Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [prep] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It could have been caused by some sort of disaster or accident . |
| 2 | Coloni received a message to say his mother had been injured in some sort of political disturbance in Valparaíso , so instead of cooking for us , he decided to go home . |
| 3 | The door had been opened by some sort of electric release , but two Negro footmen in grey silk — complete with stockings — stood inside the door and said , ‘ Good evening , sir , ’ in unison . |
| 4 | This idea has borne some fruit in temperate countries , where spoil-tips , gravel-pits and other industrial eyesores have been returned to some sort of semblance of native vegetation with its associated fauna . |
| 5 | ‘ I HAVE been portrayed as some sort of tyrant landlady . |