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454 documents matching criteria (34.50% of corpus)

2,946,861 total words in matching documents (64.24% of corpus)

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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 5 0.21

... wis nae sign o them ata. Jonsar Eck then came across a big muckle spanner that hid been left ahin be the electrician. ...
... opened Jonsar Eck an the ither twa helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". Och says the judge."I'll explain tae her if I see ...
... judge."I'll explain tae her if I see her." Jist wi that Big Betsy appeared an asks." Fit's wrang?" Noo the judge wis ...
... Fit's wrang?" Noo the judge wis in his element as he telt Big Betsy aboot the flooer. She asked him a puckle questions ...
... fit wye it his tae be second place?" asks the judge. Big Betsy growls."I got first prize wi this plant last year an ...
A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 9 0.38

... noo at's nae ony surprise, In the efterneen er's a gey big change, Rain poors doon in the affa heavy range. Sunday ...
... o the crap is teen aff the grun, Fermer dis grin, ere's a big run. Tuesday 30th, Temp. 6/14 Dry is the day warm bit affa ...
... order, ten bags o sticks, ten bags o peats each. Ere wis a big back close an, Jonsar cood drive richt intae it nae ...
... intae it nae bother. That wis ae gweed thing, ere wis nae big carries. Farthest in tae the close bade Eenie an, on the ...
... a dizzen cans o lager, an a bottle o bacardi. He poored a big bacardi tae Tam an een tae himsel, washed it doon wi a can ...
A Fairy (Liquid) Story [Content label: lesser] Smith, Mark R 4,326 1 0.23

... of varnish from its place on the shelf and, as he was too big to get turned around, reversed his way out of the door. ...
Easterhouse [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,644 7 1.51

... by baith sides." Aunt Marion sniffed for emphasis. She was big on the sniffing. Graham noticed that his aunt’s face had ...
... calves were brimful of mercury. He was a small man with a big face and his belly, bulging askew a disturbing smoking ...
... in his lapels. "How's it going, Alec?" Graham offered. "Big day, eh?" "Ach ah'm knackered awready. But nuthin like ...
... was just in time to catch Uncle Murray building up to the big finish of ‘Scots Wha Hae,’ though it seemed more like he ...
... seriously deid." Everyone was cheering the climax of the big number. Uncle Murray reached out and tugged the guitarist ...
Scots in Hawaii [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,470 4 0.89

... still nursing mega-hangovers the next afternoon when the Big Island spooled beneath them in grids of brown and green ...
... from Chicago who was most definitely checking out Bethia big time. You couldn’t blame him really. She was wearing this ...
... how he was an Assistant Professor of Astronomy, off to the Big Island to work for a couple of weeks on one of the ...
... chugged a good quart of red on the plane, her being a big believer in hair of the dog, among other myths. She ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 01 Taylor, James 357 1 2.80

... latter must be a pretty generous bloke if he's cashing out big eats to about fifteen people. I'm in complete agreement ...
What's with the weather? Taylor, Marsali 2,378 1 0.42

... your eyes closed, or anything, you could sit and read. The big boxes, you only need 20 minutes, and you can leave them on ...
A Bonnie Fechter Templeton, Sheila 305 2 6.56

... day we heard a scraping ootside the kitchen door. He was big. His antlers telt a lang story, a hero's story, of ...
... And waited and watched while he took his time, his fine big heid lowered wi nae loss o dignity. And so he lat me feed ...
Summertime Templeton, Sheila 86 1 11.63

... stocking seams, they shouted for lemonade, better still a big bottle of American Cream Soda, long spoons and the tallest ...
A Good Bamming [Content label: serious] 'The Driver' 1,162 1 0.86

... orb that initiated the colossal explosion known as the Big Bang. Poor God! You can just imagine Him with his face ...
Pillars of Society Thirkell, Alison 29,032 8 0.28

... that used to go on. There were some houses that had twa big dinner-parties in a week. MRS LAING: And I hear there was ...
... by grand, exactly? DEANA: Grand is - something that is big and worthwhile and - far, far away. ROWLAND: Hm. Deana, my ...
... guidwill I can muster frae my fellow-citizens. I've a gey big enterprise on hand, as you may have heard, and if ...
... Beaumont," as it says over the gate. You seem to be the big man around here. JACK: Fine ships you have too. I bumped ...
... for the sake o Betty. All the same - that you could be so big-heartit as tak the blame - JACK: Put it behind you, James. ...
Halesome Farin' Waddell, Mr John 15,793 8 0.51

