He was not a bad chap as dictators go.
Lew's not a bad chap; I served with him in the Guards.
He wasn't a bad chap, either, but Ewan had forgotten more about horses than he'd ever know.
He wasn't a bad chap but his ideals tended to get in the way of his job.
The opinion was that he wasn't a bad chap, reasonably good at his job, but not very ambitious.
'He's not such a bad chap you know' I yawned.
'He's not a bad chap when you get to know him,' he had said.
You're the worst spoiled chap I ever heard of, and a nice example to democracy.
After all he is my friend,' said the wizard, 'and not a bad little chap.
He's really not a bad chap in his fashion.