Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect the other sort have a ball — like Bella , ’ she added unkindly . |
| 2 | ‘ Then perhaps I attract the wrong sort , ’ he hissed . |
| 3 | But if I get the right sort of backing I 'm sure we can turn things round . |
| 4 | Cos I did erm I was thinking we 're going through this fairly quickly are they really taking it in so I s we stopped after I re reached a certain point and I spent the next sort of half an hour or so just asking them questions and some of the things they got right , some they got wrong so I went back over them until we got it right so sort of help to confirm things . |
| 5 | I saw a few sort of puzzled looks when |
| 6 | And we believe we already offer that , I think the figures indicate that and therefore in the medium and the longer term I believe that our attractions will undoubtedly benefit and I would finally say that if you er , go back and look at the history of Disney in America , after the establishment of Disney Parks in America there was a big improvement in extension of the amusement parks in the rest of America which er , the traditional theme parks , so called , in America grew in the period after the establishment of Disney Land in California and I think a similar sort of thing is going to happen , not perhaps just in this country er , but also in Europe generally . |
| 7 | I think the second sort of problem , that you referred to , you have these quite sharp contrasts between the sort of Gatwick erm Crawley area spreading out , where you 've got a young population erm and the coast , where you 've got an ageing population — how does the county allocate its resources and how does it above all , having built schools in Gatwick in Crawley , then convert them to teenage centres and so on . |
| 8 | so he 's going to do that , so I said well look , do you mind if I had a wee sort of prelim talk with him |
| 9 | I hated the place when I lived there and yet today I had the odd sort of feeling that the house was just waiting for me to go and live in it again . ’ |
| 10 | In 1938 Lewis took a job in a Welsh secondary school , but could see the shadow of war approaching and worried over the problem of pacifism : ‘ I have a deep sort of fatalist feeling that I 'll go . |
| 11 | I have a different sort of snobbism , but I understand her snobbism . |
| 12 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |
| 13 | With a faint , elusive smile , she recalled a similar sort of feeling when she had yearned after the paperboy when she 'd been fourteen . |
| 14 | When you were playing with the Floyd , did you use a similar sort of rig ? |
| 15 | So which Alison feels is erm er you know the right sort of time |
| 16 | you 're not fucking throwing the plane out of control or the elevator would rip off or something , I mean if you get the same sort of thing probably would only have to do that , break the surface a little bit . |
| 17 | ‘ She craved a different sort of life . |
| 18 | Somehow , though , and it was a complete mystery to her why , she felt an odd sort of reluctance to do anything of the kind . |
| 19 | ‘ Tell me , what does a rich young girl like you call the normal sort ? ’ |
| 20 | She had an ordinary sort of face , nothing remarkable , too thin if anything , the nose high-bridged , cheekbones too prominent perhaps , but it was n't a face betraying ruthless pursuit of goals , was it ? |
| 21 | How do you spell the other sort of hare ? |
| 22 | She wanted a masculine sort of hotel . |
| 23 | Questions like this may be asked by people who assume that you have the same sort of lifestyle as they do , or who are clumsily trying to find out whether you do . |
| 24 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 25 | ‘ By raising our prices slightly we get a certain sort of customer . |
| 26 | And then we get the other sort of stress , the positive stress that 's also called use-stress . |
| 27 | Well , we get the usual sort of things you would expect , about fact and figures about the University itself . |
| 28 | Instead we get the same sort of smooth hump which constitutes slit 1 's contribution to B. The result is scarcely surprising . |
| 29 | following a review by the county surveyor we suggest further things which are automatic consultation with local members and indeed this process of public consultation be brought forward to the beginning of the whole procedure of traffic managing reviews , now that , that sort of consultation will be more in the nature of a public meeting than a semi-formal enquiry , but we recommend to you that we use the same sort of terminology so that the public appreciates that they are genuinely being consulted by the County Council , now if we find that there are very contentious proposals after an order has been published , er a C C H , a County Consultant of Hearing may still be held if as members you feel that 's something you want to do , because the objective of , of this whole concept of County Consultant of Hearings is to have er flexible arrangements so that the County Council can demonstrate its commitment with consultations at a local level to demonstrate that , that members in particular are hearing what local people er say and to set up procedures within the organization to give members , particularly local members more involvement in the traffic management review process , those are the recommendations Chairman which involve in the paper . |
| 30 | ‘ It will be my task to see that we employ a reliable sort of woman . ’ |