Example sentences of "not the kind [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not the kind of person to be treated seriously , in Bob 's jargon . |
| 2 | He 's not the kind of person any of them want to have as a friend . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyone who knows Jo would realise that she 's not the kind of person to do that , ’ he said . |
| 4 | If you 're not the kind of person who is used to daydreaming , try a simple one first . |
| 5 | I 'm not the kind of person who is afraid of letting a woman take charge professionally , personally — or sexually . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not the kind of person that talks about my problems — I 'd rather sort them out myself . |
| 7 | The wine , though Richard was not the kind of person whom the sommelier kept waiting , was not particularly good . |
| 8 | She was not the kind of person who was fun , but she was the kind of person that people trusted , and that was a fair trade to her . |
| 9 | I 'm not the kind of person who spends all their free time glued to the telly . |
| 10 | And she 's not the kind of girl to be bothered by any of your smutty revelations … so tell away , old thing . |
| 11 | And it was n't because you suddenly remembered you were in love with another man , because you 're not the kind of girl who plays away from home . |
| 12 | Now and again Dinah would come on a phrase that interested her , but it was not the kind of subject she would have chosen to read , much less write out ; and these evenings she had to write it . |
| 13 | That 's not the kind of vision that distinguishes people . |
| 14 | Not the kind of benefit that we would have traded our son for , but no longer can anyone look at us when we try to console their loss of a child and say , ‘ But you do n't understand ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Clive Kemp was not the kind of man to inspire such respectful , obedient haste . |
| 17 | Alexander Vass was not the kind of man whom she was likely to involve in such a fantasy . |
| 18 | And he was certainly not the kind of man she would want as a father for her daughter ! |
| 19 | One neighbour said : ‘ He was not the kind of man you associate with James Bond activities . ’ |
| 20 | SERAFIN : But then you 're not the kind of man who would wish to arouse painful feelings in other people , so let's find some more plausible circumstance . |
| 21 | But liberty to take action contrary to authority was not the kind of liberty that Anselm had come to Canterbury to promote . |
| 22 | He is not the kind of bloke who wishes to know his coloured brethren . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not the kind of bloke who things about retiring in 14 years or whatever . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not the kind of bloke who thinks about retiring in 14 years or whatever . |
| 25 | Not the kind of bloke that would … well , you know . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not the kind of bloke who things about retiring in 14 years or whatever . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not the kind of bloke who thinks about retiring in 14 years or whatever . |
| 28 | Frances McAvennie , a former council roadsweeper from Glasgow 's Milton housing scheme , is not the kind of character you immediately associate with brasserie lifestyle . |
| 29 | Not the kind of character to wear her heart on her sleeve . |
| 30 | The Tehran trip in May , in which he was humiliated , made him all the more certain that however good the ends , ‘ this was not the kind of exchange that was proper . ’ |