Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] sort " in BNC.
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| 31 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 32 | You would n't sort of erm , if you think of Fay er , |
| 33 | They were for the entertainment of the workers in their lunch break er , it was n't really much of a job but er , I kept applying to go onto the floor to actually work on the aircraft but they , they would n't sort of er , I was needed too much in the receiving departments so in the end I left . |
| 34 | I say they would n't sort of spend like he did . |
| 35 | Erm because I would n't sort of finished till quarter pa |
| 36 | It 's the same thing every day ; you ca n't sort of say you 're not going to do it , because you 've got to do it — like preparing a meal : it 's got to be done because if you do n't do it , the children would n't eat … |
| 37 | you ca n't sort of |
| 38 | Most people were still using wooden ploughs er which , not only di is it much more difficult to cut the sod with a er wooden plough , but it also cuts only in to about half the depth of an iron plough so you ca n't sort of turn the soil over to anything like the same extent . |
| 39 | You ca n't sort of say — well , I know some people do — but I ca n't say ‘ I wo n't pay that bill because I 've got to buy some food . ’ |
| 40 | So that means until we 've heard from , one of them , we ca n't sort of ascertain finally the , the , the programme for the next few weeks . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | I think the officers really are to be congratulated , and erm , one ca n't sort of guess what could have happened if it had n't been so professional , but I suspect the fact that we won , what we 've won , is a result of the professionalism of our and I really would like to congratulate |
| 43 | Well I mean you could do a bit of both , I do n't see why you ca n't sort of start out with some general stuff about whether |
| 44 | You know , and he 'd got you , you ca n't sort of say , do n't ever be in touch with me or do n't ever or do n't ever |
| 45 | Well no , you have to scarify it and then you have to you have to carry on the work , you ca n't sort of do it and then think , ooh I 'll leave it for a couple of months . |
| 46 | Cos people , I mean now I mean you ca n't sort of even think about that till mid January or later . |
| 47 | But Neil he was gon na go down to Tesco 's but he is , Ipswich , ca n't get down here , so he ca n't sort of travel and you know what the hassle of having to take him and pick him up . |
| 48 | You ca n't sort of like you wan na put shelves up and do things to the house , that 's what keeps her going , wan na put the rent up it 's got a lot of disadvantages . |
| 49 | But you ca n't sort of turn round to Hannah and say Hannah , you 've got B O ! |
| 50 | Yeah , of course you ca n't sort of cuddle him like that cos he 's too heavy , I rock him you know for a , a couple of minutes , not that long , he 's taken his braces off as well still do , do n't ya ? |
| 51 | Well , you know I just ca n't sort of let it go on . |
| 52 | I felt a bit you know , er you ca n't sort of , do you see what I mean ? |
| 53 | Which is really quite right but then , I mean , you ca n't sort of just love needs to be sort of spread out a bit does n't it ? |
| 54 | Well you ca n't create stability , the Communist Party ca n't sort of I mean cos that 's what , sort of hindering long term investments and that how peasants do n't feel that how that things are secure , they and it 's difficult to see what the Communist Party could 've done |
| 55 | Actually erm I 'm not really into it at the moment because I ca n't sort of make myself get in there , you know ? |
| 56 | he 's retired , but he 's , he 's been quite busy with this Festival , but I , I said to him , now what I 'll do is maybe come and you and him and Jane maybe kind of will just sort of have a quick confab sometime just talk about what he wants , and he will be kind of happy to do that with obviously we 'd have to find a drop of money to pay for the tapes , I mean that would n't be huge and expensive . |
| 57 | Right you then get your baby , you 'll see the midwives doing this , you stabilize the baby pelvis , because otherwise it will just sort of go all over the place wo n't it , and this doll is , is fairly fixed , it 's not a very soft thing like a baby and you , with your hand you put your finger which is about the same length as the baby 's finger is n't it ? |
| 58 | So the engine will just sort of push the table down . |
| 59 | Erm , it 's quite clear from the district auditor 's letter that he thinks that we 're not being systematic enough , about what we do about environmental improvements , and it seems fairly clear to me to , that if we just push the to the service committees , erm , nothing will ever happen , except possibly on planning , and that erm , it will just sort of quietly disappear because it 's not the top priority of any of the other service committees . |
| 60 | Robert wo n't sort of get it in he said because it 's so slow going . |