Example sentences of "[verb] all sorts " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That body 's president has welcomed the formation of the National Olympic Committee of South Africa ( NOCSA ) , representing all sorts of rival sporting associations , whose chairman , Sam Ramsamy — a veteran campaigner for the sports boycott — now wants to get South Africans back into international competition . |
| 3 | So , very exciting , erm and there celebrating there will be the women representing all sorts of different bodies ; there were only two men there — why were there only two men ? |
| 4 | The Shackletons grow all sorts of rarities — black poppies from the Himalayas , celmisia from New Zealand , the waxy red Blandfordia punicea from Tasmania and a collection of alpines |
| 5 | Anyone who suffers from a phobia or from any of the other problems mentioned above encounters all sorts of difficulties in their everyday life . |
| 6 | People used all sorts of tricks and various types of equipment but here in this silent building there was just the pig , Lord Hulton and me . |
| 7 | The opening move strategy has all sorts of implications about the size or nature of your starting position as far as the other party is concerned . |
| 8 | Low-voltage lighting has all sorts of advantages for outdoor use , the main one being its safety — you wo n't get a shock if you stick your garden fork through the cable , for example . |
| 9 | It has all sorts of graphics engines built in , including one for line drawing and a fast bit-blitter for quick block moves and 2Mb of video RAM . |
| 10 | Bergamot ( Monarda didyma ) is a well-known border flower , which has all sorts of herbal attributes ; the clove pink or gillyflower ( Dianthus caryophyllus ) is the highly scented forerunner of the modern garden pinks and border carnations , and its single-petalled , rosy purple or white flowers grow in clusters late in the summer . |
| 11 | It 's growing out of sync with the rest of service provision and service development , and this has all sorts of spin-offs . |
| 12 | The first one in the morning often has all sorts of rubbish in . |
| 13 | Vinyl wallcoverings are always practical in halls since they will withstand all sorts of rough treatment . |
| 14 | Other cities where papal government might have settled were on important trade routes which might have added to the pope 's powers and security : but Rome remained the favoured city of the popes and , in spite of all the difficulties of controlling the city , the senate and the people , the popes were prepared to suffer all sorts of indignities in order to stay in Rome . |
| 15 | And these days , it can do more than this : it can introduce all sorts of excitements in design , colour and texture . |
| 16 | But the Chinese Constitution contains all sorts of promises , too — so many that it could probably have been construed to forbid the People 's Liberation Army from shooting dead hundreds of unarmed civilians , and to prohibit the arbitrary arrest , summary trial or execution of thousands more . |
| 17 | The environment of an animal contains all sorts of things , some of which are edible and some of which are not . |
| 18 | People say all sorts of things about me , they say I 'm eccentric and off-centre but I try and ignore all that . ’ |
| 19 | However anyone is welcome to these meetings , we do discuss all sorts of things not just topics related to work . |
| 20 | As we have seen , section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 , which contained the formula , was used by the police to prosecute all sorts of odd and eccentric types of conduct . |
| 21 | ‘ I kept trying to find all sorts of reasons for doing so . |
| 22 | ‘ Unless you fight it , you 're bound to absorb all sorts of things , ’ he explains . |
| 23 | I found all sorts of reasons for it , like not being there when my father died . |
| 24 | We found all sorts of different ways that different people were achieving these experiences . |
| 25 | Once you have pressed some standard plants that definitely give good results and are confident with your pressing techniques , I strongly recommend that you start experimenting by pressing all sorts of flowers and foliage . |
| 26 | This over-vigilance or sensitization meant that you were noticing all sorts of minor physical symptoms you would have normally ignored … . |
| 27 | I think it 's a perfect example of rumour feeding on rumour , that once something gets into the market place it causes all sorts of entrepreneurial people out there to think there 's an opportunity they ought not to miss . |
| 28 | A shy one causes all sorts of complications and can become a great time-waster . |
| 29 | Because that causes all sorts of problems on the report and , and bad blood all round . |
| 30 | We have been told that it develops holes which allow radiation through and that causes all sorts of curious and devastating effects . |