Example sentences of "not the [noun] [prep] man [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive Kemp was not the kind of man to inspire such respectful , obedient haste . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're right , Bill 's not the sort of man to include information like that in casual conversation . |
| 3 | But then Paul is not the sort of man to talk about his private life at work . |
| 4 | Cool-headed and light-hearted about life , Zeelenberg is not the sort of man to have been worried by the doubters . |
| 5 | Coleby was a shark , not the sort of man to pay more when he could pay less . |