Example sentences of "this sort of [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shrugged , relaxing a little ; he had dealt with this sort of question before . |
| 2 | When I tried this sort of stuff before , I had one flight in a sort of plywood packing-case painted the colour of the blue stuff they used to paint on your balls when you got crabs and spent the rest of the day hanging around with a pack of strangle-voiced bores in bobble hats . |
| 3 | They 've done this sort of programme before , quite often . |
| 4 | Ray Davies of the Kinks had tried this sort of songwriting before but his laboured and intensely mannered approach smacked only of bourgeois facetiousness . |
| 5 | He had done this sort of thing before . |
| 6 | We heard this sort of thing before , when Pontypool ruled the roost in the Seventies and Eighties , and the fact that there was more than an element of truth in it , that the complaints of others could be justified , served only to make the accused — Neath , just like Pontypool before them — become more introverted and less receptive . |
| 7 | Tony and Matt are both experienced cavers , they have the right equipment , have had a guide to the mines produced by the Northern Association of Caving Clubs , and , more importantly , Matt at least has done this sort of thing before , or as he said , If I remember rightly … " |
| 8 | Mind you , she 's done this sort of thing before . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard about this sort of thing before , ’ he said , as if realizing what he 'd stumbled on , or at least what he thought he 'd stumbled on . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've done this sort of thing before , have n't you ? ’ he said softly . |
| 11 | ‘ You ever done this sort of thing before ? ’ |
| 12 | The captain , who had done this sort of thing before , did not discuss it and discouraged any of his officers and men from doing so . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've done this sort of thing before ? ’ |
| 14 | He 's done this sort of thing before . ’ |
| 15 | Manager Trevor Anderson added : ‘ I 've played all over Europe and have never come across this sort of thing before . |
| 16 | Manager Trevor Anderson added : ‘ I 've played all over Europe and have never come across this sort of thing before . |