Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We happened on some good 'uns , and we happened on some sort of funny ones when we goo round . |
| 3 | If this is the case , a universe that developed from some sort of random initial conditions should contain a number of regions that are smooth and uniform and are suitable for the evolution of intelligent life . |
| 4 | THE TITLE says it all : the ‘ stolen continents ’ were the lands in North , Central and South America where gentle loving souls lived in some sort of earthly paradise , happily harvesting luxuriant crops and enjoying a stable regime with only ‘ low-key ’ wars . |
| 5 | Well they normally just packed with some sort of wadding , I du n no . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It looked like some sort of military place , so I walked in . ’ |
| 8 | It looked like some sort of play he was writing , so far as Bob could see . |
| 9 | And I knew in some sort , I think , that the animal was my brother , in this meek and helpless form . |
| 10 | She had a poise about her that spoke of some sort of inner peace and Jenna 's mind went back to her own mother — the beauty , the restless energy , the quick , sharp voice . |
| 11 | " Breast of turkey in an orange sauce , vegetables marinated in … " he sniffed , breathing in the mouthwatering aroma , " marinated in some sort of alcohol … " |
| 12 | There she once sat in some sort of castle , or not , reading , for sure , the literature of Romanticism , and growing up to resemble — in the opinion of the writer 's aunt , the historian C. B. A. Behrens — a character out of Lermontov . |