Example sentences of "not the sort [prep] [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , this is not the sort of behaviour that modern judges have in mind when they refer to young thugs as behaving ‘ like animals ’ . |
| 2 | That is not the sort of society that I would wish to belong to . |
| 3 | Not the sort of love that you see in films when the big hairy hero takes his girlfriend in his arms , half suffocates her with a big slobbering kiss and then says , ‘ I love you , Ermentrude . ’ |
| 4 | ( c ) The removal of the unenforceable provision does not so change the character of the contract that it becomes " not the sort of contract that the parties entered into at all " . |
| 5 | If we 're only offering £10,500 a year to join the police force , for people to put their lives on the line , it not the sort of money that would attract the right people . |
| 6 | It was like something out of a film set — and not the sort of film that was recommended for family viewing . |
| 7 | I have said it before and will say again that I am one such beneficiary , and probably not the sort of beneficiary that was intended when it was decided that a discount would be required . |
| 8 | I 'm not the sort of guy that sits around the house like you know . |
| 9 | it 's not the sort of car that you do that with , not with four anyway , you 'd imagine them having an estate car |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not the sort of time that people generally call — ’ |
| 11 | There was something funny here , and Lydia suspected that it was not the sort of funniness that she would enjoy . |
| 12 | It 's not the sort of room that anyone wants to come and chat to you in . |
| 13 | I did not , to be honest , think I would have much success — it 's not the sort of thing that I would have known all those years ago — but the idea of ringing up a few of my former colleagues was just irresistible . |
| 14 | Many thanks for the script , it said , but it was not the sort of thing that Sky was planning at the moment . |
| 15 | That is not the sort of thing that is going to make anyone 's reputation . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not the sort of thing that generally happens . ’ |
| 17 | Not the sort of thing that turns a self-respecting dybbuk on : you 'd never catch Lil and me , for instance , trying to swan-dive into each other 's souls when the heavy breathing starts . |
| 18 | Erm , I ought to know this , but it 's not the sort of thing that I have on my fingertips . |
| 19 | It may not be of safety but it maybe er not the sort of thing that we want . |
| 20 | It gave us a bit of a giggle in the office , but I have to say it 's not the sort of thing that we would show to the public . |
| 21 | Erm I mean we do n't even look at the figures on those , because it 's not the sort of investment that we would actually consider erm useful for a , for a longer term investor . |
| 22 | ‘ However bad a crime like that might seem to people , in the great scheme of things , when there are 55,000 murders each year in the US , that is not the sort of crime that should be getting the death penalty . |