Example sentences of "but [pers pn] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's funny , but I sort of recognise the baby . |
| 2 | I find I 've got to make excuses for myself if I do n't , but I sort of think I 've got this to do for the children , and that to do — and I 'll have a grand old clean up next week , sort of thing . |
| 3 | I 've got on the tape here a song which is by Manny Fryer he used to sing in Steel Ice Band er now I know that that 's sort of very old hat , I 'm sorry , but I sort of live in the past and er this er I I believe also that these days so that er you know I can sort of justify that but this is a song that er she has sung which er reminds us that each of us has the potential to commit the crime I 'll try not to play it fast forward , let's see how we go . |
| 4 | And s I mean that 's a a sort of non-linguistic of the people use but you sort of |
| 5 | only a small role in that but she sort of had a late arrival |
| 6 | no , but she sort of said , about her mum and dad , I mean , it 's true , 'cos her dad was on overseas pay and he was in Cyprus , and it 's it 's different now that they 're back in England . |
| 7 | She tried to talk to me a job , but we sort of joked away . |
| 8 | But they sort of , I mean I say , they love the kids and they love , you know , doing anything with them , but , they wo n't , and Dave said why do n't you take , oh I 'd love to do golf , and Dave says well bloody well do it , what 's stopping you ? |
| 9 | but they sort of get carried away slightly |
| 10 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 11 | He does , when he gets really excited but he sort of |
| 12 | Yeah , he seems to be alright now , he was n't sleeping at night , I was worse at the beginning you see but he sort of got |
| 13 | but he sort of pooh-poohed it and sort of said well you know , we 're getting a bit to old for all this modern sophistication of computers and so on , well I said well quite frankly I am not totally in agreement with you , because as you probably know Clyde was looking into a program which will could alleviate a lot |
| 14 | and he said crikey look at this , what am I gon na do here and he sort of had to fill quite a big gap in , but he sort of pushed it and filled it and then the wallpaper goes up so you can just see it , a little bit , what 's a name now , just in the hall there 's a bit |
| 15 | But it 's all all this is okay , but it sort of makes your brain ache after a bit and to just see something real that relates to it it 's makes it stick in your |
| 16 | ‘ But it sort of trivialises what we 're about . |
| 17 | I would n't say it encourages you but it sort of you know you 're going to get away with it . |
| 18 | ‘ But it sort of trivialises what we 're about . |
| 19 | not as much but it sort of come out like that and then you sit your flowers it makes that a shell if you know what I mean ? |