Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's sort of shaking like you do when you laugh . |
| 2 | And erm one of the girls that was on there became a very very famous soprano in the country , erm Connie Shackelock you 've probably not heard of her , she 's sort of a bit before your time but er she always used to sing Land of Hope and Glory on the last night of the Proms a few years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't mind Mrs Meadows being pleased , and I can understand it because it makes things a lot easier with Mr Meadows , but she 's sort of sympathising with Mum because I 'm not engaged ! ’ |
| 4 | When she 's sort of , twenty five or thirty , someone will drag this out and say , oh no ! |
| 5 | once she 's sort of you know |
| 6 | Well because she wants the jewels that 's why she 's she 's sort of like er |
| 7 | Does n't that sort of bring in to the country and she 's out in the country and she wants to show it to them that she she 's sort of she 's still fashionable . |
| 8 | So sort of she 's yeah , she 's sort of sensible and she 's tactful as well , she 's being tactful by |
| 9 | Erm , yeah Mrs she sort of has the power over level erm if she she sort of , it 's like she 's sort of keeping her on this level in the same household as her |
| 10 | You know , I mean , er , that is why it 's all coming out in the books , that 's why the , all these men , she 's sort of saying I 'll get my own back now , you know ! |
| 11 | Do n't know what she is actually , she 's sort of attached . |
| 12 | Yeah well she 's sort of with the third year and will admit she 's so fed up ! |
| 13 | so if she 's sort of er like an attendance allowance or something like that |
| 14 | Oh yeah eighty and she 's sort of sixty three , no that 's a bit early is n't it ? |
| 15 | She 's sort of , all over you all week and yet , when her husband is there , not her husband , her boyfriend she |
| 16 | Well , she 'd lost that much weight , now she 's very conscious from then on , you know , she 's sort of kept her weight down , but her daughter also had a job at our place and she was gross , I mean , Olive and Ann had both been huge women , but , but this daughter , and she was only about five feet tall and er , I do n't know what her weight was but it was one of those |
| 17 | Yeah , I know but it 's just when she 's sort of having to sit down all the time . |
| 18 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 19 | Yeah , but she 's sort of really naive and really |
| 20 | At erm , summer camp , when I came last year as well , there were sisters , and the oldest one was about twelve , the next one was about ten , and the next one was about eight and they they were half cast , I 'm not qu quite sure , the their mother was sort of , she 's dark , she 's sort of half cast , and they 've got , they all very very attractive girls , with such lovely hair , just corkscrew , it 's really lovely , and they come out the erm , swimming pool and they bring their their erm , shampoo and their conditioner with them , and do I ca n't just see this the family look . |
| 21 | Not I 'm not blaming Marianne , but she 's sort of picked up things from the media and the media have said oh rejoice attitude , but that particular rejoice was because there were no casualties |
| 22 | It 's sort of more like a pyjama top than a blazer . |
| 23 | I do n't really like Mr Jackson being in here — I du n no why , but it 's sort of private — you know , just me and Marie 's like . |
| 24 | It 's sort of sad leaving things behind . |
| 25 | It 's sort of creepy looking . |
| 26 | It 's sort of bandaged up so you ca n't see the skin . |
| 27 | It 's sort of like snow , but not quite . |
| 28 | All these kids and lights and noise , and it 's sort of scary and exciting at the same time . |
| 29 | It 's so beautiful it 's sort of scary — you know , feeling so excited at the lights . |
| 30 | Annie 's much more pretty , but it 's sort of like her — you know , about the same size and that . |