Example sentences of "not the kind [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 | And he was certainly not the kind of man she would want as a father for her daughter ! |
| 5 | One neighbour said : ‘ He was not the kind of man you associate with James Bond activities . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |