Example sentences of "[modal v] sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | but we must sort of all pull in together as a situation in Scotland now that which really concerns me and I 'd |
| 2 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Because you should sort of stand |
| 5 | And then , as you walk up , you really should sort of almost end in the ideal place and then having lined up the shot , put it through like that . |
| 6 | We really should sort of take him to football , do n't you ? |
| 7 | Where the road is , you sh- , you should sort of come out like that and the main road sort of goes round like that and you need to sort of go like that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | lots of mums will ask about their baby 's feet , do you think there 's anything wrong with this , and they 'll sort of be holding their feet sort of wiggling them around , doing this , that and the other |
| 10 | That 'll sort of give you erm , where we should be at the minute . |
| 11 | And you get the feeling that they 'll sort of go back to school and college or wherever |
| 12 | I mean if the worst comes to the worst , we 'll sort of , cancel a lecture , or something |
| 13 | We shall stick to those and er I 'll sort of see you all er anon . |
| 14 | it 'll sort of erm light them up it 'll be very |
| 15 | So we 'll just have a little quick think about numbers generally , and then we 'll sort of have a look at the fractions , and then we 'll have a look at percentages |
| 16 | Erm , and then we 'll sort of talk it through and make sure we 've got it right , and we 'll get it typed up for you , erm , and make sure you take a copy of it away with you . |
| 17 | they 'll sort of give in to other temptations . |
| 18 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 19 | I mean I 'm not saying he 's alcoholic but he goes out with the lads and he you know he 'll he 'll sort of thud up the stairs . |
| 20 | yeah so I said oh I see , so that was that , so I think they 've got a , a meeting in a couple of weeks and they 'll sort of tell her discreetly that she has to carry on and do it what she 's been the |
| 21 | she probably would n't become a manager , because usually you think you can change and develop but I think she 'll be then be able to become a manager and she 'll sort of learn , but she 'd have to actually change her personality for it . |
| 22 | we 'll get we 'll get ours and then we 'll sort of mix and match them |
| 23 | Yeah well keep it wet and then it 'll sort of flow into any difficult areas . |
| 24 | But I 'm gon na do it over this so it 'll sort of go funny |
| 25 | and I 'll sort of ring to say |
| 26 | Near Arken where they cross the border that 's about two hundred miles and then , you know , by the time they 've gone through er er , they 'll sort of be well down into erm sort of Stuttgart way I think that sort of area probably . |
| 27 | and and presumably even if they 're not floppy as a result of their illness they 'll they 'll sort of go floppy after er a period of institutionalisation yeah mhm yeah yeah mhm so er . |
| 28 | Now with careers officers obviously that 'll sort of come into it |
| 29 | Actually granny 's got this thing about saving money in every possible way so you ring up and say hello and then she 'll sort of , right now tha lovely for calling , thank you so much for calling , now bye you know and you have n't even said anything , you feel really |
| 30 | So Liz , in particular , and I 'll join in a little bit , we 'll sort of itemize some of the aspects , just to remind you and , and focus a little bit on this , and then we move into another mode where you get very creative and very constructive . |