Sentence examples for not being proper from inspiring English sources

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Says Heise, an avuncular, self-deprecating 52-year-old north German who apologises for his English not being "proper": "I always thought about the idea of, how can I narrate a city?

There was a great comment on the 50 Best Android Games article earlier this week, in response to carping about smartphones and tablets still not being proper games devices.

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It would not be proper.

"That would not be proper procedure," he said.

But it would not be proper mayhem unless something really head-slapping happened.

It may not be proper table manners, but it does the job.

It would not be proper for this department to comment on a continuing investigation.

"It would not be proper to proceed," Walsh said, asking the judge to announce not guilty verdicts.

"We are angry because there has not been proper communication about what has been proposed," he said.

She pointed out she declined an invitation to their wedding because it would "not be proper" to attend.

"This is an open investigation and to release evidence, absent a truly compelling reason, would not be proper.

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