Example sentences of "be [verb] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | This more psychoanalytical explanation may seem far-fetched , but it is important to realize that feline terms have often been given some sort of sexual connotation ( sex kittens , pussy as slang for female genitals , and cathouse for brothel ) . |
| 2 | gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription . |
| 3 | Erm which would give you some contact with erm , er you know people who 'd er er just come out of prison or , or you know had been serving some sort of sentence or other , you know , maybe not a custodial one or something . |
| 4 | I mean the strain on families must be enormous in a strike situation and for both people in the family to be having an input and feeling that they 're getting some sort of feedback from the situation that it 's not just despair must surely you know be you know there 's that side to it and then erm from the women 's point of view I mean we have like I said become one big family in a way you know and the social side of the strike in a way you know people are sa you know going out more maybe and certainly |
| 5 | Erm , that is kids may express curiosity , kids may even be doing things that imply they 're getting some sort of pleasure out of their bodies y'know they may be , as we used to call it when I was a child , playing with themselves , um they may be erm doing various things that er that give them some sort of bodily pleasure . |
| 6 | I know you 're having some sort of big spiritual crisis or something , but I do n't really see how I can help . ’ |
| 7 | You are having some sort of mental breakdown . |
| 8 | ‘ Many local authorities are running some sort of shopmobility scheme , ’ said Mr Tapper . |
| 9 | And , you know , he 's been very wheezy and pro and , and , and er , and has a , er , ha has been suffering some sort fluey cold . |
| 10 | Werewolf seemed to be conducting some sort of slaughter out there . |
| 11 | Christian Hosoi , who was meant to be getting some sort of subsidiary company through Vision , is now working to get a sub-company set up through H Street : this will eventually be similar to Chris Miller 's Planet Earth . |
| 12 | It was difficult to tell , but since Fleet Street had more or less stopped producing newspapers , this area was now the journalism centre of town , which meant the pubs would be doing some sort of trade . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose it 's possible she could be having some sort of psychological block . |
| 14 | Oliver might well be having some sort of breakdown , in which case he 'd need us both to be right on his side . |
| 15 | All these things you can do by yourself , but at the same time you will be making some sort of social contact . |
| 16 | His eyes glinted through the black lashes and for a moment he seemed to be offering some sort of olive branch . |
| 17 | If you are taking some sort of action shots for instance , the camera will set fast shutter speeds ( to freeze the action ) and use wide apertures if the light level is indifferent . |
| 18 | Do you see yourself as being given some sort of payment , eh ? |
| 19 | Some way away a couple of humans were using some sort of machines to load boxes into a hole in the side of the plane . |
| 20 | As a codicil to this I should tell you that at the same time in another part of the camp , the National Union of Miners were holding some sort of conference themselves . |
| 21 | I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner . |
| 22 | When the 15 men from no fewer than eight countries run out in front of a packed house for the 111th Bowring Varsity match at Twickenham today ( tues ) you 'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching some sort of world invitation XV taking on Cambridge . |
| 23 | I do so again to counter the growing myth that Teesside is becoming some sort of earthly paradise a wonderland where industry and nature have achieved perfect harmony . |
| 24 | I think he feels that the most difficult thing in a man 's life is to find some sort of balance between longing for company and longing for isolation . |
| 25 | The big problem with this latter group is to find some sort of unifying factor that will make sense or give a theme to a miscellany of oddments that are less than distinguished . |
| 26 | Here , in Madeleine L'Engle 's Meet the Austins , worldly success is made some sort of virtue , as it is in her A wrinkle in time ( 1963 , p.30 ) : ‘ You 've met my mother , have n't you ? |
| 27 | Well presumably with , what we 're trying to do is create some sort of alternative family units , we do n't want , although , er , laudable what the youth service does , is , we would n't want , if they do n't want to plugged , clubbable together , if , if , if , if the , the unit could provide that , or provide alternatives to pick up the , the correlation between that and , and ordinary normal family unit , I would hope that that would have been the best way forward , erm , er , because often some youngsters are in this situation because they , they have n't found the , that sort of provision has been helpful for them . |
| 28 | ‘ I imagine Dieter Erdle is doing some sort of history project ? ’ said Melissa unthinkingly between mouthfuls . |
| 29 | Looking at the act of speaking in a broader way , we can see that intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as ‘ new ’ information and what is already ‘ given ’ , can suggest when the speaker is indicating some sort of contrast or link with material in another tone-unit and , in conversation , can convey to the listener what kind of response is expected . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps your father is having some sort of mid-life crisis … possibly all is not well . |