Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] that sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thing is , ’ explains Derry , ‘ that women to us and women to you are two different things because women in the Forest are like something out of , uh , they 've all got that sort of hillbilly vibe about them . |
| 2 | So bear that sort of thing in mind as well . |
| 3 | Perhaps in future you 'd better save that sort of chat for people who know me . |
| 4 | Better to learn that sort of thing before the scenes , and what goes on behind them , are all your responsiblity . |
| 5 | Harris peremptorily summoned him to the committee-room after this latter incident and told him : ‘ We do not want that sort of thing at Lord 's , Fender . ’ |
| 6 | Just forget that sort of problem altogether |
| 7 | Freedom to worship our religion in our own country has been bought dearly with blood and tears — and you do not surrender that sort of freedom easily . |
| 8 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 9 | I realised I had never ever shaken his hand before , MPs do not do that sort of thing . |
| 10 | You can not do that sort of thing if you 're a priest . ’ |
| 11 | You simply did not do that sort of thing to men like Luke Denner ! |
| 12 | One can not keep that sort of information to oneself . ’ |
| 13 | Most of us do not have that sort of time to spare . |
| 14 | The only prior knowledge a baby has is what is in its chromosomes , and chromosomes do not encode that sort of knowledge . |
| 15 | I just dismiss that sort of talk . |
| 16 | ‘ We can not allow that sort of thing to happen in the World Cup . |
| 17 | I do n't usually buy that sort anyway but the last couple of |
| 18 | Perhaps I might just take the chance to say that if there is a local group that would like to hospitality to people from developing countries that are at the Institute , we always welcome that sort of opportunity and invitation . |
| 19 | Have you ever done that sort of thing before ? |
| 20 | There are no easy answers but maybe a few guidelines as to what might be happening , for Margaret , staring dry-eyed and forlorn into a new day , and for all the other people who have ever had that sort of feeling . |
| 21 | Bankers do not usually forget that sort of thing . |
| 22 | They 're not actually in a conversation but we always do that sort of thing anyway . |
| 23 | After a time Maxim asked : ‘ Did you ever live that sort of life ? — for any length of time ? ’ |
| 24 | Cos the doctors er still have that sort of element of kudos for for people to be associated with . |
| 25 | If Thatcher ends up opposing that sort of modernisation of institutions , then she will deserve to be denounced as simply reactionary and perverse . |
| 26 | She probably lived that sort of life herself , Stephen thought . |
| 27 | We do also , as a Council , fund various grant aid money advice centres through the City , which also provide that sort of advice , not just council tenants . |
| 28 | She might have four children , but still thoroughly enjoyed that sort of thing . |
| 29 | Someone who , through years of toil among parish registers , discerns and for the first time explains the minutiae of demographic change in a northern mill town , is clearly doing that sort of thing . |
| 30 | To watch Reutemann on a tennis court , for instance , was painful ; even Hunt , a splendid athlete , really lacked that sort of fluency which expresses real ‘ style ’ ; Jody Scheckter , doing almost anything , was incredibly clumsy . |