Example sentences of "he be not one [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I used to see the funny side of these sessions , but he was not one to tolerate flippancy and more than once I received the rough side of his tongue . |
| 2 | Moreover , he was not one to turn an able man down because he was an ideological waif — but that is another story . |
| 3 | He had been first away , for he was not one to linger with colleagues . |
| 4 | But he was not one to rock the boat , kept his feelings to himself and quietly followed his vocation . |
| 5 | He was not one to make exaggerated claims , and scarcely needed to . |
| 6 | He was not one to make allowances . |