... tae fill yer wame an keep ye warm till ye get hame." "Hoo big's the sea?" A spiered her. "Och, ten times as big as ...
... "Hoo big's the sea?" A spiered her. "Och, ten times as big as Foswell loch. Bit mind the time - an watch yer feet! ...
... Scots 'moose', of course. The moose that I speak of is big as a horse." "Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer ...
... of is big as a horse." "Guid save us!" cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer rats? Nae doot ye'll be needin great monsters o ...
... dae, stick oot yer neck An gie the nearest yin a peck. The big yins, pester them enough, They'll throw ye bits o bread an ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part One Williamson, Isabella 23,042 5 0.22

... having to rise at 5 a.m. to clean and blacken the big farmhouse range and light the fire. She then made porridge ...
... and horses to work the land. The existing tractors were big and powerful, but inefficient at trailing or pulling ...
... away from home. Beds Chaff beds were made from stuffing big covers with chaff - pronounced kaff - folk would say you ...
... badly chipped they were often used to hold hens' feed. Big pots were used for boiling clothes. Kettles were made out ...
... boil in the morning. Some people were reputed to make a big pot full at the beginning of the week and pour it into an ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part Two Williamson, Isabella 15,890 10 0.63

... are remembered. The school was lit with paraffin lamps. A big stove and open fires supplied heating; wet clothes were ...
... Roberts playing the cornet and Les Watt singing "With the big Kilmarnock Bonnet". On another occasion at a concert ...
... made out of clay or stone, not glass as today. The big one was called a peever but this was later changed to a ...
... joined with a piece of fine string about two foot long. A big wooden reel was balanced on the string and made to travel ...
... They later moved to Bamph Croft. The corn was milled by a big white horse called Meg walking round and round in a ...
Diaries of William Young: 1952 Young, William 3,260 2 0.61

... satisfactorily I hope. To Cathedral for evening service. Big place. 8 SATURDAY Buy presents before leaving 11.20am. ...
... 17 MONDAY Catherine showing off gym dress. She is getting big. Lathalmond today. 18 TUESDAY A good day. Not a lot to do. ...
Diaries of William Young: 1957 Young, William 1,892 1 0.53

... Feel this is a must if I am going to do anything big in this writing game. 18 FRIDAY 21 Present at our first ...
Diaries of William Young: 1964 [Content label: lesser] Young, William 3,534 1 0.28

... & River. Great time. 5 WEDNESDAY To Southport. On Big Dipper & in Pool. Cath, Phem, Jim & Catherine on ...
Diaries of William Young: 1972 Young, William 4,263 1 0.23

... fine meal at Queens after. Bowling evening. Wednesday 10 Big turn-up at Choir. D. [CENSORED: surname] & W. ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen N/A Audio 13,536 9 0.66

... was an iron sink, not enamel, iron sink ye know, an we'd a big zinc bath and Da used tae sit in the bath an we'd tae ...
... o rice, because Ma was in the wash-hoose an there was a big biler goin an she was sweatin an she'd on her rubber apron ...
... rubber apron an //an oh my God!// F1041: //An her big boots.// M1042: An an if it was rainin the the the ...
... I would hae s- 'thingummybob', 'her wi the big nose', or 'her wi the// //droopy eyes' or you would try ...
... M1042: //yeah but// yeah 'drookit' is a big word. //That's when oh God ye're absolutely drookit an I ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser] N/A Audio 13,714 8 0.58

... used tae say exactly what Gordon says, anyone living in big house an that in Dunbar, "Oh they're the well off, we're ...
... M1014: //Kept the sun off [inaudible]// //It was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made ...
... //It was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was ...
... was a big hood [inaudible].// M1017: //A big, a big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was a big ...
... big thing made by, my mother used tae make them, it was a big thing wi// //oh hoops, canes an things like that an it ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick N/A Audio 11,536 7 0.61

