Example sentences of "just sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night I 'm in bed — just sort of lying there , thinking about stuff and that when Marie walks in and goes straight over to her door . |
| 2 | I du n no what to do , so I just sort of stand there . |
| 3 | He just sort of glanced at the photos and then carried on talking . |
| 4 | So , what I do is , I just sort of rub my teeth with my fingers . |
| 5 | I listen real close to him , but he do n't really play the tune — he just sort of goes blah-blah-blah every now and then . |
| 6 | It 's pretty smoky — the trains give off this browny smoke and it do n't blow away — it just sort of drifts up to the roof . |
| 7 | The traffic 's real slow — the cars just sort of hissing past slow and quiet , their headlights all fuzzy and ghostlike . |
| 8 | You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there . |
| 9 | It ai n't sunny , it 's just sort of grey . |
| 10 | The birds just sort of bob their heads like they 're wind up toys . |
| 11 | They 're just sort of painted on — you know , like black dots . |
| 12 | My head 's spinning , so I just sort of lean there a bit and have a rest . |
| 13 | No one can really say just where Palma Nova stops and Magalluf begins , they just sort of merge into one another and the sandy beach runs the length of both resorts . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh my God , yes , ’ said Elinor , ‘ you just sort of dribbled ! ’ |
| 15 | And , you know , you just sort of grow apart , without realising it . ’ |
| 16 | They 're just sort of relics of a time when people experimented with shapes and tried all kinds of different things ; these days instrument makers seem to have settled on making everything the same . |
| 17 | But when I learned to play guitar I just got a book of chords and learned them and just sort of thrashed around . |
| 18 | The companies found this a major block to their activities and eventually pulled out from the area : ‘ The companies never officially admitted that they were leaving , just sort of let their prospecting licences lapse … the reason they departed was because they could n't see any way that they could effectively operate with such total opposition . |
| 19 | They began filming and there must have been something wrong because Bogie just sort of walked straight through the shot , so Eddie says , ‘ Bogie , you walked right through that shot . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I just sort of taught myself , Miss Honey . ’ |
| 21 | DESPITE THE sneer in his Jonathan Ross-like Cockney voice , Merton is clearly a warm and generous human being — not actually above all this , just sort of beyond it . |
| 22 | Jim just sort of leans intently into the mic stand , gently thrusting . |
| 23 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 24 | And there used to be sort of a mush made from haricot beans too that people said were baked beans and they were n't it was just sort of white mushy erm white haricot beans with a sort of red colouring poured over the top . |
| 25 | Yeah I mean have they just sort of said okay right as it is that 'll do or are they seriously looking at making this place an inviting place to come to ? |
| 26 | round to architects just sort of provoking the question cos they , a lot of them have never thought about it |
| 27 | And we should just sort of say what is necessary to find out and everybody gets a few telephone numbers or telephone calls check out addresses find out about new ones , get in contact with the district council erm what is in the pipeline . |
| 28 | I think they just sort of it 's the same thing in a different order . |
| 29 | we ca n't just sort of |
| 30 | I ca n't just sort of |