Example sentences of "[adj] but [unc] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah well I I I obviously I would say this but er I think it 's the best opportunity that people have for a career direction because we we 've redirected a lot of people 's careers in this aspect .
2 Er I 'm sorry , I wa I was n't gon na come in on this but er I 've heard rubbish from Mr and I 'd like to ask a question .
3 That 's why I say to you , you say oh we 've got this we 've got that we want that we want this but er I tell you two thousand nineteen and you 're at nineteen ninety two .
4 Not , well this one specifically this but er I mean there 's tapes being taken all over the place .
5 Er yes I , I er I think I , I could n't really speak definitely on this but er you I have said that we , you know that this secretary encouraged them because you know , to keep it in and even the one woman said this was how she got a deposit for her house and through , as I say , you 'd got a Co-op building society as well .
6 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 .
7 and and one thing and another but er it I mean mi mine ended up with the Bradford and Bingley , I mean
8 Erm I think I 've learnt how to do it , it 's fairly straightforward but er him having tied the leader on for me I wo n't have to go back to him anyway for quite some time .
9 Oh yes I enjoyed it very much but erm we had American visitors around and we had one a Captain and I 'm afraid we all fell for him cos he seemed such a handsome man and he 'd been a hero in the war , and he was engaged to , then to the then president of America 's daughter , so they informed us but erm I do n't know whether it was the truth , that 's what they , they said but of course some of the , some of the things had to be cast , the bodies had to be cast and they were , they were I do n't know whether you 'd have heard of the Orritor
10 erm I do n't make presentations as such but erm I do have one to one discussions with on the sites on what plant they need and stores
11 I know it is n't easy but erm I think we should you know , try and we advertise starting at eight o'clock and very often there 's only Alan and I here at eight .
12 And the gentleman who said that it 's quite easy but er they need to handled carefully , but you need to get the council in , who will charge for taking the nest away .
13 Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing .
14 Well it was newish but er I mean one of the couriers mentioned it to us and I said well I du n no whether you want to pass the information on , whether you know , maybe you do n't .
15 Well he 's okay but yo we 've all had to muck in lately because of all this change and he moans and he moans and he moans and he says , outright I 'm not doing that !
16 Erm remember the hay we would be turning it w with pitchforks you know , and erm not a well goo drying day but you had to risk turning it and hoping that it 'd be dry but er it would be raining again the following day .
17 Would those in favour of the amendment I 'm very sorry but er it 's not an automatic right , sorry , I 'd like to have called him but er we 've summed up , what do we do now ?
18 Bad enough and at least , I mean it 's not , on a phone you can be upset but yo it 's not the same as seeing somebody
19 Erm that was a bad time er a critical time , they did n't know if he were gon na live or die then erm he 's had a number of transfusions to keep him alive but er he 's stable at the moment .
20 to service the service clan which , I do n't think will be controversial but erm I did just seat for the first part of report , the little bit about .
21 very smart answer to that but erm I 've got to carry a shotgun in one hand and handcuffs in the other and still deal with en e eventuality , I just ca n't do it .
22 I do n't , I do n't know anybody that I , I 've I mean I 've never seen a group , I mean you see it on films every now and then you know , a group of people that really , really spark one another off , like in The Big Chill and all the things like that but erm I 've never seen it before .
23 say that but er they 've extended it
24 I I had n't thought of that but er I mean it will be the group kind of er lecturing I mean it wo n't be lecturing to er a full meeting all day .
25 And erm that 's how it used to be so o obviously you had to pay like that but er I can remember the the Coop coming to .
26 I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it .
27 I have n't , mine 's not quite as bad as that but er he was wrong I think .
28 Paragraph seven making it clear put that an initial assessment has already established er it has already passed the preliminary assessment stage er and that er the director is undertaking the data collection procedure so that the site can be properly assessed and I do drawn er Mr attention er to that I erm have taken the opportunity during the last adjournment Chairman to speak to Mr about the appropriateness of the wording of his er er amendment and I believe that he he may wish to er move something which is slightly different er which will certainly er we 'll deal with that er if he does move that but er it clearly is the intention of this report and of the committee that when the work has been completed on the assessment of traffic calming measure in Shalford and its priority established , that we would then bring er another report er to the highways and transportation committee in response to this petition er as as indeed is set out in paragraph ten B and if Mr wished that to be brought forward through to council then that will be done but I leave to him if he wish to move an amendment to make it quite clear , since er I must say this motion is rather bland .
29 Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is
30 well I 'm actually I 'd like something cottagey if at all possible but erm I 'm quite open minded at the moment erm I 'm so new to the area I 'm actually in Brookmans Park at the moment
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