... he's no gettin money in an thing like that an him wi a big faimly an thing like that but that's what she fund oot ...
... be a// a lot o tenements in Hawick an you know there was big families, could be up tae seventy folk usin a couple o ...
... yer shouder?// M1010: eh they had bi- muckle big barras an they pit their slates ontae it their ledders ...
... maybe before your age, like// but they aw used tae be big boots an big jackets an an their the ladies they they ...
... your age, like// but they aw used tae be big boots an big jackets an an their the ladies they they were just the ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie N/A Audio 12,014 6 0.50

... F1001: //But the at that time o day folk had great big hooses,// M1000: //Mmhm.// F1001: an I suppose ye ...
... M1002: //Or a calfie.// M999: When ye become a big quinie then ye become a quine. [laugh] There's, then ...
... //Aye, aye.// M999: meanin that. //Meaning the big a- the big area that's eh between the hoose an the an ...
... aye.// M999: meanin that. //Meaning the big a- the big area that's eh between the hoose an the an the steadin,// ...
... enough, I //[inaudible]// F1001: //A fine a fine big car an// a fine big hoose. M999: Aye. F1001: Twa ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith N/A Audio 16,679 9 0.54

... F1054: And is there no kilts in Dundee, is it not a big thing? M1019: Well I don't know about in Dundee but in ...
... you see, changed, changed. But eh, later on there was a big influx frae the west, and I palled aboot wi some boys ...
... apart from syntax and grammar used, which does make a big difference to individual languages, I found anyway, I ...
... the word "gear", you know? Aye, plumbers and those with big tools and instruments did use a toolbox, aye, it was ...
... gear. Aye, and it was smaller, you didnae have to lug a big tool kit across, "It's got to go in, [?]Char-[/?]. It'll ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth N/A Audio 17,146 7 0.41

... Mmhm. F1027: An it was great cause there were great big huge //enormous baths and you could have as much hot ...
... I wouldn't know. F1027: Oh there been- that was a big discussion in our //house.// F1023: //Aye I asked ...
... and things like that, whereas the garden shed had the big tools. F1025: Mmhm mmhm. F1027: So it would be "Go ...
... they've got all this weight round their waist plus your big body armour an, //I mean it must// F1024: //Cer- ...
... round the ear for it too, well no, not now they're too big! [laugh]// F1026: //[laugh]// //Oh.// F1023: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree N/A Audio 14,267 3 0.21

... Participate in a game? I'm thinking maybe that's too big a M1008: //A bit formal for that.// M1055: //Too ...
... a gentleman ehm in the west of Skye who lives in a, a big building eh ehma big edifice, ehm and he at one point ...
... in the west of Skye who lives in a, a big building eh ehma big edifice, ehm and he at one point was trying to sell a ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling N/A Audio 14,324 9 0.63

... forename], our absent friend, who's pregnant, and she's a big girl, and she's, you know, right from early on she was ...
... big girl, and she's, you know, right from early on she was big, and somebody said to her "A- are you carrying twins?" ...
... and she said "No, my father s-, my father says it's a big single". Cause she's from a farm, you know? [laugh] ...
... And it was like, //you know when the cows have got a big single?// F1054: //[inaudible]// //[laugh]// ...
... //Aye, she is!// F1144: //She's just havin a big single!// F1054: Okay, erm, words for insane? F1144: ...
Conversation 01: Edinburgh man on his childhood N/A Audio 4,806 3 0.62

... er, when I was in Primary three, when I was up at the "Big School", //as it// F718: //mmhm// M734: was. ...
... //mmhm// M734: er It's kind of moving towards a Big Brother society, //er,// F718: //Yeah.// M734: ...
... fallen down now, that a lot of the bands who've got really big, lose that edge because, well, "yes, I'm just off back to ...
Conversation 02: Glasgow woman on childhood memories N/A Audio 5,509 5 0.91

... kitchen. And we used to play under the table, and, the big chenille cover, and wee Angus and I got on great. We ...
... F632: mmhm F646: But, they were going to have a big house; they were going to have a two-room and kitchen, ...
... at the foot of Wee Gordon Street, the wall bit was was big sleepers, railway sleepers //up and// F632: //mmhm// ...
... standin there four of us, and up a- painted in great big chalk letters on it was S-H-I-T-E, //[laugh]// F632: ...
... lyin there greetin. [laugh] [inaudible] This great big lump's comin [laugh], my mother said, "And what did you ...
Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,868 10 1.01

