Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] but er " in BNC.

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1 I know electric toasters do go back even beyond my years but er okay ?
2 Not my colour but er
3 not my phrase my Lord but er a slight high in relation to what he was saying
4 Does a bit to the best of my ability but er they 're there just the same .
5 Not that we 're making any stipulation as part of their apprenticeship but er I think it 's a good idea , they have extra
6 Unless she says she going to so to go over and spend a weekend now and again with her kids but er that sounds right .
7 Erm , speed cameras have their place but er it 's not everywhere .
8 There is one other point , although erm you know , it 's good that they are in the er areas which the tenants er , live so it 's er not very difficult for tenants to come and see their councillors but er er , there is a difficulty at times when er the er air the housing manager has to ring around to get the er members , who are able to sit on that panel and sometimes that is difficult because we have just three members and sometimes they ca n't all fit in the , whereas when you have a larger group if one member ca n't attend , there 's invariably sufficient there to be able to come to a decision so I think that that 's on the other side of the balance sheet .
9 Now I 'm not selling their services but er er there are some er quite surprising er bonuses to pick up from er being members of this , these er various societies .
10 I I 'm very grateful to the minister for his patience but er on the other hand it could be argued that it 's no use having a duty to report fraud unless you also have a duty to detect fraud .
11 And er you could even stroke his dogs but er the er I do n't know how it is , he said , but they never say no to you .
12 and well they used to make , and they made these they made kind of lots of tin things you know like different sizes and I can nae just describe what they , there was one had big whiskers down his face but er the rest was clean shaven , you ken .
13 Which the , the organization changed you see and er it was n't through our fault but er distrib they wanted some , a main agent in every town after that .
14 difficult and and now of course we we still retain our our distributorship but er we 're not very active .
15 Right I sha n't er be able to remember all your names but er nevertheless if you know each other then er Er you may have wondered what the Nottinghamshire Pre-retirement Council is well we are a charity .
16 Erm one of those er that I 've got two er , points to make , one is to , to , there 's a recording somewhere going on er er it 's erm not anything really to do with er us , but we have agreed or someone 's agreed on our behalf but er the person can do the recordings but it 's er of an educational nature to er help students with their language , but er we shall be completely anonymous so if
17 To we 'll pick up all your tab but er we 'll pay this separately .
18 And erm one of the girls that was on there became a very very famous soprano in the country , erm Connie Shackelock you 've probably not heard of her , she 's sort of a bit before your time but er she always used to sing Land of Hope and Glory on the last night of the Proms a few years ago .
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