They were suspicious of him, and not without reason.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously

It seems unlikely that he did it on purpose.

He shut his ears to their entreaties.

They didn't count his bad record against him.

Completely overawed in his presence, they couldn't say at all what they had to say to him.

From an objective viewpoint, his argument was far from rational.

He stood facing the rioters without turning a hair.

they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct

When he heard the request, he could not help smiling [smirking] to himself.

Hunger impelled him to steal.

We don't know if his disappearance was voluntary or otherwise.

His conscience would not sanction stealing.

However it may be with other people, he is quite above suspicion.

Nobody knows what the beginning of his trouble was.

Young as he was, it is not strange that he should have acted so foolishly.

He has no common sense—he always does silly things.

the singleness of his motives could not be questioned

He could not efface the impression from his mind.

He was too cautious to venture upon such a dangerous expedition.

His advice was taken little notice of.＝Little notice was taken of his advice.＝Little notice of his advice was taken.

Despite the evidence, he refused to back down from his claim that he had never been there.

Despite all my arguments, he stuck to his decision.

I don't wonder at his jumping at the offer.

Such was his pride that he could not bring himself to ignore the insult.

I don't doubt that he means well.

He was too proud to submit to such treatment.

Nobody objected to [argued against] what he said.

It was too clearly proved to admit of any doubt.

being uninvolved he remained objective

Beth was looking forward to meeting him, but he never showed up.