Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Arnold the term philistine implied the idea of something stiff-necked and perverse in its resistance to light — ‘ and therein it specially suits our middle class , who not only do not pursue sweetness and light , but who even prefer to them that sort of machinery of business , chapels , tea-meetings and addresses from Mr Murphy , which makes up the dismal and illiberal life on which I have so often touched ’ . |
| 2 | When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ? |
| 3 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 4 | Do this to all your doors , not just the exterior ones , and treat any panes of glass in doors as though they were windows and give them some sort of double glazing . |
| 5 | But if motherhood is for them some sort of liberation , it is n't in the image of the " liberated lady " stereotype , Cosmo girl , sexy , single , childless and employed . |
| 6 | 6 League Games have been played as to date ( 22.06.93 ) , with 1 draw , 2 wins and 3 losses ( we have to give them some sort of chance before we give them a good thrashing ) . |
| 7 | I hope that we will be able to give them some sort of relief from the distress that I know that they will be feeling at the outcome of this case today . ’ |
| 8 | Erm , that is kids may express curiosity , kids may even be doing things that imply they 're getting some sort of pleasure out of their bodies y'know they may be , as we used to call it when I was a child , playing with themselves , um they may be erm doing various things that er that give them some sort of bodily pleasure . |
| 9 | And if somebody says ‘ Well , are you feeling better today than you did yesterday ? ’ you 'll give them some sort of answer . |
| 10 | Calero remembered how he and North would discuss the hostages ‘ continually ’ , and how he himself considered them another sort of liberation struggle , like the contras . |
| 11 | The perceptive executive search consultant ( a ) keeps in contact with clients , both actual and prospective , and ( b ) is very effective at giving them this sort of information . |
| 12 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 13 | ‘ It would give me some sort of starting point . ’ |
| 14 | Just give me some sort of explanation . |
| 15 | To realise that a crippled leg does n't make me some sort of oddity . |
| 16 | However , I was not prepared just to accept him with no experience at all and I asked him to give me some sort of evidence about the amount of flying he had done . |
| 17 | Am I some sort of climbing Jonah , the victim of misfortune and circumstance ? |
| 18 | A ca n't give you that sort of mind bust ! ’ |
| 19 | People give you that sort of excuse . |
| 20 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |
| 21 | If a guy owes you that sort of money , you do not squash him with your car . |
| 22 | ‘ You some sort of God Botherer ? |
| 23 | ‘ And that gives you some sort of hold over me ? ’ |
| 24 | I seem to remember hearing that the ‘ proper ’ fantasy leagues give you some sort of bonus points if your defenders kept a clean sheet . |
| 25 | there is an issue and clearly if we are not in the sixteen double O four six eight O seven business we are going to lose share , we may not lose total volume , I am confused about that , but do n't try and sort it out now , but those are the issues that need to be tackled , and you need to produce between you some sort of projection paper which lays out the way that you see this bit of the steering business going in the future , and recommends what we should be doing , and what the volumes are to support that , and what the volumes are likely to be . |
| 26 | You know , in the Summer school he normally give you some sort of lecture anything |
| 27 | No , looks as though they 've done you some sort of . |
| 28 | Could you all sort of pass that round . |
| 29 | With the exception of Samna IV none of the products mentioned will give you any sort of WYSIWYG display on a PC whereas an Apple Macintosh almost always gives a WYSIWYG display , but with a little perseverance it is relatively easy to convert from typescript to pseudo typeset for just the cost of a page printer . |
| 30 | But sorry I ca n't show you any sort of programme , or anything , but that 's because it 's |