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 his parents are not a bad sort, merely ignorant, stubborn, anxious, self-righteous and poor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But for readers who had enough sense to come in out of the reality, it was not a bad sort of beginning.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Connie's not a bad sort as men go, and I'm game to take a chance."
From The Bachelors A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
Perhaps he might lend me the lot; he's not a bad sort sometimes.
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
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