Example sentences of "[pers pn] sort of [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't naive enough to expect the goodies to win every time , but over the long-haul , and certainly in the last reel , I sort of weakly , vaguely , wetly assumed that things would come right . |
| 2 | And what I thought was happening , you see , was that , if you can imagine this kind of psychological or metaphysical equilibrium point that we all start from , then I , I sort of perceptually changed . |
| 3 | I mean , if I sort of just stay for a , for a while but er I 've still keep looking for work looking for a job cos I do wan na get away from B T. |
| 4 | And for years I sort of just dismissed it as a sort of thing I did in my past . |
| 5 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 6 | Actually , my friends at church , back home , used to call me erm , cos I , I sort of sometimes squeal when I get excited . |
| 7 | And that four years in rep , I sort of basically learn , I learnt the basics of the trade . |
| 8 | I got , oh I sort of like to use two and then cross out the wrong one . |
| 9 | He 's alright like that , last night , once he went to sleep I sort of like staying around in his room for a couple of minutes , but I , went and opened you know , sort , sorted the curtains out and |
| 10 | there was one time I dove in and I hurt my back , I sort of like keeled over , kicked well |
| 11 | and I sort of like walked out the door and went yeah I 've thought about it . |
| 12 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 13 | I thought I 'll wait to , I sort of really , like the bathroom I want to it 's got the wallpaper starting to peel off . |
| 14 | I mean , it is different , I never used to like the loose tea , when I was younger , but now I I sort of really taste the difference . |
| 15 | Them sort of like sandy coloured ones |
| 16 | I mean , with them sort of then |
| 17 | erm , yes so if we went to them sort of fairly soon we 'd |
| 18 | She looked at me sort of pleadingly . |
| 19 | yeah she 'll be in trouble wo n't she , she often gets her own drinks anyway , she sort of like , she 's at that age she can , it 's only when they get out there together |
| 20 | And then she gets , she gets to something else now , like , she sort of like , looking after herself and whatever |
| 21 | Have you sort of not , I suppose you have n't found out money- wise what it 's costing ya ? |
| 22 | It 's sad but I mean I think miles away you sort of not quite so bad , traumatic . |
| 23 | Yeah he was more real I mean when you sort of just sit there she , she threw me off track a few times but er he was more realistic so therefore . |
| 24 | I think a I think actually who you have 'em with like with Sue I mean I was quite positive about this er I can understand you sort of just w who did you have 'em with before ? |
| 25 | See , if you sort of somehow trellis that area , that side in you could actually have this mo more intimate if people just wanted |
| 26 | So if you bring a questionnaire and erm er we 'll go through it and I 'll show you sort of how to define the variable list and and y'know kind of how to enter the date and stuff , show you a give you a copy of the data file that I 've got that actually works so if you just sort of follow the syntax it 'll yeah so erm so that 's okay . |
| 27 | Well you sort of like say for instance erm we heard of recent burglary . |
| 28 | If you 'd have said , I will move you sort of like went Kathleen ? |
| 29 | That 's it , the trouble is he 's not enthusiasm cos you sort of like , if you like me you get all your hopes up you want |
| 30 | You sort of quite a nice spot for houses really just up the top there . |