Example sentences of "erm but [pron] [vb mod] " 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 have to wait and see .
3 Erm but we 'll see how you go in presenting your cases .
4 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 .
5 Erm but we 'll be talking about the Ministry of the Church .
6 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 ?
7 Erm but we wo n't , well we 're not going to be descriptive , we 're not going to ask say that you must wear suits or you must whatever .
8 Erm but we wo n't get the results till mid March which is a shame .
9 What will now happen is that er the contractor will regrade the land , erm but we will grass-seed it erm with Don , er our groundsman will look after and maintain that er so that it 'll be reinstated er over the next er six months .
10 So we 're very committed to O D B C. It is one standard which we 're following , it is an alternative A P I for the desktop which is obviously strong because of the Microsoft relationship , erm but we will also foth follow other standards in terms of A P Is for the desktop as well .
11 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 .
12 And they put me in the banqueting room , erm but we could n't , d' ya know .
13 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 .
14 erm a purely class thing erm but we can actually get in there
15 We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that .
16 I 've been out there and I still did n't know what erm but they will er if if you 're struggling on any assignment they will not let you struggle for day in day out .
17 Erm but there will be a new set of tutorials provided for you because I think there 's a general recognition that you 've been very badly treated indeed er as regards this erm and they 're likely to be run by me in term three , okay ?
18 Erm but she may well pick you up about eleven o'clock .
19 Erm but she will you know she 'll notice that you you do n't say bath and grass
20 . And erm she goes oh sh he knows your reputation , I mean he not , maybe not by face but erm but he 'll know you , you know , just , he 'll know your reputation or by who you hang around with , I went I 've never done
21 Erm but I would say it 's mostly maintenance trades .
22 with the form teacher and yo and you know that has to be fairly fluid to let i incorporate their ideas erm but I would then put out , you know , week seven er , you know review what er , a record of achievement is it might be what can write try your personal statement about yourself .
23 Erm but I would , as I say , I would like to hear from the county on .
24 I 'm a I I I 'm an er avid golfer , you I did n't say a golfer because that meant I could play , erm but I would n't put me on the golf clubs .
25 Erm but I would say it does indicate the er seriousness of it .
26 that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale
27 erm but I would say , on the whole , my guess is that there are many girls that perhaps could go into science and could make contributions to science but do n't do so simply because their families do n't understand it and the schools do n't support them .
28 Er I do n't I think as it goes on y you do start and get that anger that anger so bad , but erm But I 'll leave you to get on Doctor .
29 Erm but I 'll probably think of something later on .
30 I 'm very sorry and erm that this happened erm but I ca n't say any more than that .
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