Example sentences of "[am/are] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like we 're sort of living here together — you know , sort of like we 're married or summat and living in a proper house of our own and all that . |
| 2 | They 're sort of like cages and a car thing pulls them along , and stuff is stuck in them , like newspapers and all that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 's difficult really because I mean we 're sort of striving for the same sort of things |
| 5 | You 're sort of running around all the time , so you do n't get time for anything else . |
| 6 | Yeah , so we need to yeah , we 're , we 're sort of thinking about it |
| 7 | Especially if we 're sort of , we 're inundated with them , ai n't we , it 's getting overcrowded . |
| 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 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 10 | When you when you come up here and do the driving you find that erm because people are are just not available at the time and erm y I 'm here just for a and Stan only here for a a limited period , and er you 're sort of trying they 're downstairs they 're trying to get people off the trucks when they come in or whatever the case may be to go out and do an assessment run , and it 's not always possible . |
| 11 | You you 're sort of just stopping and starting , stopping and starting as the others are going down . |
| 12 | Now they 're sort of things that you 've probably seen yourself quite frequently I would think . |
| 13 | If you 're sort of travelling a bit too fast , you 've got ta rush your steering , things might not be right . |
| 14 | The purpose of this afternoon 's session is basically we 're we 're sort of looking at it from two pronged attacked . |
| 15 | So you 're sort of thinking at different levels . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | " They 're sort of directing operations . " |
| 19 | Cos that 's how you measure jobs when you in erm When you 're sort of managing projects or something or so many man hours to build this and then so many man hours to do this and then so many man hours to do that . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , you and Carol , you 're sort of settled now , are n't you ? ’ he said . |
| 21 | How , how did you learn to , I mean , looking at some of your locks , they 're sort of very , very fine |
| 22 | Even if they 're sort of not erm involved . |
| 23 | And like a big body on small legs , i in a away they 're sort of rather wobbling and crumbling . |
| 24 | So you 're sort of right in a way that it 's two sine squared X but this wrong . |
| 25 | Instead of being round they 're sort of , sort of rectangular |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And that 's why they 're sort of clambering over the bridge , in order to get onto the shortcut . |
| 28 | which you do , and then you 're er you know in their eyes you 're , you 're sort of trained to some sort of level for their sort of work . |
| 29 | They 're the They 're the head ones and they 're place in you 're sort of in charge . |
| 30 | They say , ‘ Do n't know about those neon lights , they 're sort of an acquired taste . |