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Most of our first jobs were in sweeping through houses: pest control, looking for suspicious activity, that sort of thing
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Everyone stares at their drink, a sort of collective moment of silence for lost loved ones
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“What sort of irrelevant question is that? You’re here to feel better, not fish for emotional gifts from me
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With this sort of mind-set, retiring, changing jobs, or moving to a smaller place are not likely to significantly reduce stress levels – the stress will be there whether it is imposed externally, or whether you have to manufacture it
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I was a sort of surrogate mother to her in her teens and we’d stayed in touch … whenever she had a problem she would ring me
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you know the sort of thing?’
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Several people thought I should make a scene and throw abuse at them both, but I hate that sort of thing
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It was his dream that he would marry and have children … and Dan is a man to make his dreams reality … I think he had some crackbrained idea that he could have the wife and family along with my friendship as well … I daresay he thought I would come to terms with Joanna … after all, she was a friend of mine … it made some sort of sense
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They were sort of inspired by riot grrl bands like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Voodoo Queens
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Thank goodness I went out that evening … if I had been at home on my own, I’d have been completely minus any sort of alibi …
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That Stephen Merrett seems a capable sort of man
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but what sort of mess is it going to leave my client in? She works in a school, Mum - one of those big private ones
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Once the event occurs our cooperation to authorities, encouraging the younger lot to provide help to the needy, taking some sort of control to prevent theft and arsons, regulate the crowd that usually collects and hampers rescue efforts and the doctors amongst us to provide urgent medical aid are some of the tasks we can take upon ourselves and thus be relevant for the society even at this age
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it was totally the wrong sort of gun, of course, but nobody minded that
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They had a load of stuff to dress the hall with … you know the sort of thing
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“You’re a little late, aren’t you? Isn’t this supposed to be delivered first thing in the morning? While it is morning, it most certainly is not first thing,” Ackers rambled, trying to get some sort of information out of the paper boy while confusing him at the same time
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’ I said slowly, ‘He taught me how to do that sort of thing … not guns, of course …
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I know he sort of insinuated that he was interested in you but … oh why is life never simple?
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Why not? It’s sort of cute, sort of cool, and a little outdated
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It is not often that I see Stephen shaken by a crime – he sees too much of that sort of thing – but this has hit him
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‘You could have a problem letting the house with that sort of problem, Liz
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Since then, he has acquired a sort of cult following which surged in the 60’s with the peace and Earth-loving hippies and has continued on into the 80’s and 90’s with New Ager’s buying the bulk of the over million bottles hand packed annually
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sort of
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‘What sort of idea?’ he called back, amusement audible in his voice – cheeky so-and-so! ‘Oh, hang on, I’ve nearly finished
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‘She’s mentioned temping though, and, as you say, it would be easier for her to get that sort of thing from here than where she is at the moment
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What sort of time do you think you might get here?’ I asked, mollified though not entirely convinced
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I say garage, it was more a sort of lean to
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‘I spoke to Emma this morning … she’d got it into her head that I was in some sort of danger
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‘Sort of … the annexe has its own separate entrance
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I was reading about it, the army are doing that sort of
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It remained without a name plate or any sort of reference
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pressure and restore myself to some sort of equilibrium
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‘… sort of … he admitted that it could have been
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For Cat, who had never accumulated any sort of ballroom skill in her
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It was the sort of voice that aimed a double barrel shotgun at
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hands in lap pose of one who always mixed with the finest sort of people
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When he and Mary were together in that sort of way,
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What sort of information do you fill yourself with?
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Later that morning, with Johnny restored to some sort of order, and with firm
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Somehow, after my experiences of the previous day, this sort of behavior was almost beginning to feel normal
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accounts clerk, the sort of man who is equally hen-pecked and ignored because his
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‘I’ve been thinking about trying to get some sort of live in job
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Despite her over the top expressions, she strikes me as being a terrifyingly efficient sort of woman
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What sort of hearing?
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Adrian seems a sensible sort of man
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’ The man said … is he some sort of doctor? I think he’s wearing a white coat, though that is a bit foggy, more a sort of white blur just out of focus
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“Very ingenious,” said the gaoler by way of nervous conversation, “just sort of
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any sort of supremacy, although we numbered thousand of millions
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Molly didn’t seem to think that he was desperate for kids … that’s it, isn’t it? You feel you are some sort of second class woman because you can’t give the man a child
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Nevertheless, who knows what really awaits us after death, to the Other Side? Imagine some sort of aliens waiting there, ready to be fed with strong souls!” Alexander said at a moment, in a rather equivocal manner
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Dave is playing my husband in the play – he’s ever so nice – he’s done a lot of this sort of thing
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I think Maggie is under the impression I have done this sort of thing before …… I try to live up to her illusions
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My dad taught me that I could have a bash at that sort of thing
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so we sort of started around together
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People got used to seeing us together, and began to treat us as a couple, so we sort of drifted into a relationship
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D’you know about that sort of thing?’
