Example sentences of "be [vb pp] 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 | Do you see yourself as being given some sort of payment , eh ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | But he is accorded some sort of grudging acceptance by ‘ James , the brother of the Lord ’ , who dispatches him to Tarsus , to preach there . |
| 6 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |