Example sentences of "to do is to er " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , what I want to do is to er really repeat what I said last week but with a different emphasis . |
| 2 | Erm I have a number of points to make but what I intend to do is to er very briefly outline them and then see where we go from there if that 's acceptable . |
| 3 | Yes , ah well the thing to do is to er go down and hi , hire a Daily Mirror van and wait for Mrs to arrive ! |
| 4 | Er , what I would prefer to do is to er listen to the amendment put forward by the as if that were an amendment to the adoption minute since there 's nothing to be adopted at the moment , erm I will then speak on that amendment , well I would probably speak against it erm at that point er there could be a vote on that amendment line by line . |
| 5 | And what the manifesto is , is trying to do is to er set an agenda for about how the lot of private homes can be improved , and er fixing rent is one thing which the government er traditionally has had a responsibility for and which needs , er must be linked in with conditions because what we have at the moment is a situation where you get , in Oxford , a er a family living in one room being charged er over two hundred pounds a week by an individual landlord , and that 's clearly unacceptable . |