Example sentences of "er [pron] [vb -s] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But er she does want to pay it back , she does want to pay it back , and er well she wants to pay it back , erm , if you could start it this time next year she 'd be er she would be grateful for that .
2 We 've got a nurse , er a trained nurse , er she does play the piano and she 's quite willing to play for us if only we can get a piano donated .
3 But er there is a a and I wouldn inevitably er one does stray into I know want it in particular points at the moment , but there is a policy consideration to be borne in mind as well , which erm does suggest that past trends should not necessarily be projected into the future .
4 . And er it does make a bit of continuity .
5 So er it does tend to be as I say solely about wills well draw it out if you 've got anything else you may not have .
6 Erm , if members do n't like the word consumer then I think they would have to use public , er it does cover , I I think the title County Public Protection Officer would er , er satisfy Mr and I do n't think it would upset the Chief Fire Officer .
7 Even if you 've got a series of slides I recommend that you turn it off between each one so that you know the audience do n't see the things being put into position or moved about because that can be a bit distracting so er it does mean that you 'd obviously need to know where the on off switch is and and this is a nice one because it 's it 's right there .
8 Erm so there are these other forms of energy as well , erm nuclear power er will take its place along those , alongside those I 'm sure in the future er it does have its problems , the main problem is the possibility of er major accidents and many of you will remember the accident at Chernobyl in the , what was then the Soviet Union , it 's now the , now the er Ukraine erm when in nineteen eighty six the , there was a very serious accident and the er roof er blew off and er radioactivity was pumped into the er atmosphere .
9 Er it does happen .
10 Er it does cause problems yes .
11 Erm probl er coal does have its problems of course erm er it does produce an awful lot of pollution .
12 Cos yeah , er , it er it does worry you .
13 Er it does seem crazy to send them all round the country without insuring them .
14 It it 's not his best side er his right foot but you know he can weigh in on that side but er he does have a hunger for goals .
15 Okay so this strikes us as a rather eccentric claim er he does qualify it , he says that there may be cases where there are n't enough people of independent means in a country to present themselves , he does n't mean England here he means some of the dependent territories and then members of parliament should be paid compensation rather than a salary .
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