Example sentences of "sort of [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's a bit of a nonsense to say that pigeons perch in trees you may see an odd pigeon sort of settle in a tree but not for long . |
| 2 | We 've got a ladies luncheon in Glasgow for four hundred and the organiser , Ruth the chair of Glasgow branch , is being helped by two ladies from the business community erm Linda from the BAFTA award and Tessa who has her own marketing company , so we 're hoping to sort of pull in a lot of people from that erm Judy the chair of Scottish council , is yet again holding her Charlotte Square ball erm , this was very , very successful two years ago , I think you know erm and we 're hoping for the same success erm , we are very lucky that the Royal Highland Show has chosen us to be er the charity this year for the gala preview of the show erm this is er for three hundred people , a champagne reception erm sponsored by the Bank of Scotland , so that you go and see the flowers before the show opens the next day . |
| 3 | Perhaps you 'd like to sit down rather than sort of hover at the back , it 's up to you entirely but you may feel that you 're slightly uncomfortable . |
| 4 | Well the parrot he sort of came in the Boar War he did he sort of flitted on my shoulder and I 've been lumbered with him ever since and nobody seems to want him . |
| 5 | And I mean whereas if I sort of came from a middle class background I think people would have thought differently of me . |
| 6 | An inglenook , Oh I think it had been a place a sort of built off the fireplace . |
| 7 | But it it 's sort of built into the ground apparently so that it 'd be pretty low down . |
| 8 | Yes you just write over the top , sort of write over the top of it and it raises off |
| 9 | I ai n't seen this series I just sort of remember from the last series . |
| 10 | there 's no , there 's no need to sort of rush at the , I think we wait and see what they 're going to offer us in er whenever it is that it comes up for renewal . |
| 11 | You sort of creep into a corner and hope she does n't see you . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , I hear it totally now that I 'm familiar with all these blues licks , and so I 'm starting to apply that sort of thinking to the more modern type of playing . |
| 13 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 14 | I mean , do you do you sort of wander round the street jabbering to people like this ? |
| 15 | You see I mean I can see the goal there every day , I can see , I can see me sort of getting to the goal , I just maybe sort of go around it , I mean well a bit I mean , since I 've had these two I sort of said , you know , would it , would it be the white handle , let me show you , you know the gold handle and , you know |
| 16 | James right like Mr right he did n't know right and we have this sort of erm water fountain and he was running towards it and he , and he filled up his mouth with it and he was spitting it everywhere and we were all sort of getting out the way and Mr told him if you do n't want to drink it then leave it alone and he sort of turned and walked away . |
| 17 | The black powder 's just sort of gone to a a sludgy paste . |
| 18 | whereas you look back at the end of the day and if you have n't done what you did you sort of feel like a bit down ah and you wish you had |
| 19 | Point four the sums included with the paying increase , the one point five and negotiated seven staff and er on that or are we sort of governed by the financial cr criteria government and also are there other departments or staff within the Town Hall will receive a higher increase . |
| 20 | I think what really happened then [ the third time ] there was a sort of crackling in the noises as if someone was falling down . |
| 21 | It , it 's a domestic policy , hands off , it 's got nothing to do with international trade at all , it is purely a domestic policy and that is essentially the argument that is erm , prevented agriculture erm , from sort of slipping through the GATT net . |
| 22 | And we sort of walked round the town and back to where we 'd parked the car and there were there were places you know , pubs and cafes which are |
| 23 | Are you still sort of staying at the same or |
| 24 | He just sort of glanced at the photos and then carried on talking . |
| 25 | It 's difficult really because I mean we 're sort of striving for the same sort of things |
| 26 | Like sort of ploughing through a field or erm yeah |
| 27 | Yes , well obviously we erm we hope that we 've put the team together that 's going to do the job , but having said that , there 's some handy looking teams around , I think the League is going to be pretty evened out erm at the end of the day , I do n't think erm you 're going to see too many people sort of struggling at the bottom end . |
| 28 | There 's sort of brushes under the car so when it goes round it sweeps and washes the floor at the same time . |
| 29 | I 've had odd holidays with friends and my parents but this is the first time I 've actually sort of lived in the country . |
| 30 | And we described what we were going to do on this walk and where we were going to go and both sort of referred to the same composition and there was a prize for the for the one that was judged the best . |