Example sentences of "be not a man to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tamburlaine is not a man to be dealt with lightly , because if he says something , he means it . |
| 2 | He was not a man to be taunted into action ; his function was to eject troublemakers . |
| 3 | Georgi Kirov was not a man to be overtly optimistic . |
| 4 | Buxton was not a man to be deterred by the shipowners ' protestations that the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not only unrepresentative of seamen but would fail " to command support in the event of a decision of a conciliation board which did not secure the immediate approval of the persons affected " . |
| 5 | He was not a man to whom gracious speech came easily and his cheeks , roughened and weathered by years of riding on the open moor , twitched as he sought for words . |