Example sentences of "sort [prep] [noun sg] you know " in BNC.

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1 so , do n't worry about bad language , I mean any sort of dialect you know , just forget it 's there
2 I think the architects cos I was I was engaged in trying to find a sort of temporary work for er somebody in archaeology and and erm I remember I got to s to an architect and and he did quite a lot of that sort of work you know and they
3 I feel erm personally when I was younger that I was taught about love long before I feel in love sort of idea you know comics , the old movies , gave us expectations about what love was all about and I felt that had a , has a big influence in how yeah , when you grow up you feel , you meet this man and
4 There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it .
5 You know and it 's a sort of awareness you know then and and now we talk about , Oh we 've got to stay together after the strike I mean what what are we going to do .
6 Now an extreme introvert , might be er sort of case you know , you 're , you 're erm er cutting up the sandwiches or whatever preparations you 've got to do and so on .
7 No , that was oh that chap who had painted Venice such a lot , absolutely recognisable , he could see the frontages of the palaces now , what was the man 's name , the sort of name you know so well you could n't think of it when it was n't in your mind .
8 You can write about the sort of person you know well , or even are .
9 No , for both the classical detective story and other forms it is better to try to find a plot that arises from something else you want to write about , a particular sort of person you know , a setting you know or want to find out about , even an idea about life .
10 It was a big galvanized er sort of affair you know .
11 Used to get a sort of entry you know round the top and there was these four or five , I think five , four or five , cottages .
12 He was a hale fellow well met sort of Yorkshireman you know , a bluff Yorkshireman .
13 And try and tell them briefly what you 've done in that sort of area you know , and , and see wh see what they say .
14 They 've got it so they do n't get s sort of minimum you know ?
15 erm and brochures sort of thing you know .
16 I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know .
17 The house that we lived in was a two up and a two down sort of thing you know , and er I know my mother used to take in washing , go out black leading .
18 And we were taught sort of er religious knowledge and all this sort of thing you know .
19 Because erm even going back to those days it was the bright ones that were pushed forward and the the sort of dog take the hinder most sort of thing you know .
20 And they had to be the bearings had to be either you had to have a s a set ready at all times sort of thing you know so a spare set .
21 On the on the You There was only the was only er three quarter of an inch out of centre sort of thing you know , but the shaft weighed ten tonne and you have this huge and it just l revolved of course and and the whole lot revolved under this cap .
22 And a couple of young clerks , that 's where they bred their clerks for the future use sort of thing you know .
23 And I mean I think women tend to be inv having to cope with things like school and er and health and you know they 're a at the grass roots if you like of you know at the receiving end of you know say cuts in in services like that and bus services and just quality of rural life and I mean the quality of life in Blaenau is depopulation and unemployment and you know and and in a sense there is lot of scope for women to break down the barriers of you know cos it is true that the the Councillors they 're supposed to represent the people or whatever tend to be quite well to do they 've done it thank you very much and then oh you know they 've got the time on their hands and they tend to be men and s school ex school teachers ex You know and they 're not having to cope with really situations that go will put them in touch with what it 's like not to have a bus service or not to have proper health care and this sort of thing you know .
24 You know in a way South Wales is paying back the debt that we pa w w we paid them in their strike you know I mean and That 's communities helping communities and if really this management is talking about er the fact that they resent families not having to go without over Christmas and this sort of thing you know I mean where are their values you know it 's difficult to understand is n't it ?
25 The Gorbels area was surrounded with er you know , wee cabinet making shops and all that sort of thing you know .
26 Have one more at yours before we you know before you go home sort of thing you know .
27 time sort of thing you know , so , said it 's been noticed that like
28 Every night in the fucking raunchiest games , it does n't matter if your a girl , if your girl and do n't want to play fine , if your girl and you wan na play well , quite like the bloke sort of thing you know , there was no , nothing er , no given , the fact that your a female , and they used to go in as hardly anybody half the time , erm , indoor rugby and shit like that
29 very elegant , it 's a cross between draughts and chess sort of thing you know
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