Example sentences of "had a sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Marie 's last night , we had a sort of party in her room . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose I had a sort of unfettered adoration for her without knowing it . |
| 3 | It was bigger , darker , it had a sort of cloak … … ’ |
| 4 | And it was always in autumn that this game was played because we had a sort of a plant that is very common then , we call it in Gaelic [ ragwort ] . |
| 5 | The 40-year gap between the First and Second Empires had in no way diminished the ability of these people to perform their functions properly and with dignity , and it should not be thought that the Court of Napoleon III had a sort of second-hand quality about it . |
| 6 | Bernadette Devlin recalled that in its early stages ‘ the whole thing had a sort of good-natured holiday atmosphere ’ , but when they realised that the police had re-routed the march |
| 7 | We had a sort of poet in this house once . |
| 8 | It had a sort of changing-room summer house , and a brick building that looked hopefully as if it might have something to do with heating the water . |
| 9 | I had a sort of seizure when clapping started loudly and unexpectedly at the end of Act 1 ! |
| 10 | In spite of herself , she had to admit that he had a sort of rough charm . |
| 11 | We were playing pubs and clubs and had a sort of underground following — we put out our own records and stuff . |
| 12 | When I was younger I had a sort of affinity with Peter O'Toole , but I did n't mix with actors much . |
| 13 | Breaking the fast had a sort of Thanksgiving Day quality about it , or a Harvest Supper . |
| 14 | Their bodies , although all different , had a sort of common denominator ugliness which only a group of undressed men can produce . |
| 15 | Above all they had a sort of study area . |
| 16 | Esther says of Mrs Jellyby : her voice impressed my fancy as if it had a sort of spectacles on too Ch 8 and of Mr Turveydrop : |
| 17 | What happened what happened really in , in Russia and China is er that they had a sort of captive lower class who 'd been used to a very authoritarian kind of rule so they were able to impose communism from above . |
| 18 | But the thing had a sort of head , as big as its body . |
| 19 | These matters had a sort of equivalence in my mind : I had my possessions to offer Jean-Claude , his mother had her bathroom to offer me … . |
| 20 | We were late getting to Doris 's party on Christmas Eve , because Toby and I had a sort of row . |
| 21 | She had a sort of velvet cap , from which she had snipped a bit of veiling . |
| 22 | " I had a sort of fantasy he 'd go to Mrs Africa 's and I 'd go there after him and so would you and we 'd meet . " |
| 23 | I had a sort of despair for days afterwards , thinking how much of their rotten , pretentious blood I must have in me . |
| 24 | It was queer , he really had a sort of dignity , he was really hurt ( perhaps that was it ) and showing it . |
| 25 | And we had a sort of desperate broken conversation , Caliban trying to get out of taking me to hospital , I insisting that he must . |
| 26 | ‘ I once had a sort of vague idea that life in the country was innocent and uncomplicated , ’ said Lydia . |
| 27 | Partly it was for lack of anything else to be curious about , the usual island obsession with trivialities ; partly it was that one cryptic phrase from Mitford and the discovery about Leverrier ; partly , perhaps mostly , a peculiar feeling that I had a sort of right to visit . |
| 28 | Somewhere inside itself , the thing had a sort of jet propulsion . |
| 29 | Well I 'm telling you they stuck it they had a sort of flat bottomed cart and they used to stick it in and when they came there they , they lifted it off and stuck it in the ground and it was just similar to that only it was hooped |
| 30 | I always had a sort of inclination towards buildings , architecture and that sort of thing . |