Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] sort of [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want some you want some ringleaders who get on well , so you sort of bully them into things , which Donna is ! |
| 2 | Erm once you sort of crack the code and get into it , things you 've never heard of when they come up you when you know the system you think , Oh well I know what I know what it means by that . |
| 3 | So if I sort of stumble and start now and again you 'll get an idea of what the problem is . |
| 4 | Oh no no no , I mean I 'm alright if I sort of get on a a straight because oh these that are coming out |
| 5 | See look if I sort of turn round |
| 6 | And er I do n't think I 'm being too sort of general here if I sort of quote the place of the local preacher or the the person who 's leading our worship . |
| 7 | Cos I sort of tend to collect the sweety papers in the same pocket . |
| 8 | It 's easier to start with until you sort of get used to somebody |
| 9 | if you sort of go to fit you sl |
| 10 | You know , if you say David in most places , it did n't have a hell of a lot of effect after all , he just came If you sort of mention , like , a name like Walls or Rennells , you got people with feet several , you know , feet off the ground . |
| 11 | Yeah I mean if you sort of put Scottish accent then you 're probably going |
| 12 | I took Tim to the match one Easter Monday they played Luton in league match , and Ted played , the old Ipswich player , and we go absolutely , it rained , hailed , blew , and we got home soaked to the skin you know , and er it seems to make you feel better if they win you know , but if you sort of put up with those sort of things and they , they lose it 's makes you feel right down in the dumps , but when they get promoted like they did last time it 's remarkable , it 's been remarked about this aspect , that people in local industry seem to work harder , and it seems to be a boost in general local traders make shop window displays and it seems to be a boost to the town in general and give a lift to the town if you like |
| 13 | Now if you sort of turn that round there 's a lot in it as it applies to Christians . |
| 14 | The mind , examine the way you , that you 've done erm if you sort of apply that to your own house , you can actually cut down the chances of a burglary happening to you . |
| 15 | well it 's one of these things where if you sort of have a |
| 16 | Cos they wo n't stand if you sort of say oh well I was away last week they wo n't take that as an excuse . |
| 17 | Well if you sort of leave him out of a conversation , he goes a bit funny , he storms off , I think I had noticed a couple of times that he has , and you see what happens is he sits there |
| 18 | So if you sort of see something then say what the hell 's that all about , er , I 'll try and talk you through it , and take away any fears that there may be . |
| 19 | Um and er so yeah if you sort of do something along those lines um so y'know sort of find some extracts and think of some questions I would 've thought . |
| 20 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 21 | So you can , what what I 'm thinking of now is not so much , I 've been thinking of stuff that you have done , and that if you sort of spend a little bit of , not much time , maybe ten minutes on each topic , just having a little look at it and finding a problem , this is the sort of problem I was doing a month or two ago , can I do this one ? |
| 22 | So if we sort of put in here one one third what does it mean ? |
| 23 | do , do let him know er because if we if we sort of know you know if , if , if a , if an essay just comes in off somebody we 've never met or something like that |
| 24 | Do n't they behave badly just because they sort of feel that you , that we , sort of use them , sort of exploit them ? ’ |
| 25 | I 'll get Dave to set the alarm and then we can have breakfast before we sort of rush out . |
| 26 | Well I 'll check with R and R B's press office first just to check before we sort of do things , but I mean it 'll be worth , would , would it be worth approaching erm Reporting Scotland and Scotland |
| 27 | But I 'll say is it on the gardening page , is it on the letters page , pray for the sports page I always say and people look at me quite you know with a quite a look on their face when I sort of say that and I 'm absolutely serious , I 'll say you know if you get a four paragraph story on the gardeners ' page , you 're home . |
| 28 | Well , when you sort of fire a very broad question at me like that I 'm not quite sure what to say because there are lots of women 's liberation movements ; there are lots of women who are interested in feminism broadly defined . |
| 29 | Erm so when you sort of dig the ground up you have to chuck them out the way . |
| 30 | Okay write down Ohm 's Law , and that 's , when you , when you sort of pull things out of your memory it , your memory is usually all in blocks of links So |