Example sentences of "sort of [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It burned at the top of a 25Oft stack and we tried all sorts of things to get it to light again . |
| 2 | Those sorts of things inspired me , and the reason those records sound like they do is because they used that equipment . |
| 3 | I think when I meet — and maybe would count them not in hundreds , but in tens — when I meet women who make those sorts of comments and say this time last year I would not have said that , then those sorts of things encourage me very much . |
| 4 | He really did all sorts of things to help us , and we never said please or thank you and now he 's dead . ’ |
| 5 | That 's given me all sorts of things has it ? |
| 6 | For example if I 'm looking at O-level history , ‘ What sorts of things do you think might be important , or what kinds of evidence do you think I ought to collect , or what issues do you think I ought to take into account ? ’ ’ |
| 7 | Carpets , tiles and flooring , the Steamatic helps revive all sorts of surfaces leaving them more hygienic , cleaner and brighter . |
| 8 | The advocates of massive aid hint at all sorts of threats facing us if we do not hurry to the rescue , but are the dangers from a collapsing state greater than what could be expected from a revitalised Russia ? |
| 9 | What sorts of factors constrain me to do so ? |
| 10 | Spinoza holds that the more we understand why we have these impulses , as also why certain sorts of thought overwhelm us with depression , the more we will get on top of them . |
| 11 | I it seems to be functional , so you know you get like lawyers and farmers and all sorts of people using it . |
| 12 | By lodging your slides and information with us , you enable all sorts of people to view them . |
| 13 | All sorts of people owe him favours , you 'd be surprised . |
| 14 | All sorts of people play it : students , businessman a lot of jugglers too . |
| 15 | Therapist : ‘ What sorts of stresses have you been under recently ? |
| 16 | It advises the reader not to leave their bedroom window at night because all sorts of pitfalls await them ; crocodiles , ghosts , monsters . |
| 17 | What sort of lifestyle/ did they present ? |
| 18 | So give us some indication of what sort of press release it was so that we know what we 're talking about in the |
| 19 | Sort of consortium What — somebody tell me in the group what sort of press release you had , what did it describe , so that we , the other people have n't seen it , have they ? |
| 20 | What , what sort of stuff did they give you ? |
| 21 | And what sort of stuff did you get off the black book that you could n't get the other way ? |
| 22 | I realized that in fact she was absolutely determined on going , she had n't the imagination to act out this sort of scene to punish me , nor , to be fair , would she ever have been so spiteful if she had . |
| 23 | Now when you do this sort of assessment do you take into consideration the amount of money I have to pay to go and stay a night at a place like this ? |
| 24 | What sort of customers do you deal with ? |
| 25 | And what what sort of powers do they people have er when problems like that arise ? |
| 26 | I see what sort of crane did you call them , the new ones ? |
| 27 | What sort of breakfast do you want ? |
| 28 | What sort of work had they erm been engaged in ? |
| 29 | ‘ What sort of work does he do , Mrs Lewis ? ’ |
| 30 | Okay erm what sort of work do you do ? . |