Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every day I have to go through some sort of treatment . |
| 2 | Er you 're entitled to go through some sort of training programme |
| 3 | This , I suppose , must be regarded as some sort of progress . |
| 4 | So the changed phosphorylation of the synaptic membrane , which probably results in calcium entering the cell , must act as some sort of a signal to the DNA in the nucleus . |
| 5 | His mind drifted over the people whom he had heard about for the first time that morning , groping for some sort of perspective . |
| 6 | ‘ I think he had come for some sort of show . |
| 7 | The strategy works by means of paradox , a paradox which has ultimately to be resolved through some sort of fusion between the apparent text and the sub-text . |
| 8 | According to a Pakistani commentary , Shahi appeared to be suggesting that once the neutrality of the area was ensured by the regional states pursuing a policy of strict non-alignment , the superpowers could perhaps be persuaded to work towards some sort of mutual accommodation . |
| 9 | For Marx , a commodity is : an object outside us , a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants of some sort or another . |
| 10 | Pat 's all right , look at him , he looks like some sort of Irish hero , and he 's writing yards of poetry . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It certainly looks like some sort of allergy or chemical reaction , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ( Laughing ) I went to see this lot live once and like , it was all really moody and I honestly thought the singer was about to launch into some sort of mime routine , I mean , he 's such a f—ing pansy . |
| 13 | ‘ Building must fall into some sort of style , ’ he wrote ‘ memory — inherited forms and ideas . |
| 14 | In effect , the concern to increase calibre embodies a concern to recapture the social relations , style of politics , and class of leadership , that existed before the franchise was extended and before the working class rose to some sort of local political power through the Labour Party . |
| 15 | I think Mum 's come to some sort of agreement with Viola over the profits . |
| 16 | The AEEU Scottish organiser , Harry McLevy , said he thought both sides had been inching towards some sort of agreement . |
| 17 | Unlike the families of middleclass dropouts , skinhead families were generally supportive , helping with money and acting as some sort of barrier against school and the police . |
| 18 | ‘ We hope for some sort of strengthened glass and double locks , ’ he said . |
| 19 | From now on he would be looking for some sort of pattern . |
| 20 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 21 | ‘ But probably the chances are that I will be looking for some sort of change , ’ he added . |
| 22 | ‘ We are really looking for some sort of justice for these people . |
| 23 | Erm if it 's um well generally speaking I think , thinking about what the sort of consensus would be among people who who study this sort of thing , they 're usually looking for some sort of of discrepancy in ages or powers or something . |
| 24 | Tormented , Eliot was searching for some sort of salvation . |
| 25 | It looks fairly ordinary , although it 's one of the ‘ big head ’ designs and it seems to be made of some sort of high-tech composite of plastic and metal . |
| 26 | For a start you do n't expect me to behave like some sort of stud . |
| 27 | Its top lip begins to extend and grow like some sort of elephant-horse , and the corners of its mouth pull up higher and higher so that its mouth looks longer and longer , as if a heavy-handed rider is pulling mercilessly at it . |
| 28 | , it 's all done with some sort of ultra sound thing . |
| 29 | Certain games can be used to raise spatial awareness — preferably not as an end in themselves , but to lead into some sort of drama work . |
| 30 | Is this connected with some sort of local custom ? |