Example sentences of "[pers pn] sort of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sort of kneel down and give her a touch on the shoulder . |
| 2 | I sort of get this lump in my throat and then my eyes start to sting . |
| 3 | I sort of rub my face with my hands and have a proper look , but I ca n't find none . |
| 4 | Then I sort of hold her hands tight while she rocks back and forward on the bed . |
| 5 | I sort of give her hair a stroke and say ‘ there , there ’ like I seen people do with babies . |
| 6 | I sort of sit by her bed till she falls asleep . |
| 7 | I sort of dabble my foot in it like it 's a puddle . |
| 8 | It 's funny , but I sort of recognise the baby . |
| 9 | I sort of get that feeling now — you know , like summat bad 's going to happen . |
| 10 | I do n't want to cry , and I sort of hold myself in when we walk back , but I do n't half feel sad . |
| 11 | I sort of recognise it , but I ai n't sure — a lot of places look sort of the same . |
| 12 | I sort of start running now to find a way out quick , but this wire fence goes all the way down to the wall at the other end and I ca n't find no door in it . |
| 13 | I sort of iron it out flat on my knee and look close . |
| 14 | Sometimes I get a little dizzy and that and I sort of feel real tall — you know , like a giant . |
| 15 | I sort of get up onto stop to have a sit down or nothing . |
| 16 | Summat 's moving on the floor and I sort of watch it out the corner of my eye . |
| 17 | ‘ I sort of slithered under it . ’ |
| 18 | I sort of agree with him , though if you do put a numbing tip of cocaine on your cock because you 're quick in the trigger , I guess it is considered a sexual aid . ’ |
| 19 | I was n't naive enough to expect the goodies to win every time , but over the long-haul , and certainly in the last reel , I sort of weakly , vaguely , wetly assumed that things would come right . |
| 20 | I sort of half like it , half do n't . |
| 21 | I was living up Redruth way and I used to go and see her as often as I could , because I sort of sensed she was n't all that happy . |
| 22 | I sort of pummelled him on the chest , that was all . |
| 23 | When I met Kirk and started to work with him , I sort of felt I 'd known him in some other life . |
| 24 | I chopped up the chicken itself and I put it and what I could rescue of the rice and a bit more rice which was in the cupboard into a frying pan with a stock cube and some water and I sort of poached it all together . ’ |
| 25 | He said I 'd be a sort of ape not to get a sort of scholarship as I sort of could if I sort of used my noggin ! |
| 26 | He said I 'd be a sort of ape not to get a sort of scholarship as I sort of could if I sort of used my noggin ! |
| 27 | ‘ I sort of pride myself on being a normal human being and not a rock caricature , not pandering to people 's expectations of being psychopaths or cray-ZEE ! people … ’ |
| 28 | I 've never actually spoken out , other than last year when there were a few incidents with girls where I sort of said well you get what you deserve , you know , if you 're going to operate such a sort of sexist situation , then you 're going to get very difficult for girls because they 've no positive images whatsoever , and I was actually … |
| 29 | I , I sort of denied all knowledge . |
| 30 | I find I 've got to make excuses for myself if I do n't , but I sort of think I 've got this to do for the children , and that to do — and I 'll have a grand old clean up next week , sort of thing . |