Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] sort of [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos er you feel as you ju people moan about this sort of area they just do n't realize how . |
| 2 | I think the architects cos I was I was engaged in trying to find a sort of temporary work for er somebody in archaeology and and erm I remember I got to s to an architect and and he did quite a lot of that sort of work you know and they |
| 3 | Well mm well you , you can but it 'll be nice to , it will be nice to have something , something , you know , kind of some sort of list we can , we can refer to and , and say oh yes oh great he 's handed that one in now and , and sort of knock it off because I know they do keep records in the office but , you know just , just something so , so we know where you are erm and it also kind of er will perhaps help concentrate the mind on what you need to get done erm so er |
| 4 | Out of some sort of desperation she seemed to want to degrade herself . |
| 5 | For the analysis of this sort of example we need to turn to the more poetic dimensions of style . |
| 6 | Because of the nature of this sort of book you can afford to let the identity of the murderer become more obvious much earlier than if you were writing the classical blueprint . |
| 7 | Or it could mean cutting Russian exports , which would leave the Cubans short of all sorts of things they need . |
| 8 | That , sort of , it 's got the , it 's one of those sort of days I think when you 've got lots of cloud about broken clouds , so every now and again the sun will come through and light up different areas of the picture . |
| 9 | It looked like some sort of play he was writing , so far as Bob could see . |
| 10 | I have to stand there , like some sort of statute I think , and let everybody act around me . |
| 11 | for all sorts of reasons it may fail to fulfil its potential . |
| 12 | That i that is completely infeasible for all for all sorts of reasons it would be grossly unfair on council tenants to throw them out of their house . |
| 13 | ‘ With that sort of majority he has n't got too much to concern him , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Confronted with this sort of attitude it is easy to see why even such a reformer as Butler , who was usually extremely sensitive to the issue of the personal rights of individuals , responded with outrage to attempts to block age-of-consent legislation . |
| 15 | Erm with this sort of landscape I always credit the type of lens which is being used , and I think a wide angle lens has been used here , because we could see there 's been a lot of interest created in the foreground , and this is what a a wide angle lens will do for you in , in , in a landscape . |
| 16 | Financially it is a great asset for Tain , and with this sort of money I hope the council will take a serious look at the town 's lack of leisure provision , ’ he added . |
| 17 | ‘ So how do we avoid turning into those sort of pillocks I 've been talking about , Jim ? ’ |
| 18 | Then a car would appear near the house , sometimes even two , with those sort of antennae they have for bugging . |
| 19 | ‘ And in that sort of story it 'd have to be their own fault . ’ |
| 20 | Er yeah I 'm mean in that sort of environment you 're dealing with people that do n't want to be there know this timeshare thing . |
| 21 | And try and tell them briefly what you 've done in that sort of area you know , and , and see wh see what they say . |
| 22 | Well as daft as it seems Dennis as you probably know in this sort of game you 're on the roads very late at night and when you 're on the roads very late at night , you get a lot of bored policemen |
| 23 | In this sort of book you may well find that the pattern of how-will-he-get-out-of-this is more convenient to use while underneath you get on with the purpose of your story . |
| 24 | But working in this sort of hospital you are always aware of the potential and you have to be alert . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 're away to glory in some sort of wilderness I suppose I have n't much option — but I must say that this is mighty strange — ’ |
| 26 | From these sorts of consideration it became clear that light is made up of lots of particles . |
| 27 | In all sorts of situations it is called for , not only with children , but with other staff , parents and governors . |
| 28 | I remember erm one morning he came in in a bit of erm he was obviously very annoyed about something and er , when he was in those sort of moods he used to expect erm all sort of reports to be presented and er he wanted er statistics which nobody else had ever thought of and erm Arthur who as I have s hinted before was erm really my sort of guardian angel he , he sort of er did a great deal for me . |
| 29 | Under the Summerskill regime it seems that officials can indulge in any sort of brutality they like . |
| 30 | I learnt Russian by a more accidental process , really motivated by a wish to attend a university in any sort of role I could achieve . |