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We are using the large room behind the stage area for changing … men on the left and women on the right with a row of mobile clothing racks down the middle, where we each have our personal designated areas to hang our costumes, giving some sort of modesty division, though to be honest, who the hell wants to gawp? As the play takes place in the present day, the clothes are not really costumes anyway, but, all the same, my character has certain things she has to wear – some my own and some provided by wardrobe
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That makes some sort of sense to me in my dazed state
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It wasn’t the sort of respect earned by friends and colleagues, though
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It all evened out in a weird sort of way
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We’ve sold you to another group, more experienced with this sort of thing
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Just as I started to get the image into some sort of focus, at the critical moment when I started to remember details about the garden, their clothes and the house, right then the truck would bounce or shake over rough English roads, and these carefully assembled pieces of the picture puzzle would break and scatter
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Knowing that you are not alone, that others bear the burden of living like you do, is a strange sort of comfort
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“Sort of promised I’d read his Holy Book
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I wanted to grab hold of Beniamin and shake some sort of sense back into him
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The completely symmetrical space resembles some sort of shiny, weird cube
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‘I’m Angie Finch, I help out a bit here … sometimes … sort of
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Later that morning, with Johnny restored to some sort of order, and with firm instructions to tell his wife, Mary, that one of his batty old Aunt’s cats had mauled him during the night, she bade him farewell
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‘I’m sorry … it’s not easy coping with that sort of thing
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The little man, who looked to all intents and purposes like a fifty-year old accounts clerk, the sort of man who is equally hen-pecked and ignored because his entire being is made up of nothing but disappointment, pulled a red handkerchief from his jacket pocket, wiped first his brow and then his glasses, and then finally, and with an almighty bulge, he blew his nose
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‘Sort of … this is going to sound a little strange
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Treasure: In general, it is a very good omen; if you dream of a chest full of coins, jewels, ancient objects and that sort of thing, it means that you have a strong will and a good potential, which could be used to help yourself and others around you
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‘… in a sort of diplomatic capacity
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‘Hmmm … the sort of capacity that might get you murdered, obviously
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It’s sort of halfway between London and Bristol, I suppose, set on chalkland
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‘I’m not into that sort of thing, myself, but lots of people are
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It is wrong to put them above the Holy Spirit and make it so that the only way people are directed and communicated through is if they have some sort of title or credential
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‘Sort of … there are wayhouses that serve food, especially in the rural areas on well-travelled routes, and some of those are very good indeed, but there isn’t the demand for takeaway food outlets or cafés, not like here
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‘It sort of chose me
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It sounds like some sort of dragon
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Perhaps JJ would want her around as a sort of honorary aunt … or would that be too weird? As if she were clinging to a facsimile of the man she loved? No, maybe it would be best not to hang around … for the first time she felt the rootlessness of her existence
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There appeared to be some sort of large building at the end … what was that for?
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‘He seemed a pretty straightforward sort of guy
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We never wanted any sort of supremacy, although we numbered thousand of millions
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The sort of house she could have lived in … in another life perhaps
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As long as she was in the main thoroughfare it would be difficult if not downright foolhardy for anyone to attack her … but there was a stretch just the other side of the river where the pedestrian path separated from the road, sloping down into a sort of culvert … a subway … if I were going to ambush someone, that’s where I’d choose
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‘There’s a sort of storage place just back there – big enough to shove these two in
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Following his last day at the office, he had made two further trips into town; one to ditch the last of the stuff he had decided he no longer needed and the second to sell his car and visit the book shop to buy the books Kara had selected from the website … as a sort of peace offering in recognition of how much it galled her to be constrained
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“Yeah, we don’t need that sort of hassle
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One question would be, if there weren’t any farmers in Jerusalem, then where did they get their food? It is believed that in the time of Jesus, 80 or 90 percent of the people of Israel were (or were at some point) some sort of farmer/fisherman/agricultural worker
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’ Liesse said into the ensuing silence, ‘What sort of figures are we talking about, Karalintze?’
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It is bad enough when it rains here, I can’t imagine trying to get around the sort of terrain you describe in the downpours mentioned in your last letter
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We don’t even realize that we are performing this sort of characteristic
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Wiesse would certainly not be amused by that sort of inattentiveness … as a result I find myself watching the path carefully, straining my eyes for any such rut
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Israel was to have a court system where the priest is the one who judges, and never some sort of “official,” or ruler
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Specialises in household fabrics … heavyweight curtain fabrics, that sort of thing
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‘I’ve just been telling Lintze that Ommie used to have this sort of reaction to traumatic events, father
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It’s sort of stuck
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They think that the Spirit is poured out so that we can have some sort of thrill or titillation
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We cannot understand blessing as something that is a high five or some sort of wealth or something that would cause the nations to now have peace and enjoy self
