Example sentences of "[verb] what sort [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean obviously on the whole he ca n't guarantee what sort of priest we 're going to get , but the whole meeting was quite positive . |
| 2 | I ca n't really describe what sort of place this is . |
| 3 | Cos he wants to know what sort of boy you are . |
| 4 | I then set about finding a genuine buyer , which was why I needed to know what sort of planning permission would be accepted by the council . |
| 5 | Right so if someone holds up this piece and you hold up this piece to your mum and you say what sort of fraction is this ? |
| 6 | I 'm in a bit of difficulty when you say what sort of weight because w we need to have some sort of scale I think but |
| 7 | You do n't really know what sort of money they have got do you ? |
| 8 | do you know what sort of help is available from social services and local voluntary organisations ? |
| 9 | How do you know what sort of person that is ? |
| 10 | Right we can supply bank information for instance we can supply you with the balance , erm we should be able to let you know what sort of standing orders there are , erm but that would be charged at an extra rate because |
| 11 | Well sometimes it 's a number here it 's how many it 's what do you know what sort of tree acorns grow on ? |
| 12 | They wo n't know what sort of universe to want . |
| 13 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 14 | I did n't know what sort of reception I should get . ’ |
| 15 | but erm I do n't know what sort of thing wou would get me the best experience . |
| 16 | Police do not yet know what sort of gun was used . |
| 17 | To her knowledge she had never led anyone into anything she could n't handle herself , but as he had pointed out before , she could n't always know what sort of reaction she was stirring in those who listened to her songs . |
| 18 | In the detailed cross-tabulations for our main survey ( not always included in Appendix I ) , we found that women were much more likely to say they did not know what sort of interest rate to expect , and to say they did not understand interest rates well . |
| 19 | I do n't know what sort of tower they 'll put in her . |
| 20 | She did not know what sort of oddness to imagine , but they had been a long time and there had been peculiar noises . |
| 21 | Poulson , the well-known Tory who demonstrated what sort of corruption can be applied to private enterprise competitive local authority services ? |
| 22 | The account given in this book , based on the constructional meanings , enables us to give answers to these questions : Why does Oliver imagined her red-haired have two different meanings , one where he is trying mentally to change the lady 's image , and the other where he wonders what sort of person he is going to meet ) ? |
| 23 | Since it is just as important to press foliage as it is flowers if you want to create realistic pressed pictures , you should carefully consider what sort of foliage to grow . |
| 24 | You may have already decided what sort of walking boots to buy , but the shop assistant will , with barely disguised contempt , correct you , telling you how foolish you would have been to buy such footwear , how lucky it was you came here first , and convincing you that for only an extra £65 you can have the boot you really need . |
| 25 | ‘ And if none of this had been done what sort of death duties would have been charged ? ’ |
| 26 | Perhaps there was a … he racked his brains trying to remember what sort of accommodation forests traditionally offered … perhaps there was a gingerbread house or something ? |
| 27 | Yeah but I mean it depends what sort of bloke he is , and I mean if he is like that |
| 28 | depends what sort of poem it is , this is a very sort of image probing , sort of poem . |
| 29 | Nothing , depends what sort of glass it is . |
| 30 | ‘ We must show what sort of Government we are . ’ |