Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be [det] sort [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he or she must still be some sort of a hero . |
| 2 | The setting is a beach though in the crowded painting , background trees suggest it could also be some sort of a clearing . |
| 3 | There may well be all sorts of contributory factors which need stating but these ought to come after the full apology . |
| 4 | There may well be all sorts of deviations and fluctuations here ; the whole system expands and becomes complicated , develops and is continuously in motion and oscillating but , taken as a whole , it is in a state of equilibrium . |
| 5 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |