Example sentences of "if [pron] [modal v] sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 2 | the exams and if I can sort of say , you do n't need to worry about |
| 3 | Foot in the door a bit see , see if I can sort of , you know |
| 4 | So I thought well if I can sort of get think to myself a rough idea before I go Jonathan 's going to Geoff 's mums cos Geoff 's got ta work all day Saturday you see ? |
| 5 | If you may sort of done it |
| 6 | If you can sort of say well that has been proven , this is the research , this is the system , this is the model , theorists actually enjoy that because they think well this is n't just somebody 's gut reaction , this is something that somebody spends a long time actually thinking about it considering . |
| 7 | No okay because it 's as I was saying usually between sort of round about the middle of the day there 's people knocking on the door all the time so if you can sort of get sort of earlier or later it 's we 're likely to have a y'know half an hour when I can show you to do S P S S on it . |
| 8 | Or if you can sort of |
| 9 | And you get I mean it might be an idea if you could sort of handle this formula but it 's not important really . |
| 10 | Yeah , if you could sort of , if you could put , put erm , if you could date them wherever they were so I can just remember , alright , it 'll help me . |
| 11 | Now if we can sort of simplify the whole thing forget about the continents and that sort of thing what happens is that the sea water is attracted , obviously not this much , but the sea water is attracted towards The sea is attracted by the moon and you end up if you like with this bulge in the sea Now what is not so easy to understand |
| 12 | If we can sort of get them out for a night or even if they get back at twelve . |
| 13 | But erm if we could sort of shout out a few of the brilliant ideas . |
| 14 | 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 ? |