Sentence examples for decent fellows from inspiring English sources

Kwai is about something else: the odd yet plausible way in which some ordinary, decent fellows are fulfilled by war.

Britain has not, relying on the typically British tactic of saying, in effect, "trust us, we're decent fellows and we won't let it happen again".

She wasn't keen about taking the job at first, she said, never having seen a farmer, but she has found them all good, decent fellows.

Ending the first of his brooding silences, Eriksson said, "From one day to the next, you could see for yourself changes coming over guys on our side — decent fellows, who wouldn't dream of calling an Oriental a 'gook' or a 'slopehead' back home.

But, even if they are now disavowed, people remember his earlier comments: his praise for Hitler's "employment policies" and his cheerful description of a group of Austrian SS veterans as "decent fellows".Some of the reasons for Mr Haider's rise are unpleasant, others perfectly respectable.

Henry Bibby, who played for U.C.L.A. in the early 1970s, said in a telephone interview that Wooden used to tell his players he did not want them watching the local professional team — and that was when the Lakers had a few decent fellows named Chamberlain, West and Baylor.

Barrow, 67, seems like a decent enough fellow.

Watch it, politicians ReprintsIn any event, most Portuguese evidently consider Mr Sampaio, now 61, a decent enough fellow.

Writing about a friend of his youth, Mr. Hobsbawm cites the old German tag "guter Mensch, schlechter Musikant" ("good guy, bad musician"), meaning not the best or brightest at work but a decent enough fellow.

He seems like a reasonably decent fellow, too.

"He was a decent fellow," Mr. Reilly said.