Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] some sort " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Once you have been through the various categories listed above and picked out all the names to be included next step is to arrange them in some sort of order . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 3 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 4 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 5 | The Soviet statistics were terribly messy and scattered all over the place but Davies and Barker finally succeeded in teasing them out and knocking them into some sort of shape . |
| 6 | In the main , however , they employ their temporary workers directly and issue them with some sort of employment contract . |
| 7 | Your parents nag you and bribe you ( they call it loving you ) and bash you into some sort of shape that suits them . |
| 8 | Details are not yet available , but it is possible that Dr Threadneedle turned her into some sort of cyborg death machine . ’ |
| 9 | Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted . |
| 10 | ‘ In my opinion , they 'll move him to some sort of safe house . |
| 11 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 12 | Oh buying it on some sort of |
| 13 | It is an open question whether this higher-level information dictates the lower-level interpretation ( as in HARPY , HWIM and Hearsay-II ) or enhances it through some sort of feedback mechanism ( as in TRACE ) , or selects it from a pool of candidates . |
| 14 | But that did n't mean she had to like the way he treated her like some sort of assistant . |
| 15 | He took it as some sort of betrayal . ’ |
| 16 | Knowledge Adventure is very good at throwing out nuggets of information , and placing them into some sort of context . |
| 17 | It is grotesque to portray me as some sort of blue-eyed optimist . |
| 18 | And Prozac did the trick for me , erm it wo n't work for everybody , it 's not a happiness pill , it just restores you to some sort of normality . |
| 19 | If it 's a concrete floor you could either put down a new wood floor or tile it with some sort of composition tile or sheeting like vinyl or linoleum which is showing quite a revival . |
| 20 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
| 21 | I hope , heaven help me , to bring them into some sort of design and architecture later . |
| 22 | I 'll push you into some sort of position where I can overtake and then tow you to a garage . ’ |
| 23 | On the plus side , if she saw Eleanor alive and well it might frighten her into some sort of submission . |
| 24 | Many users panic when asked to press Ctrl or Alt and another key and treat it as some sort of test of agility ! |
| 25 | The difference is that , while women see motherhood in emotional , hormonal terms , men see it as some sort of role-play . |
| 26 | Their faces emanate a radiance , though whether he actually sees this with his eyes or knows it by some sort of deductive process he is not entirely sure . |
| 27 | No he wants to tape us on some sort of tape . |