | He was not the sort of evangelist who would have been content with a mere shallow ‘ decision for Christ ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The community would have much less confidence in me if they believed I was not the sort of person who would stand up for their interests . |
| 5 | ‘ He was not the sort of person to be involved in drugs . |
| 6 | They decided that he was only in it for himself and was not the sort of person the comrades wanted to have with them , and definitely not part of the consensus . |
| 7 | Unlike some of his old friends , she was not the sort of person to go stumbling helplessly into holes . |
| 8 | I mean by this it was not the sort of preparation which on the one hand Elizabethan erm critics and writers of rhetoric books , or on the other hand Ezra Pound in the twentieth century would advise to the poet that he must learn to turn a good sonnet or write in all the metrical forms , or accomplish himself deftly in the technical devices . |
| 9 | It was not the sort of gag one would have expected from Lord King , and it set a certain tone … |
| 10 | IT really was not the sort of behaviour expected at one of England 's oldest golf clubs . |
| 11 | Giles Hawick was not the sort of man you could flatten easily , and if you managed it , he would not pop up , bright , smiling and bearing no grudge , to face you the next ti me . |
| 12 | He was not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships . |
| 13 | Francis : the judge considered why Findlay had signed the interview notes and concluded that the toothache was exaggerated and that though tired he was not the sort of man who would have signed incriminating notes out of consideration for his solicitor . |
| 14 | He did n't keep me waiting , however ; he was not the sort of man who needed gimmicks to make his effects . |
| 15 | It was a relief to attend to his words and not his presence , although he was not the sort of man to be easily put from the mind . |
| 16 | Trevor was not the sort of fellow who said , ‘ For art 's sake have I broken up the bar . ’ |
| 17 | This was not the sort of situation he liked at all . |
| 18 | Many thanks for the script , it said , but it was not the sort of thing that Sky was planning at the moment . |
| 19 | But this was not the sort of thing Dustin was used to . |
| 20 | It was not the sort of thing you did in polite company . |
| 21 | Cathbad clicked his tongue , because this was not the sort of thing you should say to soldiers , who were easily cast down and sent into gloom and doom , something you should certainly avoid before going into battle . |
| 22 | It was not the sort of thing she usually said . |
| 23 | He pointed out that he had originally wanted Robert Bolt , but his secretary said it was not the sort of thing he would do . |
| 24 | ‘ It was not the sort of thing you would normally say but you can maybe understand his point of view . |
| 25 | There was something funny here , and Lydia suspected that it was not the sort of funniness that she would enjoy . |
| 26 | A large , ungainly and abrasive man , he was not the sort of material to make the grade in the SAS in the normal way , but Stirling obviously had his reasons for taking him on . |
| 27 | It was not the sort of place you would choose to be born in if you had such a choice , but Kylie Ann Minogue was born there anyway . |
| 28 | Despite her desolation , Nora Simpson was not the sort of woman to be beaten by a twist of fate . |
| 29 | Mabel , whose mother came from the wealthy de Veres , had by the time of her father 's death married into the Francheville family , and she was not the sort of woman to throw away her rightful inheritance without a struggle . |
| 30 | There is no doubt that strip poker is a card game , and no doubt that it was not the sort of card game intended by the instructions given . |