Example sentences of "[pron] [be] sort [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 2 | I think she felt wi , you know , some of them are sort of like , a bit unimportant . |
| 3 | And anyway , he and I are sort of mates . |
| 4 | I 'm sort of kneeling there , so I put my hand on Marie 's back to make her feel better , but she rolls away from me . |
| 5 | I 'm sort of on leave . |
| 6 | Sometimes I 'm working away up here in my studio — the name 's a bit too grand for the room , which is only 12 by 12 , but even so — and there 's music on the radio and I 'm sort of on automatic pilot . |
| 7 | Alan , I 'm sorry if I 'm sort of trying to put you at the end and continue and I I do n't intend it like that . |
| 8 | Yeah , exactly that is what I 'm sort of |
| 9 | So that that 's why I 'm sort of representing Mother earth . |
| 10 | I mean I 'm finding that you know through it because I 'm sort of straining all the time I 'm getting terrible headaches and all of the |
| 11 | and , and that has been integrated across a county into the establishment which is why I 'm sort of saying |
| 12 | I 'm sort of ashamed of that too , and now I 've got this sort of a rash on my arms , all kinds of hard bumps . |
| 13 | Well erm , children , people with children who do n't know how to behave , or , or at least use your house as a sort of running ground , erm , not living in London , er , er , I have lots of guests that come from London , sort of using it as , as much as one would exercise dogs , and , and let their children r run , like round the house , and then er , I 'm sort of saying things like , oh you 're , you 're very , very sensible not to have decorated until after your son 's older . |
| 14 | I mean now I 'm sort of psychoanalyzing the authority about the school closing . |
| 15 | Whereas when I work I 'm sort of too careful I think I 'm too scared to do something . |
| 16 | can I just just pursue that you said said so the if you embarked on another scenario , and you said that the only way in which extra over , that beyond the figure proposed by the County Council , would be by way of a new settlement , I 'm sort of transgressing my own ground rules here , I know that Ryedale has expressed support for the principle of a new settlement , are you saying that you would be looking for a new settlement , possibly in Ryedale ? |
| 17 | Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time . |
| 18 | I sent off for mine last week — I 'm sort of hoping that they wo n't have posted them yet so it may be worth ringing up to try and cancel . |
| 19 | erm right I 'm new to the area and I 'm sort of wanting to move into the Garden City |
| 20 | But my other commitments prevent me from turning up to their committee meetings now so erm I 'm sort of stepping back on to I 'm just on to their mailing list . |
| 21 | They are but I 'm just I mean y'know it 's cos it 's not really correlation yet so I 'm sort of u that 's why I 've put quotes round association . |
| 22 | And er generally I 'm sort of very impressed with the standard of work on the essays so okay . |
| 23 | I 'm sort of jumping around a bit because there was so much going on . |
| 24 | No , I 'm sort of I think he confused himself as well as confusing me slightly |
| 25 | I think if I phoned up er , you know , er when I we do want one again and I 'll say , you know , I 'm sort of in my sixties will you do it ? |
| 26 | Well I 'm sort of like . |
| 27 | Mm but no what I 'm sort of , getting back , I mean , you know , I do n't I think it 's the kids I mean , I du n no why ? |
| 28 | Seeing as I 'm sort of got half into that one really . |
| 29 | And I 'm sort of thinking , oh my God , modern woman ! |
| 30 | and I 'm sort of thinking , why Thursday ? |