Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] sort of " in BNC.
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1 | Did you not find that er the work them became very sort of com compartmentalized if you like , very specific people were doing bits of jobs rather than a feeling that you were all part of a much larger thing ? |
2 | Yeah find out , I mean exactly sort of trying to find out exactly what it is that they want to think about , suggest , you know |
3 | All I do I got out sort of the sort of about eight thirty and then I , I 'd work to about half three and all I 'd wan na do is , we , we 'd fucking , we 'd set up the cable then we 'd all sit down and do nothing while the old erm , the M O D people had obviously it , and then they tell us to take it down and move it and we move it and set it up again , its like out of a , out of a seven hour day , we 'd only work about three or four , like here . |
4 | And I remember just sort of leaping onto some grass and just letting it go , you know , could of been . |
5 | I suppose even sort of , with a with a plumber , you know , y you do n't I mean , I suppose they do n't always know what they 're looking for . |
6 | No , I meant just sort of somebody we know |
7 | I do n't sort of , I mean in those days they had wh apprenticeships and , and that sort of thing . |
8 | I do n't sort of think of it as art going in the other direction . |
9 | So I think maybe sort of first priority is find out a bit more information then about erm who employs these sorts people . |
10 | It does help , I mean that that I have seen before but I did n't sort of understand it and you 've actually |
11 | I did n't sort of erm I cer I , I certainly did n't touch you know any , any money at all . |
12 | Cos I I did n't sort of go by fairs and things like that , I belonged to a different generation . |
13 | I did n't sort of wait till the bus had gone or anything . |
14 | Well we were going to buy er a caravan when my wa er just , just before my husband died we were sort of looking for a caravan , we had gone and paid a deposit , we should have picked it up on a Saturday and he go , he died on a Friday , so I had to cancel and er only this week er I told you did n't I , that they paid my deposit back because it was genuine tragedy , I , I did n't sort of er made it up that I , you know , sometimes you 've paid a deposit and then you 've changed your mind |
15 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
16 | Well I did n't sort of notice what it was . |
17 | I 've just sort of , I 've just looked at it and thought , that will be good one day when I ever get round to programming . |
18 | I 've just sort of painted recently so I do a bit but no much . |
19 | I 've had odd holidays with friends and my parents but this is the first time I 've actually sort of lived in the country . |
20 | I mean they ai n't sort of I mean what they could force you to do if they really , I mean they would never do that but what they could force you to do or Les to do would be to check with all those people who I 've actually sort of made payments to , to make sure that I have . |
21 | I mean I one of the things that I 've always sort of had in mind is that we put it down in the reception area . |
22 | No I 've never sort of come across him . |
23 | No I 've met , I 've never sort of come across him . |
24 | I 've never sort of seen one alright |
25 | anyway I 'm afraid I have n't sort of scribbled anything on that but you know kind of that 's er |
26 | Oh I see so sort of on on the funeral day they they would n't even be in the house . |
27 | like here there 's you know just sort of , induction and things that are common . |
28 | You get quite sort of specialized . |
29 | Do you end up sort of metal box end ? |
30 | Have one more at yours before we you know before you go home sort of thing you know . |