Example sentences of "[pers pn] er [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , if you want to know how a advisers are paid , erm you know then I er would explain that under the terms and conditions of er 's business , we 're actually paid erm a salary by , and er I obviou obviously get er you know a car to get about in etcetera , but the , the , when we place business er the er commissions that we get , generate are paid to , they go down to head office in Bournemouth , they 're then used to give us our er our you know returns , advances and what have you . |
| 2 | I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I 'ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re-live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . |
| 3 | I er can be quite short about this . |
| 4 | And their odd jobs , they 'd probably got men in their own factory to do it , but no they sent them to Dick and I er used to oblige . |
| 5 | But I used to th I er used to stick to my bit of stick . |
| 6 | you know sometimes you can just tell he wants you to talk to him , and erm so I er could n't make a proper soup , sorry , but this is |
| 7 | Now for all those reasons madame speaker , this these orders er er today are inadequate , too little , too late , we ca n't vote against them , much as the the member who preceded me seemed inclined to vote against them and I wish that he had the g er the guts of 'is cu the courage of his convictions er he should vote against them , er we on this side are far more responsible er than that because to vote against them er might be an indication that we 're as much in frau in favour of fraud as members on the other side of the house , er we 're not in favour of fraud , we welcome any progress to detection of fraud , even progress that we asked for five eight years ago when the relevant legislation was passed . |
| 8 | And it is it seems to me quite within the realms of possibility that erm highway erm criteria will change and the need for upgrading of the roads would be reviewed and perhaps a different system erm of er judging them er would produce a different set of or a different improvement regime . |
| 9 | Erm and , and and , and probably those points are erm of interest and some of them er will have to be taken into account . |
| 10 | You may have to say , Well I 've just been talking to the estate agent about this and er you know on a number occasions he 's sent people along to you er may be you did n't realize that was happening . |
| 11 | Some of you er may take it amiss if I were to describe you as veterans but my by contrast , this is my first annual public meeting and not just as chairman . |
| 12 | Thank you er may I then ask if would er give clarifications on certain items . |
| 13 | Erm so so you er may want to stop at eleven o'clock , or ten to eleven or whatever and watch the video . |
| 14 | And a and also , I mean , it was , and it was a Panasonic one this , erm what you do , if you were doing a jacket top potato , you er would weigh the potato and , and then erm put in the weight , say it was six ounces , and all you do then is press erm jacket potato , you do n't have to put any time , it automatically does it for the time . |
| 15 | Can you er can you tell me wh wh wh where you were born Mr ? |
| 16 | Can you er can you put the bubbles in cos I want this to get bubbles on . |
| 17 | Yes the erm these things , an and can you er can you record teletext ? |
| 18 | Erm the other aspect is to decide where you feel that you er could be most comfortable environmentally . |
| 19 | Cos every time they use it , she reminds them that it 's her telly and that she er could have sold it and got the money . |
| 20 | Yes chairman , that er we er would be prepared , the County Council would be prepared to put in a statement to the effect that er it would be w prepared to amend the key diagram to reflect a a single er star on the diagram er to reflect the A fifty nine relief road . |
| 21 | And we er used to come through the Bay of Biscay at that time of the day . |
| 22 | So I mean do think that perhaps you still got a lot , a bit of unnecessary and indeed and we er will not . |
| 23 | I mean the Welsh population in percentage terms is now rising more rapidly than that of England and therefore by the year two thousand and one when the next review would take place er we er will certainly fully occupy if you like , that fifth seat in terms of the average size because Welsh Euro constituencies were during the past ten years , very slightly larger on average than those in England and so er we are moving from under representation to slight over representation for a temporary period er simply because er you know Wales is regarded as indivisible for this purpose and that 's why we welcomed this debate . |
| 24 | I think there are other two principles though which I hope you would feel we er should respect . |
| 25 | So they er would have done the same thing in those days , the children , and erm it fitted in to the easter holiday time to have the actual ploughing match , you see ? |
| 26 | I got up to go to the toilet but they er must have been too quick for me , . |
| 27 | A apparently they were in the college yesterday but they er could n't find , went away again . |
| 28 | Looking at the carbon dioxide levels , there 's just one indication of where the government could feasibly have been tougher , at least er critics said that , they er could have been tougher . |
| 29 | The estate , which has become notorious for high speed races involving stolen cars , and recently attacks on police officers , means that they er will sending increasing numbers of police there . |
| 30 | But er I think it er may have been started with and earlier group I do n't know , but I know you know , the certainly the the final stages of the playgroup were with |