Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] all sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can vividly remember trying all sorts of feet positions before deciding which one worked best , then concentrated on the upper body . |
| 2 | The Market on Saturday evenings provided much entertainment as always a number of cheapjacks were to be found selling all sorts of items . |
| 3 | But he was incensed ; he came alongside me and started making all sorts of threatening gestures . |
| 4 | Before we start slapping all sorts of controls and restrictions on cars , we ought to find out a little more about the effect that they are really having on the environment . |
| 5 | A patient period of fund-raising ensued using all sorts of ideas to bring money in to enable such an ambitious project to commence . |
| 6 | ‘ Now tell me , for heaven 's sake , or I 'll start imagining all sorts ! ’ |
| 7 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |