Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] sort " in BNC.

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1 Or you may sort of erm people who you do the same thing over and over again , the same sort of job , would you not agree a little bit of complacency can set in and erm things do n't perhaps come over quite as they should ?
2 What 's point three , well it 's about the cube root of three , or you could sort of try cube root of three
3 ‘ I thought we really would make a new start , that I would sort of … make him blossom . ’
4 said all I 'm worried about is did I wash my hair too early for you so she said it 's alright I 've got a spray that I can sort of cos she likes it quite wet when she
5 I I I I think that 's one of the options that I could sort of er I could still be the li , cleaner over here .
6 I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it .
7 mum , mum wanted one of these new , new sockets to put th erm th one that you can sort of clip out clip in
8 Cos you do n't want wan na have a meal , sort of nicknacky that you can sort of nibble .
9 er come along and see me because I , because it is quite you know likely that you will sort of worry about
10 Er oh keep these numbers small so you can sort of play about on the number line more easily , and ten minus , minus ten take away minus four .
11 Now Jean was pleased because I do sequence dancing which I learnt with my husband , and so now this coming September when we start back again , once a month I 'm going to teach some sequence dancing in the hope that some young ones would , will hear of it and , and join because then once you can sort of get them involved with one thing you may sort of get good numbers .
12 I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then .
13 We 'll wander round , I mean let's to know that we can sort of just have a little walk as it were .
14 We need to find people to buy these places so that we can sort of balance the books , but one wonders , you know , could n't something have been done with that empty building for two years while there are folk in the area with nowhere to live .
15 And you get the feeling that they 'll sort of go back to school and college or wherever
16 Now in , in the early stages you certainly want to encourage as many people from this base to join , when the development , the movement gathers pace it 's possible to say right we possibly w there 's some , sort of the wealthy peasants we do n't really want , they 're the ones who prospered under the old scheme of things , they were the ones who had some power and influence and er by even drawing them into the association there is a danger that they may sort of assume the lead or take an active role which would be detrimental , which would negate the movement and try and make it er less revolutionary and more lawful , they would go back to sort of reform of the old system rather than the overthrowal
17 I mean it 's all right to say if you 're nice to them they 'll be nice to you erm it should come the other way round , that they should sort of respect other people 's property .
18 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 .
19 A bit of security of employment so they can sort of sort out for an holiday .
20 pulls you up do that goes that way , does that goes that way so you 're upside down you see , you 've not only got weight and gravity pulling you down you 've also got the thrust of the engine pulling you down as well , and the only way the helicopters going to be able to do it is by getting enough height so they can sort of drop like that and they start dropping and they can just pull it back
21 What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing .
22 ‘ Well , when a stag mates with a hind , he first scrapes a hole in the ground Then he gets her head and shoulders down the hole , leaving her rear end sticking up in the air so he can sort of get at her easier like . ’
23 and I 'll sort of ring to say
24 and I would sort of put that in there .
25 And so er friends of ours , he 's got muscular dystrophy and he 's sort of in the same sort of and so we we 'll have a decrepit contingent , he and I will sort of and the two girls who are relatively young and healthy will go charging around and taking photographs and doing the tourist thing .
26 Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer .
27 the exams and if I can sort of say , you do n't need to worry about
28 Foot in the door a bit see , see if I can sort of , you know
29 So I thought well if I can sort of get think to myself a rough idea before I go Jonathan 's going to Geoff 's mums cos Geoff 's got ta work all day Saturday you see ?
30 They 're called a pacifier and you can sort of like use them to strike and to defend yourself with them yeah ?
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