Example sentences of "[ex0] have been [adj] sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been some sort of clandestine liaison between the lady and Darrel for some time . |
| 2 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 3 | There had been some sort of slight accent too . |
| 4 | I do n't I mean I know I I 'm very busy , I 've got stuff that I should have done , months and months ago , that I have n't got round to doing yet , cos there 's been all sort of interruptions . |
| 5 | I mean obviously this is nothing new , obviously there 's been this sort of thing for some time in the past , but I think what we 've got to ask ourselves is ‘ what sort of a society are we now reaping ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'm afraid there 's been some sort of coup mounted . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's been some sort of misunderstanding , that 's all it is . |
| 8 | They have also cast doubt on his client 's character by implying there 's been some sort of fraud . |