not a bad sort
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Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS So Harbinger's not a bad sort, then.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2010
But for readers who had enough sense to come in out of the reality, it was not a bad sort of beginning.
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But his parents are not a bad sort, merely ignorant, stubborn, anxious, self-righteous and poor.
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"He is not a bad sort at all," the Englishman answered.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews
O'Donnell is not a bad sort, but he couldn't write 'adjourned.'
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
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