Example sentences of "sort of a [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 There are no means that I know of , perhaps some social scientists present could suggest some , by means of which you could actually assess just what sort of a contribution he made .
2 Can anyone tell me Friar Lawrence tell me what sort of a monk he was ?
3 Before his arrival she endeavoured to prepare herself for all exigencies , but this was difficult to do because she had no idea what sort of a man he was going to be .
4 I do n't know what sort of a pistol he held to their heads , but I personally was quite happy and had never been looked after so well in my life .
5 I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner .
6 He had his father 's gift for sensing what sort of an audience he was addressing , and adapting his matter accordingly .
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