Example sentences of "was not the [noun] [prep] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easily enough said with hindsight , but then Eric William was not the kind of man who hid his talents behind a bushel , for as Ivar Oxaal noticed , ‘ Eric Williams was always fundamentally , legally , morally and intellectually right ’ while his opponents were ‘ usually incompetent , malicious , and weak-willed creatures ’ who ‘ are reduced to an incoherent blubbering as the omnipotent young black colonial reduces their arguments to ashes . ’ |
| 2 | Clive Kemp was not the kind of man to inspire such respectful , obedient haste . |
| 3 | Alexander Vass was not the kind of man whom she was likely to involve in such a fantasy . |
| 4 | One neighbour said : ‘ He was not the kind of man you associate with James Bond activities . ’ |
| 5 | Alexander Vass was not the type of man who would identify with the needs of his female staff . |
| 6 | Giles , in spite of his charm , was not the type of man she admired , still less the type with whom she could fall in love . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He did n't keep me waiting , however ; he was not the sort of man who needed gimmicks to make his effects . |
| 11 | 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 . |