Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a point of library housekeeping , the simple stratagem of date stamping items left upon tables is a useful way of keeping some sort of check on the use of reference books . |
| 2 | In November 1977 , a meeting of interested individuals from different disciplines was called to discuss the possibility of establishing some sort of research programme . |
| 3 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 4 | I also realise the importance of having some sort of discipline and routine to hold on to . |
| 5 | Man 's desire to fly like the birds had existed for hundreds of years but with the advent of the internal combustion engine , the chances of achieving some sort of flight appeared to be improved . |
| 6 | Every time she seemed to be on the verge of making some sort of breakthrough , new questions came up . |
| 7 | The only idea she had was of discovering some sort of shelter for the night , for she must catch the stage to her destination early in the morning . |
| 8 | Introduce Brenda who 's going to speak to us on Make do and Mend and she 's asked me to say that she 'd be very pleased if people break in or erm sort of form some sort of dialogue with her as she goes along . |
| 9 | It was a way of imposing some sort of initiation ceremony on himself . |
| 10 | This change in Pip 's attitude and behaviour and perhaps his realisation that he is not a true gentleman is his final change from contentment , to discontentment and snobbery to finally semi-contentment though I think he knows he can not be fully content with reaching some sort of conclusion with Estella as she still has his heart . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , if it 's anything to do with feeling some sort of responsibility towards me — ’ |
| 12 | You 've got ta have some sort of |
| 13 | But I personally feel that it needs complete refurbishment and that costs money I think that the points been raised earlier about having some sort of jazz pub here or some pub here is very bad and I think we could investigate that . |
| 14 | What about having some sort of one of these superloos or some vandal-proof toilet there , you know if er people actually pay to go in it , it would n't be so bad . |
| 15 | This did not seem to me a reason for appointing a chairman ; it might be a reason for appointing some sort of official ; though in fact it would not be a sound reason for appointing anyone . |
| 16 | He 's only insured for eighteen thousand anyway so I said well to be perfectly honest Jim , I said I would n't of thought that the insurance company 's gon na pay out eighteen thousand quid without getting some sort insurance investigator down there to sort it out . |
| 17 | Even a skilled fighter would be unlikely to beat off an armed attacker without suffering some sort of injury . |
| 18 | Just move onto the next one then media trainer I started talking to the training school about doing some training for officers it started with C I D cos you often find that a D S is an acting D I and when we asked them to do an interview about a crime or incident they say we 've not done radio interviews before , so Phil has er supported it and we 're gon na run some sort of training scheme one day courses for them . |