Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's not sort of ill ill . |
| 2 | Yeah I mean I 'm not , I 'm not saying you 're a bad influence on her now , I think she 's just sort of jumping in at the chance for someone to victimize personally . |
| 3 | So she 's actually sort of had it |
| 4 | So she 's really sort of getting her plans together , her information base together |
| 5 | We 've got well under way with the job , she 's very white , sh you can imagine why , she 's feeling very you know she 's very sort of edgy as you move things out and she 's deciding what to move . |
| 6 | And I mean she 's so sort of closed about everything really , I mean he 's not the sort of you know |
| 7 | Marie 's face is real white and she 's still sort of staring like she do n't know what 's going on . |
| 8 | erm it 's probably sort of fifteen per cent better than it was last year . |
| 9 | It it 's mostly sort of things about energy . |
| 10 | It 's not sort of passing trade . |
| 11 | Well it 's not sort of place you can get it to , before , before breakfast is it , so er , no . |
| 12 | erm it 's not sort of flowery . |
| 13 | And er yes i also , I would think , it 's a little unfortunate this chap happened to have his hand up on that er post there , yo you know , it 's a little bit er ungainly , it 's not sort of a very elegant sort of po I 'm not su suggesting he should pose for you , but I think , maybe had you waited until perhaps he moved his hand out of the way , it might have been a better erm composition . |
| 14 | Erm the I think er two comments for David is close to this and the one that we do n't expect the P and L charge starting in ninety three and going onwards to be quotes material I E it 's getting quite modest , it 's not sort of mega bucks . |
| 15 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
| 16 | It 's not sort of er moderate control or a little bit of control it is strict control . |
| 17 | It 's not sort of like a , |
| 18 | And the problem with that one is is it 's not sort of fitting the edge there . |
| 19 | Erm well it 's not sort of by itself , you know it 's er surrounded by houses re , lovely houses , you know that are |
| 20 | Right but do n't forget to put your brackets on it 's not sort of sine of nine X squared it 's |
| 21 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 22 | We 're saying , we 're trying to help you by raising this money , erm it 's not sort of lecturing them or anything , we 're trying to focus on communities and empower them by giving them money for projects they want to happen , it 's not anything we 've decided . |
| 23 | Congregation , congregation , it 's not sort of all sort of these people sat there a disco or something do n't they ? |
| 24 | I really , I really get the impression that there 's , there 's , it 's incredibly sort of nobody really knows what to do , you know , there 's this big turbulent thing just happening and people are very confused about the whole thing because the M May the fourth directive is n't particularly er it did n't give anybody an absolute guideline , guide to erm what to do . |
| 25 | It ai n't sunny , it 's just sort of grey . |
| 26 | It 's just sort of looking at 'em a bit . |
| 27 | It 's just sort of there . |
| 28 | It 's just sort of a foregone conclusion . |
| 29 | as , I do n't know in what sense it was supposed to be taken but it 's just sort of outlining some objectives . |
| 30 | You know , I think we 've that nobody keeps us We 've had a name over the years that we 're an expensive carrier , and it 's just sort of keep going and educating them that we 've come down in the market or , |