Example sentences of "erm [vb mod] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm may I suggest Mr if your Lordship would care to sit at ten o'clock and then think he 'll get at eleven fifteen , but really in |
| 2 | Erm may I say , while you 've been |
| 3 | asleep now but erm could I go and get it ? |
| 4 | Erm could I suggest that er that the incoming committee be given authority to erm obtain erm audited accounts and to approve those accounts on on your behalf when available ? |
| 5 | Erm could I ask you all to do that before you leave please ? |
| 6 | Just be very brief , chair , erm could I ask that we have a report before council on this , and I know it will be an extra two hours on the poor council debate , but I think this is so important , and it does affect the planet for hundreds of years to come , and I think if we ca n't have a discussion on this in full council , well , it 's the most important thing we 've had for years probably , and I think we should have a discussion before council sit . |
| 7 | Right erm could I have the er the mild korma down here please ? |
| 8 | It is the very same thing erm could I say that two people have written to me , two of my constituents and I do agree that that they have a point . |
| 9 | I said , shall I erm shall I make a cup of tea ? |
| 10 | Erm shall I put finance ? |
| 11 | Erm shall I see you around here ? |
| 12 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 13 | Erm can I move on to family benefits now a word about family benefits . |
| 14 | erm can I suggest then that we questions from from the public . |
| 15 | Erm can I draw your attention to er Mr 's closing remarks . |
| 16 | Erm can I throw another spanner in the works er sir . |
| 17 | Can I ask , i i this is I do n't know why I keep asking to work , erm can I write to Mrs to I think we we ought to as it |
| 18 | So , so it must be it is erm can I write it down on here ? |
| 19 | Erm can I apologize in ad , in advance Tony , but on Wednesday morning |
| 20 | Erm can I have the proposal that that was a correct record of our deliberations please ? |
| 21 | Erm can I have a volunteer please . |
| 22 | Erm can I have a few a that or erm , marmalade sandwiches please . |
| 23 | Oh there 's people go down the Chinese with letters and the boy 'll give it to me erm can I have so and so , so and so , so and so , so and so , I 'll pay you tomorrow when get paid . |
| 24 | Erm can I have some toast ? |
| 25 | Erm can I have sixteen of those there ? |
| 26 | Erm can I take any ? |
| 27 | Erm can I ask how that 's funded first of all is that funded through is that funded through the council . |
| 28 | Erm can I ask Miss , your view on phasing the structure plan ? |
| 29 | Erm can I ask you what other opportunities you are looking at anyway ? |
| 30 | we both felt you need to highlight erm can I ask you which of the areas you felt particular interest in ? |