Example sentences of "sort of [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 2 | In London , meanwhile , a Whitehall report citing all sorts of commercial opportunities at the British Museum has drawn a defensive response : suggestions that the museum might see itself more like a branch of the leisure industry have got the staff bristling with indignation . |
| 3 | Yes , it 's one of those er , things you do in so , in sort of spare time at |
| 4 | Mm , oh , sort of international things at the |
| 5 | You jus you jus just sort of general conversation at coffee time ! |
| 6 | He even picked out somebody on it far above — in a sort of shallow groove at the top of the wall . |
| 7 | But there 's no erm there 's no sort of political influence at all . |
| 8 | The PGA therefore allows them a sort of cooling-off period at the end of a round to check each other 's scores thoroughly . |
| 9 | The silly idiot is going to shout some sort of stupid abuse at her and she 'll bite his head off ! |
| 10 | I had always assumed that this sort of civilized dismay at barbarism was the monopoly of our cause . |
| 11 | Ergo , every autumn those trees with any sort of seasonal sense at all shed their leaves , which are pretty useless anyway when there 's not going to be much Sun around , and ride out the storms on bare poles . |
| 12 | Pretty ignominious sort of territorial pawn at that . |
| 13 | What they expressed was not so much any possibility of revolution as a sort of chivalrous exasperation at things as they would always be . |
| 14 | She 'd been miserable too long , yet she felt a sort of sick excitement at the thought of meeting Leo . |
| 15 | Of a family where child abuse may be taking place , they will say that Satan has got into that family , and that there 's some sort of evil force at work . |
| 16 | I suspect it 's er it 's it 's er it 's some sort of little office at a guess . |