Example sentences of "have been [det] sort " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But if the lad has been any sort of problem in the past I still believe United will get the best out of him and put an end to his wandering .
2 ‘ But that noise need n't have been a retch — could have been all sorts of things . ’
3 The thing was , there must have been some sort of short circuit in the amp , because every time I played the damn 'd thing , I got a shock !
4 It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle .
5 It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ?
6 With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning .
7 ‘ You sure you do n't mind me talking about your sister ? ’ he said slowly , with what might have been some sort of smile on his face .
8 Must have been some sort of misunderstanding , ’ said Rose .
9 Only one penny of this issue has survived from the York mint , and none from Lincoln , suggesting that very few of the dies used to strike it ever reached the north ; the reason could have been some sort of political crisis .
10 ‘ Old Darlington was quite some place to live in and I reckon daily life must have been some sort of gamble , ’ said Joan .
11 Oh there must have been some sort of arrangement , I do n't know .
12 I think it must have been some sort of
13 There would n't have been those sort of opportunities .
14 Seems to have been some sort of mix-up .
15 There had been some sort of clandestine liaison between the lady and Darrel for some time .
16 And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about .
17 If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built .
18 In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter .
19 There had been some sort of slight accent too .
20 was but , what you expecting that , obviously is n't called for a lot of night life , otherwise it would be there , there 's been discotheque , they 've been all sorts of things , but they 've closed down because they have n't made enough money
21 I do n't I mean I know I I 'm very busy , I 've got stuff that I should have done , months and months ago , that I have n't got round to doing yet , cos there 's been all sort of interruptions .
22 There 's been all sorts of problems with regard to paying cleaner 's wages , because I become her employer ,
23 I 'm afraid there 's been some sort of coup mounted .
24 ‘ There 's been some sort of misunderstanding , that 's all it is .
25 They have also cast doubt on his client 's character by implying there 's been some sort of fraud .
26 I mean obviously this is nothing new , obviously there 's been this sort of thing for some time in the past , but I think what we 've got to ask ourselves is ‘ what sort of a society are we now reaping ? ’
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