Example sentences of "[pers pn] in [art] [adj] sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have always wanted to believe in those things ; I did believe in them in a vague sort of way , before I met him . |
| 2 | Tom 's getting quite attached to him in a macabre sort of way , so why should n't I ? |
| 3 | Well , I was doing this for him in a loving sort of wifely way and he said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I want to get rid of you ’ and I said , ‘ Thank you very much ’ and he said , ‘ Well , finish the trousers and post them on . ’ |
| 4 | He looked as if he was encouraging her to say yes and then he could forgive her in a lofty sort of manner , and it annoyed Jenna instantly , partly driving away her unexpected awe of him . |
| 5 | I suppose that was kind of her in a funny sort of way . |
| 6 | Or simply feel sorry for her in an absentminded sort of way ? |
| 7 | We approach it in a hit-and-miss sort of way instead of through a systematic communication programme . |
| 8 | Fiona and Fergus were making the bed , but doing it in a funny sort of way ; the bottom sheet had been doubled up half-way down the bed . |
| 9 | Have you done it in the last sort of few weeks ? |