Example sentences of "sort of [noun] that [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
| 2 | But — and it 's this sort of complication that makes him I think such a remarkable man — although that did happen then , for the next ten , twelve years , he was entirely preoccupied , almost entirely preoccupied with something else , and this something else erm originates from the other revolution that he underwent at this time , a revolution that occurred after a visit to an international mathematical congress in Paris , where he met the Italian mathematician Peano . |
| 3 | The sort of job that pleased him most , this one . |
| 4 | There was , she recalls , ‘ a sort of madness that overtook him . |
| 5 | MICHAEL STICH last night came close to producing the sort of form that won him Wimbledon two years ago , to move into the semi-finals of the Compaq Grand Slam Cup . |
| 6 | She came to know instinctively the kind of candid , vivid anecdote that found favour with him , the sort of thing that made him chuckle with delight , and sometimes scribble it down in a note-book . |