Example sentences of "we [modal v] sort " in BNC.
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| 1 | but we must sort of all pull in together as a situation in Scotland now that which really concerns me and I 'd |
| 2 | I mean if the worst comes to the worst , we 'll sort of , cancel a lecture , or something |
| 3 | So we 'll just have a little quick think about numbers generally , and then we 'll sort of have a look at the fractions , and then we 'll have a look at percentages |
| 4 | Erm , and then we 'll sort of talk it through and make sure we 've got it right , and we 'll get it typed up for you , erm , and make sure you take a copy of it away with you . |
| 5 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 6 | we 'll get we 'll get ours and then we 'll sort of mix and match them |
| 7 | So Liz , in particular , and I 'll join in a little bit , we 'll sort of itemize some of the aspects , just to remind you and , and focus a little bit on this , and then we move into another mode where you get very creative and very constructive . |
| 8 | He said we might sort of say to you right we want fifty quid . |
| 9 | ‘ I was thinking maybe we could sort of … get in this bag , sort of thing , ’ said Masklin . |
| 10 | But erm if we could sort of shout out a few of the brilliant ideas . |
| 11 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 12 | Oh yes well yes I mean it would be nice of we could sort of clean those out of the the soundtrack and all the stumbles over words an |
| 13 | So one way we could write it we could sort of use algebra could n't we ? |
| 14 | Well , we 've met the guy who lives up above us , because he jumped out of bed , they 've got french windows like we have , up above there , and he jumped out , and we were just sitting watching the telly or something , we heard these footsteps like going across the ceiling , it 's as though we could see 'em , cos we could sort of hear it and feel it . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | so we can sort of put those into our |
| 18 | So whether it means add or take away or subtract or negative we can sort of forget about it and just look at the signs so if get if we get take away plus three , that will be the same as take away plus three , yeah ? |
| 19 | Fourteen two , erm the great problem is it 's easier to get if an afternoon meeting can finish at a reasonable time , then I can probably but erm I think if you , if you 're looking at the clock when home in the evening for a number of reasons it might be then I would this and unless we can sort of put a restricted time on the agenda which is impossible , I can imagine coming down here at two o'clock for the meeting . |
| 20 | government , it it 's various years so I hate to sort of say , ah well council taxes cuts will be a bit lower er with the conservatives going to be an argument which is but halfway to equal counties so I think we can sort of discount really what the conservatives say but I will say the liberal democrats are to be . |
| 21 | So that er we can sort of give a great big bit of publicity for the schools , for the individual , for the concept of design and technology at A level . |
| 22 | But if you 're really stuck and you 've got a third question that you ca n't come up with I mean y'know sort of blur it , fudge it and make it look like there 's a sort of metamorphic answer there and we can sort of say well that 's sort of twenty percent or something and then that counts and it may carry you over . |
| 23 | Now , the seminar session that I 'm going to run , we can eith we 'll have Jeannie set up but we can sort of kick off with a discussion about topics that you want to cover in the revision |
| 24 | They come up to meetings which erm , this goes on to say determine not to miss a single spiritual meal both private study , meeting attendance are urgent for all , there 's nothing new here brothers it 's all things that we 've heard before and this is why sometimes we can sort of nod off because we , we sort of think well I 've heard all this before , follow theocratic ways , procedures and policies not always easy to do , but it can be done , recognizing the organization that Jehovah is using keep awake by finding your place in God 's arrangement that is n't that little corner up there , by the way , we 're not talking about that one , but finding our place where we can work for Jehovah wholeheartedly do not quibble about assignments and arrangements I think we 're all guilty of that at some time are n't we ? |
| 25 | I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then . |
| 26 | and , hopefully we can sort of aim to , to be in , in and away in a , quarter of an hour , twenty minutes or |
| 27 | We 'll wander round , I mean let's to know that we can sort of just have a little walk as it were . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | We need to find people to buy these places so that we can sort of balance the books , but one wonders , you know , could n't something have been done with that empty building for two years while there are folk in the area with nowhere to live . |
| 30 | Painted for a bust to be made , so that 's why we have the three views , but I think it 's very lucky , it means we can sort of walk round Charles , and get our own view of him . |