Example sentences of "[verb] to sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 're really having to struggle to sort of make ends meet . |
| 2 | erm I do n't think our culture is the worst that 's ever been and I think there 's a tendency sometimes to try to sort of overstate that . |
| 3 | There is n't a list so that you will need to sort of think it through . |
| 4 | But often the- when they were in small houses where they had to do everything , erm they tended to find that they were they were expected to sort of skivvy much more . |
| 5 | It 's very hard work for her er you know she has to sort of get a get all the systems She has to you know it 's it 's very hard work to get the systems going . |
| 6 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |
| 7 | Now at this point I want to sort of take a break from looking at the development of the Communist Party to looking briefly at the peasantry because although the peasantry have been in the background for much of the time , we have n't actually looked in any detail , so far , at the condition of the peasantry in China . |
| 8 | Well now erm what it says here is that you want to sort of talk about possible options for a year out and then relevance of archaeology to career in surveying or land management . |
| 9 | Particularly where you 've more or less got the idea of it but you think you just want to sort of tidy up a few details an |
| 10 | But of course that can become quite a complex thing depending on how much we want to sort of use it to produce certificates and things like that . |
| 11 | gives you a bit more time to decide exactly what you want to talk about cos if if it has go to be in week three or week four , then we really sort of like decide now what you 're going to write about so that n Cos next week is gon na be our last meeting on this topic , so you really want to sort of give a bit of a presentation on what you 're going to say . |
| 12 | You want to sort of look at the whole picture together . |
| 13 | Lastly we want to sort of clear up some of the mess that is made by the previous conservative registration . |
| 14 | Or if you just want to sort of signify a , a quick thank you to someone . |
| 15 | and er obviously I want to sort of give you the best possible price |
| 16 | Want to sort of put on the top of the wardrobe and then make it drop |
| 17 | You , you kept them and you tried to sort of let people have them who you felt deserved them you know most . |
| 18 | Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that . |
| 19 | wants to sort of maintain that sort of level on , on |
| 20 | Yeah and and if and I also what I was going to say how she she kind of is able to control erm or bring out because she 's bring out both his sides but erm to her father wants to sort of get rid of him , she 's able to erm just erm act more charming and get them , you know , one line to prove them wrong . |
| 21 | I mean you will you will go on merrily your own sweet way and erm I I hope nothing happens to sort of |
| 22 | This was muted well before the the pit review body decided to sort of close pits down . |
| 23 | Yes I mean th th th th the fact that you 've got a whole range of problems an an and you , you were bound to come up against those problems if you try and define Marxist in a strict sense , and therefore you , you were always seeking to sort of make . |
| 24 | Erm and various people like that you see and it seemed to sort of you you went up the scale . |
| 25 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 26 | Women , erm from men 's departments , cos they just , like she said they , I do n't know why , but they just seemed to sort of |
| 27 | I think that 's very important and I think it 's , there 's er actually , I have to say er I detect in 's letter because I am quite sure that a year ago she would have questioned the parish council 's existence , and indeed she 's being , erm , to my perception , highly critical of er the fact that the parish council has even dared to sort of taste the oxygen outside their own homes . |
| 28 | And it was all in a bunch , so I 've had to sort of unhook it . |
| 29 | I 'll try and look to sort of student access erm , total theoretical will have , erm , some of your own transcripts by then . |
| 30 | We , one does n't try to lose things , but they just happen do n't they really I think I appreciate more now , you know when I was , when I was teaching I used to think oh stupid woman she 's not , to bring this book in and you know , and now I think oh dear , huh , yeah and you also appreciate the people , I would appreciate now those who managed to do it every day without fail , manage to sort of let , because they must of put themselves out no end to have |