Example sentences of "sort [prep] thing [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course it is the sort of thing one would have told people — something special , idiosyncratic and yet not too intimate about you , and a trait in which ( naturally ) you seemed to take some pride … . ’ |
| 2 | It is the sort of thing which would happen only if the person was in some unusual condition , such as a fever . |
| 3 | He warned : ‘ Once somebody gets hooked on this sort of thing they may step it up . |
| 4 | No , and if they do that sort of thing they can charge the earth for it |
| 5 | And it 's the sort of thing they could do . |
| 6 | It 's a , it 's a sort of thing they could do . |
| 7 | But it 's just the sort of thing they 'd do . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That 's just the sort of thing they 'd do . ’ |
| 9 | I mean in summary , I , I 'd say that this is the sort of thing they 'd look for in a , in a portfolio . |
| 10 | That 's the sort of thing we should have is n't it . |
| 11 | If you could buy those that sort of thing we 'd make good money with it er non-working . |
| 12 | We 've got a weight array which is the normal sort of thing we 'd have . |
| 13 | I 'm sure sh you know she would have been in dire trouble er only for my mother having seen her limping that day , but that 's the sort of thing she would do . |
| 14 | Not the sort of thing she would have to confess to Father Molland at St Clement 's on Wednesday afternoon . |
| 15 | That was the sort of thing she would delight in saying , but would Harvey believe her ? |
| 16 | It was the sort of thing she 'd do , thinking it wrong to punish a boy by making him go hungry . |
| 17 | I 'll look in my ro so that sort of thing she can look at in the morning . |
| 18 | A surprise attack at midnight would be just the sort of thing he might try . |
| 19 | Silly and stupid , the sort of thing he might have done as a child , pathetic for a man of his age . |
| 20 | He pointed out that he had originally wanted Robert Bolt , but his secretary said it was not the sort of thing he would do . |
| 21 | It was n't the sort of thing he would have put on the wall next to his bed but it was a lot more acceptable than Mr Pilkington in a black cowl . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not the sort of thing he would buy , is it ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You could at least try to help by giving me a clue as to what sort of thing I might have seen , ’ she grumbled . |
| 24 | That was the sort of thing I could imagine Denny and Kay going in for , at least in theory . |
| 25 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's just the sort of thing you would do — to make yourself look big — to make me look a fool . |
| 27 | The great thing about library music is that it is fairly non-commital : you can go in all kinds of directions and you 're asked to provide music in a certain style , which may not be the sort of thing you would do naturally , but it 's still enjoyable to do . |
| 28 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 29 | The sort of thing you might do was , if you 've got a decision , is you might want to look t at the of that decision , okay ? |
| 30 | It 's the sort of thing you might collect from the House of Commons particularly during a er big debate . |