Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] sort " in BNC.
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1 | and you went up there and there 's them building sort of on the top is n't there |
2 | I mean sort of patting things town , not stirring them up . ’ |
3 | Yeah but I I mean sort of patronize them |
4 | And I mean it is your sort of second home , and the guys that you work with every every week , I mean sort of become , I mean it 's a bit of a cliche to say , but I mean part of a family that you living out there that you live with out there and it is a real I mean when you think of the number that was lost , I mean there were a lot of close friends involved in it . |
5 | Because wh when , when we were looking at , at , at the I mean sort of things the implication to me seemed to be that , that this in itself is a successful policy , rent reduction , interest rate reduction methods improving er productivity , increasing input , in themselves are satisfying the demands of the peasantry and you would not need to go beyond that , I mean well did n't need to , he is n't the ideal , but he did n't need to go and he , he was doing very well out of it . |
6 | You know I mean sort of |
7 | Oh I know , but I mean sort of there , I do n't know she would actually when it comes to it , but if we see her up there cos we can do the |
8 | I mean sort yourself out and |
9 | I wish I had been 'cause I took CSEs at school and I got sort of fairly average grades ( 1 in music ; 2 in English ; 3 in history , general science and woodwork ) . |
10 | then I got sort of er saving because I got paid what redundancy protection and everything , and I says to her oh bugger it I 'm gon na pay that off and then |
11 | Erm and that also makes sure , if you 've got it all in front of you , erm that ensures that you 're getting all the information that you need rather than thinking oh hang on , what else do I need sort of thing . |
12 | I 'd sort of missed the music of the band I once knew , so maybe there had been one hippy in attendance , after all … |
13 | Because I 'd sort of said that |
14 | He was very very tolerant with me and he brought me back into it without a lot of undue pressure and erm because transport was n't my life but I 'd sort of dedicated myself to it . |
15 | Well I think you see on that , as I 'd sort of said to you before |
16 | Well she said I 'd sort of thought of going , are you going , I says yeah okay I said , if you wo n't go I 'll , we 'll go together , I said but I do n't particularly want to get , you know , roped into it at the moment . |
17 | but she was getting there , her and Bren were er conferring you see I 'd sort of gone through what I 'd done and every now and again she 'd say well I 've done this and I 'd say well it 's right . |
18 | I parked sort of out in the car park and then got a tr a trolley and wheeled it rather than have to try and get back into that lot . |
19 | Making making it , all I know sort of saving it , saving it perhaps to American news . |
20 | I mean when I got , when I got here okay er when I was in the lower sixth and I like sort of got in and then like it was so weird being , I mean I 'd never been to a blokes ' school before I came here |
21 | I try doing it , but I get sort of tangled up . |
22 | I was working and all of a sudden and one the woman began to sing Rock of Ages in a loud voice and then the man joined in and I sort of thought I heard sort of and I thought oh , they 've got a bottle which they 've taken out of their pockets which they were passing from side to side . |
23 | And I find sort of about an hour or so afterwards I do |
24 | She said ooh , you know can I invite a couple of friends , can I invite sort of you know , people back to lunch but when it 's sort of the list I mean , cos I I 'm not |
25 | I feel sort of fixed that it would be the best thing … you know it would . ’ |
26 | I feel sort of sick . |
27 | I feel sort of , ‘ So what ? ’ |
28 | There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society . |
29 | no well because your looking down on every body else you tend to feel erm , well I feel sort of that you 've got to er feel responsible for them and look after them |
30 | Yeah but I get really pissed off as well cos I well I , I wo n't like when I 'm with other people like and I talk about other pe like when I talk about Jenny and then I feel sort of like really two faced when I like start talking to Jenny and stuff . |