Example sentences of "erm [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 Erm or I mean you know for advice about what they could do about D H S S.
2 Erm , for instance , suppose that I think that one of the things that er makes me who I am is erm that I have a good head for numbers .
3 One of the areas erm that I think we specifically try to fasten on are , is , is actually in the gaps .
4 Erm that I think would n't be the case .
5 But there will as I my honourable friend knows , there will be quite an argument when we see the prospectus and I have n't had the priv the privilege of seeing it erm although I 've had the opportunity to discuss er its contents with th with the er chairman of the P I A er er and the Chief Executive .
6 What , what time erm although I 've been to San Franciso , I 've never worked out what time the evening news is there .
7 I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body .
8 Er , a particular concern at the time of writing the report was the position concerning the long outstanding proposals to develop to redevelop the two sites in Harlow erm to date we have no information from the county , er , there was scheduled to be erm , the meeting due to take place on the twenty second of September but the county er cancelled that meeting so it 's impossible at this stage to give any further comment on that erm although I believe that matter 's being taken up .
9 I would say to you that the history of North Yorkshire County is that the house house builders have built , more or less the building rate of planning policy , whatever that has been , and that is a matter of fact , and if and if and if we are in a situation where the market is being fettered , as is the policy , and it 's not a policy which we are seeking to go away from specifically , and it is inevitable that the house builders will build to whatever the policy building rate is , and comparisons of one building rate with another are simply telling you what 's happened in the past , not what needs to happen in the future er in terms of meeting the housing requirement , and quite clearly in any area where you are introducing a new settlement , if indeed that 's the conclusion we come to , er late later on , erm and I hope we do , but if we are introducing a new settlement you are bound to skew the building rates , and the more and more you reduce the area in which you consider what the building rate effect is the more and more that it actually gets skewed , er and erm you know , quite frankly , when the developers built a new estate at the end of my particular street the building rate went up alarmingly in my area , er and er you know , we can go on forever like that , I just think it 's very misleading to just deal with the judgement of building rates .
10 Like get back the dustbins which took them out but she did n't bring them back at the end of the drive erm and I hope that Paul tells him off !
11 erm And I hope you 'll enjoy it and also pick up the lessons .
12 Erm there are various er theories to explain it erm and I mean usually , if there is a significant population increase , and that is a very very dramatic increase indeed , it is associated with increases in productivity .
13 Erm and I mean you 've obviously got to judge a bit your own capacity
14 Erm and I mean the people who saw it , everyone was indignant .
15 Erm and I mean perhaps Bedale Agricultural , but I mean that , that 's
16 Erm and I mean I 've had a recent bereavement , I mean I , I lost my mum at Christmas and got three days leave .
17 Erm and I mean I 'm not too sure , you 'd probably need to ask the probation people , what specific things they were looking for , but I suppose the probation service , I mean you are an officer of the court ,
18 There 's erm And I mean looking after the parish hall as well , why should we bother with that ?
19 so something erm I mean it , it just seems strange to me that , you know , something which has exist existed for thousands of years , you know , he 's suddenly sort of pooh-poohing so to speak , erm and I mean obviously the fact that there was a revolution twenty years later or whatever erm me means that something must have been wrong but erm you know i it 's strange how he 's suddenly criticizing and how the criticism has n't come before , how nothing 's happened before , how this seems an opportune moment for it to happen .
20 Erm And I use that one to go onto a new line do n't I ?
21 They 're living independent parallel lives , as it were , and you need to take into account housing erm and I imagine that this is a if you take the elderly , for example , one major concern is the number of old people , particularly widowed women who live alone — increasingly ca n't cope , they go into care , private nursing homes if they 've got the wherewithal , geriatric hospitals .
22 Erm and I du n no , you just feel better , you feel good , you do .
23 Erm and I know one that I do know now said it 's Certainly , she said , it 's only for the money I do it , nothing else .
24 erm and I know they sold about five or six tickets at least next week
25 And she said , no it was just that he 's talking of renting his house erm and I know of someone who wants to rent one .
26 I certainly Mr Chairman welcome this paper erm and I know today that I think possibly the main reason being erm , I could be deemed also been through and through today responding to our local issue and that maybe due to May fever , I do n't know , erm , in really accepting acknowledging as I have done in the past your efforts , erm the county surveyor 's efforts for this part of Suffolk I do again bring to your attention and I do n't think is being critical in that the Barnet by bypass is part of a far bigger jigsaw and that jigsaw I say not
27 I asked him , he was negative , erm and I 've I 've got a feeling he never even turned up for it anyway .
28 David has done some transcription this week , erm and I 've done a bit , erm and that 's basically , well we 've got one side of , you 've got one side of those lectures to do erm and I 've got some of the recording that I made on Thursday to do and that and that .
29 David has done some transcription this week , erm and I 've done a bit , erm and that 's basically , well we 've got one side of , you 've got one side of those lectures to do erm and I 've got some of the recording that I made on Thursday to do and that and that .
30 Erm I most of the tapes that I 've had in the past have been recorded mono , erm and I 've needed a little doohickey to turn the erm output into mono as well cos it 's awfully off-putting spending seven and a half hours with the stuff coming in through one ear only .
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