Example sentences of "[pron] would sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it . |
| 2 | For two pins I 'd sort of say to them , I thought well you might might say something to the erm |
| 3 | ‘ I thought we really would make a new start , that I would sort of … make him blossom . ’ |
| 4 | And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out . |
| 5 | and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again . |
| 6 | and I would sort of put that in there . |
| 7 | I can honestly say he 's the sort of bloke I would sort of try not to get lumbered with at a party or somewhere like that I mean I do n't mind I did n't mind talking to her but I find her |
| 8 | Yeah , the got to actually change the starter motor erm I mean on the A D fifties and the two litre they I would sort of , its only a hundred and fifty cc , but the next biggest thing they did was stopping er , a sixteen hundred so quite a lot of those , but nine times out of ten all they did was another part , so |
| 9 | Yes well my grandmother I think she lived nearby and she 'd sort of pop in . |
| 10 | He 's not like a father as you 'd sort of think of a father . |
| 11 | Because you 'd sort of , they , they 'd go up and then if , if you went any farther you 'd go on to the doctors ' lectures you see . |
| 12 | Er and often you 'd go into a quite a poor home and you 'd , you 'd sort of er , th there was n't the money about you see in , in those days . |
| 13 | Erm so I mean I think , you know , it might be useful , well , in some ways it would be very useful for you to have erm two sort of six month stints in rather different environments so that then you 'd sort of keep your options open a bit . |
| 14 | Well I du n no whether we whether you 'd sort of when you 're so close really . |
| 15 | and , and er she would sort of say oh and here 's a theatre make a wee bit effort yes that might be the answer |
| 16 | ‘ I want you to know we did n't use any of this nonsense ’ , Koch protested between the titters ; ‘ … you would sort of start down that road and get so self-conscious you could n't do it . ’ |
| 17 | But you 'd perhaps go three or four times before the baby was born and er just see everything was alright and you 'd know which way the baby was lying a and which way it was going to er you know come and if you thought there was going to be any problems well you know then you , you would sort of let the doctor know and , and he 'd decide then . |
| 18 | And er probably they 'd be interested to know how you would sort of handle that . |
| 19 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 20 | I mean occasionally there 's a break where we 'd sort of get this stupid laughter and stuff but most of it most of it is just sort of like |
| 21 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 22 | They 'd , they 'd , they 'd sort of say , they 'd , they , they were supposed to book a , a midwife you see . |
| 23 | And erm there used to be shops where they would , they 'd sort of say , we can give you pills to bring it on , but I , I do n't think they ever really did . |
| 24 | they 'd come out with half of one , they 'd come out with things like I think you 're er I du n no er , not barking up the wrong tree that was the wrong one , but the they 'd sort of come out with half of a pun and they would n't finish it off , like oh th , this is smashing ! |
| 25 | and I , I , probably only a youngster then , well I was about twenty six or seven , but er , I shall never forget her fingers were like claws she could n't move them they 'd sort of set |
| 26 | I I do n't think they 'd sort of hold up their arms and say well we 'll finish altogether if that 's your attitude . |
| 27 | I thought they would sort of er pass as hedgerowey leaves . |
| 28 | Was it the sort of chemist that erm was it the sort of chemist that you 'd go in if you 'd got something the matter with you and rather than go to the doctor , they would sort of dole out something for you ? |
| 29 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 30 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |