Example sentences of "[verb] on some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | We happened on some good 'uns , and we happened on some sort of funny ones when we goo round . |
| 2 | Most Latin American countries have embarked on some sort of land reform programme , though these have varied considerably across the region in scope and depth . |
| 3 | The charge can be based on some sort of apportionment of the total contribution . |
| 4 | Meanwhile at Our Home the unspeakable ingrates seem bent on some sort of work-to-contract . |
| 5 | His mouth opened and closed while portraits of notables revolved on some sort of belt contraption behind him and my mind strayed to Phil Collins 's story about the time he went up and asked Steve Davis for an autograph : ‘ He did n't even glance at me , just sent me off to get a pen , and then signed his name , still without looking at me . |
| 6 | Dada had disappeared on some sort of little prowl of his own . |
| 7 | But this huntsman , for all the energy and élan of his posture , is maimed : his crippled right leg is bent back at the knee and supported on some sort of crutch . |
| 8 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 9 | In particular , can Poulantzas explain specific conjunctures and the shifting relations between classes without tacitly relying on some sort of volun-tarism ? |
| 10 | I seem to have become rapidly drunk on some sort of embarrassing lower-middle class drink like Bacardi and blackcurrant — thereby leaving myself open to mockery from clever left-wing improvisation playwrights . |
| 11 | This sector also includes outworkers for manufacturing and repair operations , who sub-contract work to do in their own homes or small workshops such as shoe manufacturers ( Peattie 1982 ) ; beggars who are often more organised than they appear ( Ruiz-Perez 1979 ) ; prostitutes ; garbage pickers who can sell various types of waste paper , refuse and bottles ; the living-in domestic servants paid low wages and provided with board and lodging who , according to Lloyd , constitute a category which is included within the informal sector by default ( Lloyd 1982 ) , and others who work on some sort of irregular basis . |