Example sentences of "it be sort [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it be sort of before your dad went ? |
| 2 | Only a minute or two earlier you were saying things like : ‘ It 's just a sort of a , a sort of a , a , a , a question of as it were sort of behaving sort of , well , for want of a better word , decently , sort of thing . ’ |
| 3 | I am going to take a risk and say what I think about local radio on the basis of my knowledge , personal knowledge , and these gentlemen can as it , as it were sort of say it 's , it 's not like that for them or whatever . |
| 4 | We need to shift to the procedure that we would probably have and a tell me if I 'm wrong I thought there was a sort of general agreement without it being sort of firmly agreed that we were going to go for a format of subject specific reports still coming to form tutor who would complete some sort of general report , is that |
| 5 | Well with it being sort of half warm and |
| 6 | and , and , and the Kuomintang is not yet set up any local government or national government , it 's before that but there are , but , but it is I mean I , I , I , I take your point about it being sort of a microcosm |
| 7 | It 's sort of more like a pyjama top than a blazer . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It 's sort of sad leaving things behind . |
| 10 | It 's sort of creepy looking . |
| 11 | It 's sort of bandaged up so you ca n't see the skin . |
| 12 | It 's sort of like snow , but not quite . |
| 13 | All these kids and lights and noise , and it 's sort of scary and exciting at the same time . |
| 14 | It 's so beautiful it 's sort of scary — you know , feeling so excited at the lights . |
| 15 | Annie 's much more pretty , but it 's sort of like her — you know , about the same size and that . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm running around saying hey , here is my burn notice , this guy is a loser , and Christ , he is working with the government of Israel , he had already arranged a flight — it 's sort of would you please get out of the way , |
| 17 | ‘ Well , it 's sort of … modelling . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well , it 's sort of underwear . ’ |
| 19 | He might have been tempted to say , it 's sort of a job by which he meant , it 's something that I have to do . |
| 20 | So , you know , it 's sort of difficult … |
| 21 | It 's sort of a culmination of everything I 've done . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not like school , it 's sort of more gradual , is n't it ? |
| 23 | ‘ In the movie we drive an AMC Pacer with flames on the wheel wells , but the car we had back then was a Dodge Dart Swinger ; it 's sort of like a Vauxhall Viva . |
| 24 | It 's sort of personal . |
| 25 | It 's sort of the way things have regressed . |
| 26 | It 's sort of dwindled very rapidly |
| 27 | And all the soil 's eroding cos it 's sort of sand and it 's red . |
| 28 | Usually it 's sort of following up things which have been mentioned , which , erm , Mary events that have taken place . |
| 29 | The Deputy Director of the National Gallery , Roger Mandle , told The Art Newspaper , ‘ It 's sort of anomalous to have an exhibition in a convention centre ’ , but the ‘ Catherine ’ installation was ‘ professionally done ’ , he says . |
| 30 | It 's sort of ladled out to us like soup . |