Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] not [indef pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not one for showing off , she just liked to do the washing up and be there and look after everybody . |
| 2 | She was not one for planning or manoeuvring but confidential reports are kept on Salvation Army officers throughout their careers . |
| 3 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 4 | ‘ Mike knew I always work late , and even though there was n't anything for me to do , he thought I ought to know . ’ |
| 5 | If only there were some way in which she could let him know that his feelings for her were not something for which he needed to apologise without landing them both in a situation from which they could not retreat . |
| 6 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 7 | But he was n't one for being matey , or even civil . |
| 8 | He was not one for burning his boats . |
| 9 | He was not one for the romantic niceties , was Reg . |
| 10 | He was not one for admiring the sunset . |