Example sentences of "[conj] erm [pron] [was/were] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were n't , although erm I was told that my father died of that so that er , I should do you mind |
| 2 | And erm they were determined that we should all work near as proficient in milking to go and take over , so we had to learn to hand milk , to use three different types of milking machines and to do all the necessary sterilizing and everything else , so that we could be used straight away when we got to the farm . |
| 3 | I , I , I was supposed to have a lift , and erm I was waiting like I say ten to five we knock off half one you see and the guy never turned up , the car was there but |
| 4 | Archbishop Romero , he was a bishop in El Salvador and er he was an archbishop and erm he was shot because he opposed the people who were in power . |
| 5 | And erm She was determined that she would have a go her own , the following week . |
| 6 | And erm she was saying that when he was there a bloke come round start giving them a little verbal . |
| 7 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |