Example sentences of "it [be] some sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be some sort of retribution for sending a 440k gif file last week ? |
| 2 | The establishment was ringed with barbed wire , and guarded by men of the R.A.F. Regiment whose N.C.O.s kept discipline by threatening their men that misdemeanours would result in their being sent ‘ inside the Park ’ , as if it were some sort of madhouse . |
| 3 | Usually , one then treats one set of relations as problematic and.simply assumes the existence of the other , as if it were some sort of indeterminate background noise or , more contentiously , assigns truth to one and falsity to the other . |
| 4 | People often treat science as if it were some sort of ‘ forbidden country ’ . |
| 5 | Or if it 's not being entertaining , coming away absolutely hating or loving it — as long as it 's some sort of reaction . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's some sort of kick , this work . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it 's some sort of demonstration , Moira , ’ replies a man with ‘ husband ’ written all over him . |
| 8 | ‘ They live right by the place the going-up jets go from and they think it 's some sort of magic place ! ’ he said . |
| 9 | I get the impression that it 's some sort of systematic research , maybe a response to a leak . |
| 10 | Er , well , that 's part of what 's on the spreadsheet , It 's some sort of diagram . |
| 11 | You 're lucky in a way that he 's there , and lucky , too , that he 's got his music and that it 's bringing him a name , for it 's some sort of compensation in the meantime , helping his waiting . ’ |
| 12 | It 's some sort of fraud all right . |
| 13 | Yeah it comes on , a comes on and then it shuts down so it 's some sort of shut down fault . |
| 14 | I suspect it 's er it 's it 's er it 's some sort of little office at a guess . |
| 15 | When students come across it they assume it is some sort of technical language . |
| 16 | The depression on the ‘ blade ’ and the overall shape suggest to me that it is some sort of agricultural implement , such as a weeding paddle or potato lifter . |
| 17 | They called it smoked salmon and I immediately concluded it was some sort of rich man 's herring . |
| 18 | It was some sort of animal . |
| 19 | Looking back on it , I realize it was some sort of act of rebellion . |
| 20 | I would honestly say , and it may sound arrogant , that although the White Paper came out in 1975 and it was some sort of a landmark to point the way , we were never conscious here of any tremendous pressure or even really of any light pressure to reorientate our services to the Priority Services . |
| 21 | And she died them pink and she , I ca n't remember what I think it was some sort of , erm cooking net that she bought . |
| 22 | I du n no , maybe it was some sort of ventilation thing . |
| 23 | I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’ |
| 24 | I never doubted what I was feeling , but I was shocked when it did n't fade over the years , and I went through phases of trying to convince myself that it was some sort of obsession , a perverse desire for the one woman I believed I could never have — or not in the way I wanted you , loving me as well as wanting me . ’ |
| 25 | Er , well I think it was some sort of a |
| 26 | It was some sort of stage show was n't it ? |