Example sentences of "sort of [adj] things [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gold can be made into all sorts of other things besides guineas . |
| 2 | So whenever you 've got Xs and Ys and all sorts of strange things in there think just , it 's only a number . |
| 3 | Ian 's been sort of talking about all sorts of strange things in his sleep and |
| 4 | I shall resist the temptation to say all sorts of nice things about you at this point , because there would be other opportunities obviously . |
| 5 | Students at Oxford University about to be covered in all sorts of disgusting things after their last exam . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And I suppose if you do n't have a fridge you do n't have to go out and buy all sorts of junky things like eggs and mayonnaise and ice-cream to fill it up with . |
| 8 | and all sorts of wonderful things like that . |
| 9 | And erm we had to learn erm how to do heart tracings , ECGs , on each other and er all sorts of exciting things like that . |
| 10 | I could feel myself starting to slide off into sleep ; I began to imagine and see all sorts of weird things behind my eyes : maze-shapes and spreading areas of unknown colours , then fantastic buildings and spaceships and weapons and landscapes . |
| 11 | Another will focus on prayer and yet keep on saying all sorts of damaging things about other people . |
| 12 | You could put all sorts of little things in there . |
| 13 | Mm , oh , sort of international things at the |
| 14 | Three fairly sort of general things on press release . |
| 15 | There was a little exhibition called The Nude and basically they 've got a nice little Picture Gallery there with sort of various things in , but they also had some lovely anatomy books beside it and so on , some amazing engravings , you know , entire body structures , skeletal man , muscular man , . |
| 16 | If we sort of reverse things in our minds eye , and look backwards into the past history of the universe , we can come to a time where apparently all the material in the universe would have been on top of itself , that it would all have been squeezed into a point , and this moment sometimes people call the big bang , or the initial singularity . |
| 17 | And you might find out some sort of interesting things about that . |