Example sentences of "[Wh pn] did not fit " in BNC.

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1 And if the committee of the CICCU be taxed with bringing in someone who did not fit the undergraduates of a university , it might be replied , first that they were desperate to find someone at short notice , and secondly , was it desirable that a missioner should fit the undergraduates ?
2 If there was a Libyan involved , the police proceedings were accompanied by self-help action , although the influx of foreigners had created a number of potential offenders and victims who did not fit into the system .
3 The latter policy could also entail a drastic withdrawal of royal favour from those who did not fit into Edward 's plans .
4 The latter policy could also entail a drastic withdrawal of royal favour from those who did not fit into Edward 's plans .
5 The more highly organised and consciously efficient foreign offices became , the less scope there was for the individual who did not fit easily into these bigger and more complex machines .
6 And , in fact , the characteristic ‘ bourgeois ’ or member of the middle class in our period included few people who did not fit into one or other of these pigeon-holes .
7 He and Jenny were sufficient for each other ; they did not want a third person , especially a person whose tastes were so dissimilar and who did not fit in with their lives or their friends .
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