Example sentences of "have be some sort [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The thing was , there must have been some sort of short circuit in the amp , because every time I played the damn 'd thing , I got a shock ! |
2 | It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle . |
3 | It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ? |
4 | With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning . |
5 | ‘ You sure you do n't mind me talking about your sister ? ’ he said slowly , with what might have been some sort of smile on his face . |
6 | Must have been some sort of misunderstanding , ’ said Rose . |
7 | Only one penny of this issue has survived from the York mint , and none from Lincoln , suggesting that very few of the dies used to strike it ever reached the north ; the reason could have been some sort of political crisis . |
8 | ‘ Old Darlington was quite some place to live in and I reckon daily life must have been some sort of gamble , ’ said Joan . |
9 | Oh there must have been some sort of arrangement , I do n't know . |
10 | I think it must have been some sort of |
11 | Seems to have been some sort of mix-up . |
12 | There had been some sort of clandestine liaison between the lady and Darrel for some time . |
13 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
14 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
15 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
16 | There had been some sort of slight accent too . |
17 | I 'm afraid there 's been some sort of coup mounted . |
18 | ‘ There 's been some sort of misunderstanding , that 's all it is . |
19 | They have also cast doubt on his client 's character by implying there 's been some sort of fraud . |