Example sentences of "they [be] sort [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Er in the summer term particularly , at the end of the summer term those retirements thirty first of August because as you can appreciate they are sort of inundated applications at the end of the academic year .
2 Do you find it difficult , I mean I , I , I talk to people who erm work with , you know , Relate , marriage guidance and they find it quite difficult not to be able to bring their christian faith in when they are sort of counselling people .
3 When you know that they are sort of negative and they do n't really talk to you as a person , you know that they 're not really bothered about what happens to you .
4 They are sort of an avant-garde organisation of documentary and film verité . ’
5 It , they , they certainly look as if they are sort of intended er to heat things up .
6 They 're sort of like cages and a car thing pulls them along , and stuff is stuck in them , like newspapers and all that .
7 I know that a lot of blacks are just expecting things to come to them ; they 're sort of free living , it 's our nature to sit down and enjoy life .
8 it 's quite nice the Grassmarket since + it 's always had the antique shops but they 're looking + they 're sort of + em + become a bit nicer +
9 Now they 're sort of things that you 've probably seen yourself quite frequently I would think .
10 Er I 've got two I 've just just been two schoolkids who are not doing very well and they the end of term they 've you know the teacher 's said they 're sort of very far behind and they need to do some work during the holidays .
11 They 're sort of things to focus on points of focus within when you 're receiving Confirmation of the ways in which through Confirmation you can enhance the gifts which you already have and focus in on the power of the Holy Spirit through those gifts .
12 " They 're sort of directing operations . "
13 How , how did you learn to , I mean , looking at some of your locks , they 're sort of very , very fine
14 Even if they 're sort of not erm involved .
15 And like a big body on small legs , i in a away they 're sort of rather wobbling and crumbling .
16 Instead of being round they 're sort of , sort of rectangular
17 They , they 're sort of like a probation officer , social worker , that sort of thing , erm most people come to us with all sorts of problems not just not particularly housing problems .
18 And that 's why they 're sort of clambering over the bridge , in order to get onto the shortcut .
19 They say , ‘ Do n't know about those neon lights , they 're sort of an acquired taste .
20 I think they 're sort of purple , like it says in the book . ’
21 Erm , they 're sort of a little bit intriguing , you wonder what 's going on there , what sort of place it is , and so on .
22 ‘ Sunni and Shiah — and they 're sort of … deadly enemies . ’
23 Yeah , yeah , more immediately , but I mean when they 're sort of it has
24 I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them .
25 Now what they 're saying is that , what they said is activist action learn best when they get the opportunity to experience new sort of problems , situations , opportunities when they 're doing something quite new when they 're sort of involved in very much you know here and now activities when they 're sort of like business games , exercises , role plays , team tasks that they can sort of get you know really get involved with themselves then there 's lots of action and they 're quite short and sharp , so can move on to something else .
26 Now what they 're saying is that , what they said is activist action learn best when they get the opportunity to experience new sort of problems , situations , opportunities when they 're doing something quite new when they 're sort of involved in very much you know here and now activities when they 're sort of like business games , exercises , role plays , team tasks that they can sort of get you know really get involved with themselves then there 's lots of action and they 're quite short and sharp , so can move on to something else .
27 Er , one thing I think we highlighted after the meeting with the they 're sort of working awareness of the setup in Lincolnshire , if you look at the er , structure of the er , commission , one from personnel , chief executives They did seem to have er , very little knowledge of a rural shire county .
28 Now that you see so it might be an idea If you have your table within the marquis , that does whatever you want it to do , that can talk to kids if they want and so forth , you see they they 're sort of juniors upwards .
29 Even when you 're ringing them , you know somebody that 's got two parcels a week , they 're sort of thinking , why are you ringing me .
30 Unless they 're sort of directors of their own company , things like that , then , you know , it could be an unlimited supply of money , basically .
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