Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] just the sort of " in BNC.

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1 But the Hank in his mind , the one who calmed him down and cheered him up and got him going in a sensible way — she was just the sort of fantasy mother you 'd make up if your own mother was too strong , too passionate , too overwhelming .
2 They were just the sort of purchasers on whom peasants relied .
3 It was just the sort of set-up that attracted Dustin , who had been itching to have more power over his films for some time .
4 It was just the sort of match that cried out for some Cantona-like ambition .
5 It was just the sort of thing we had seen on Starsky and Hutch .
6 It was just the sort of nose-thumbing exercise toward the NZRFU that Haden would loved to have devised and put in action .
7 Th you know it was just the sort of it , it all changed after the First World War and completely changed after the Second World War .
8 It was just the sort of thing the boys liked , and when Hilary had fetched their suppers — a cold Scotch egg each — from the kitchen , they all sat watching it .
9 But it sounded more like Hilda alone — it was just the sort of thing to appeal to Hilda 's sense of humour .
10 It was just the sort of thing that would amuse a man like that .
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