Example sentences of "been a sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although the path from Harlequins coach to Geoff Cooke 's right-hand man has n't been without its problems , there has been a sort of inevitability about his gradual promotion to the national squad . |
| 2 | She said he was from Moila , and ever since he was a boy he 'd been a sort of con artist , and could get away with anything- ’ |
| 3 | While Shetland has probably always been a sort of filling-station for birds on migration , it is too big an area for even the most energetic birdwatcher to cover , and thousands of birds arrive and depart unseen . |
| 4 | I 'd got a troublesome cough developed , and now looking back through the years , er it would have been a sort of hay-feverish condition that I I have been a bit bothered with . |
| 5 | And partly , too , it 's been a sort of indulging in wicked vanity about myself . |
| 6 | She 'd been a sort of feminist before it became fashionable ; never had much time for all that sisterly stuff , but she was positive she was as good as any man and she 'd prove it … |
| 7 | He had been a sort of excellent Ambulance Brigade man in a world of psychological casualties , and was in no doubt that the cause of mental stress was largely social : people went mad in a mad world . |
| 8 | We 've actually had a pick up , there 's been a sort of renewed interest , er , it 's quite significant that over the last month or so , there 's been quite an increase in , in people making enquiries about those units . |
| 9 | I 've always been a sort of I wo n't say outgoing personality let's say right . |
| 10 | Despite his apparent desire , matching the sudden irrational flaring of her own treacherous libido , he still suspected her of having designs on the family fortune , and she would n't be at all surprised to discover that his attempt to kiss her just now had been a sort of test . |
| 11 | Here she was , imagining that the last half-hour had been a sort of truce — telling Marc all those things about her life on the stage , all those silly , funny , self-mocking stories of disaster and mayhem that were part of the business , and he 'd been sitting there in judgement all that time , working out how much Peter might or might not have paid her for playing the part of his fiancée … |
| 12 | It was it 's a previous budget decision , I want to make that point , it was made before the last budget , and this has been a sort of a year of negotiations , that 's the first point and |