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Example sentences for "did not think proper"

  • This evening after dark Joseph Fields returned and informed me that Capt Clark had arrived with the party at the foot of a rappid about 5 miles below which he did not think proper to ascend and would wait my arrival there.

  • One of the party saw a very large bear today but being some distance from the river and no timber to conceal him he did not think proper to fire on him.

  • The president and his party, perceiving the disposition of the house, did not think proper to communicate any proposal touching the intended reformation, and the king suffered the session to be discontinued by repeated prorogations.

  • We thanked this grave person for his courteous offer, and invited him to drink a glass with us, which he did not think proper to refuse, and we went altogether into a tavern of his recommending.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after careful; assure them; black color; business basis; did not; did not know what; did not know whether; did not take long; did not think proper; did she; did the; did this; did you; didna think; didst thou; high life; junior grade; might just; people whom; reflect upon; rural economy; single hair; total depravity; yellow colour; yet they; your side