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that he is not good enough
some of them have been working on her, and persuading her that he is not good enough for her.
— from The Three Brides by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

that he is not good eating
"D--n it, Leach," he interrupted, "the man fancies that he is not good eating, you make so many wry and out-of-the-way contortions.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

that he is not good enough
I suppose the trouble is that I realize that he is not good enough for you.
— from The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs

that he is not good enough
"But if I am wrong, it is hardly disloyalty to him to say that he is not good enough for you."
— from The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Edgar Saltus

that harshness is not good even
But as a servant of holy Truth, I say to you that harshness is not good, even when used towards one who deceives, because gentleness might perhaps bring him to repent of his deceit; and I say also, Padre, that in your words there is not the spirit of our true and; only Father, to whom be all glory!”
— from The Saint by Antonio Fogazzaro

to heaven is not good enough
‘But don’t trespass too far on my indulgence—don’t insinuate again that a woman who is good enough (if she died this night) to go to heaven, is not good enough to be my nephew’s wife.’
— from The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins


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