Example sentences of "sort of [noun] [conj] we [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something clanged by the back axle , a rock presumably , and then , with the back still slithering sideways and the rear left wheel beginning to race as it fell off into space , the vehicle gave a sort of shudder and we were out , clear of water and on a hard surface again . |
| 2 | If the industry had gone along with the sort of scheme that we were urging three or four years ago , it would be well geared up to meeting the challenge now , instead of being caught short by its friends — who I am sure the industry feels have in some way betrayed it . |
| 3 | Well I certainly would n't have thought about it , and I do n't think any chemist would have believed it , and in fact what happened was it really came from this other esoteric sort of project that we were doing . |
| 4 | Fifteen years ago that 's the sort of technology that we were . |
| 5 | This is just the sort of thing that we were all afraid of . |
| 6 | Same sort of thing that we were doing here . |