Example sentences of "not the sort [prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike some of his old friends , she was not the sort of person to go stumbling helplessly into holes . |
| 2 | become And I 'm not the sort of person to sit around willy nilly any way . |
| 3 | He says he 's not the sort of person to bear malice against anyone . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're right , Bill 's not the sort of man to include information like that in casual conversation . |
| 6 | But then Paul is not the sort of man to talk about his private life at work . |
| 7 | Cool-headed and light-hearted about life , Zeelenberg is not the sort of man to have been worried by the doubters . |
| 8 | Coleby was a shark , not the sort of man to pay more when he could pay less . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For Bet is not the sort of woman to fire old faithfuls like Betty Turpin and Jack Duckworth . |
| 12 | It took about a year to organize , partly because the idea blossomed in the summer , too late for that year ; it is not the sort of place to go cycling in the winter . |
| 13 | But he 's not the sort of politician to keep a low profile for long . |