Example sentences of "erm but we [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm |
2 | Erm but we 'll do the questions together as a class and I would like you to just speak one at a time , otherwise it will all get blurry . |
3 | Erm but we 'll see how you go in presenting your cases . |
4 | Welcome along to the show then , going Italian tonight er , do n't know if we 've got any Italian music planned for you , erm but we 'll wait and see shall we ? |
5 | Erm but we 'll have to wait and see . |
6 | Erm but we will try and reverse that and er erm one particular parent from House er who is a member of this council has er certainly been following the events with some interest . |
7 | Erm , and so too our body has got stuck on our soul erm but we can shed it again erm to find our inner self . |