... a shame in a way you didn't go to it. And it was all the big personalities were there, setting it up for the very first ...
... now, M608: mmhm M642: but I think Honda gave him a big payoff. M608: hm M642: A lot of money. M608: ...
... it really, M642: And you remember we hit that //big eh hole on Racecourse, eh, Road.// F643: ...
... [laugh] M642: we got there, and, within that big triangle, there's little country lanes. And we were told ...
... mmhm M642: but when we were up there, it was a big bend, you know they just went round it, and there were a ...
Conversation 04: Two female students on university life N/A Audio 5,577 5 0.90

... F745: //Yeah.// F746: have to go through some big spiel of, like, "oh, such and such, who lives in such and ...
... briefly lived in Aberdeen but, you know, that's just a big city as well, //so,// F746: //mmhm// F745: don't ...
... //oh// //erm// F746: //Maybe you had// quite a big class in //first year?// F745: //No.// //It wa- ...
... and there was these other guys", and it's all just, like, big lists of people and stuff. F746: Yeah. //That's ...
... looking but now that, you know, I've got into this big panic about my dissertation I'm just, F746: Yeah, well ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories N/A Audio 11,194 46 4.11

... was a// M642: //uh-huh// M608: //mm// F643: big fire in that corner, and there was a big fire there. ...
... F643: big fire in that corner, and there was a big fire there. M642: There was five chimneys in the ...
... and the rats used tae eat the wallpaper off. And we got a big hose and we washed aw the walls doon an awthing //and ...
... wash yer claes there was an auld //shed ootside, wi a big biler where ye'd tae light the fire.// F643: //The ...
... ye aboot.// M608: //oh aye.// M642: //The big hole, wi the big pump!// F643: //We shoulda kept it ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing N/A Audio 8,918 27 3.03

... was Miss [?]Hamell[/?].// F638: //And mind// mind big tumshie Thomson? Miss Loudon poked him wi the poker and he ...
... Well I had F640: Cause I had the one wi the great big F638: Right! Well I had Miss [CENSORED: surname], no ...
... M608: //[laugh]// F638: And the great big gauntlets and she came in a //motorbike. So she did!// ...
... never.// F637: //I know that, and it was a great big// motorbike, //ye know.// M608: //And what kind ...
... F637: ye were seven and then ye went up tae the big school. M608: mmhm F637: And ye were there fae ye ...
Conversation 07: Ayrshire woman on her career N/A Audio 8,821 6 0.68

... my mum had me when she was forty, so there was quite a big age gap between us, M608: mmhm F643: and in her ...
... recorded message] Just turn it off, oh we'll get a big message [phone rings] coming through. [phone noise] ...
... print and //we had a// M608: //mmhm// F643: big opening and a big art, a big exhibition and they, they ...
... had a// M608: //mmhm// F643: big opening and a big art, a big exhibition and they, they came along to that ...
... M608: //mmhm// F643: big opening and a big art, a big exhibition and they, they came along to that and did lots ...
Conversation 08: Ayrshire woman and her mother N/A Audio 8,028 6 0.75

... my mum and dad, and pe- visitors coming in, there was a big shopping done. And we had a tut a boiler in our kitchen, ...
... then, eh, the day after New Year, eh there was always a big steak pie. Cause you usually had people, well somebody, ...
... to put the milk and the butter. She would ehm, fill a a big dish with cold //water, and sit it in to keep// F641: ...
... know, you// F640: //And one// especially was a big paper bell, which //hung at at the window, remember?// ...
... window, remember?// F639: //That's right, the window big// paper bell, and and just like paper, or sort of, the ...
Conversation 09: Two brothers on early memories N/A Audio 3,071 3 0.98

... they made the class sizes bigger. M608: mmhm //How big were the classes?// M636: //ah eh// //They were big ...
... big were the classes?// M636: //ah eh// //They were big classes.// M635: //There would probably// be between ...
... M635: mmhm M636: And th- they had had a sort of big end-of-ehwar banquet, M608: mmhm M636: at this, ...
Conversation 10: Two female students on travel and university N/A Video 6,028 5 0.83

... [tut], it's um, I think it's good that it's quite a big city, coming, like, coming from Hamburg and stuff. Um, ...
... that, but. Yeah. F807: [laugh] F806: [laugh] Big pause! [laugh] F807: [cough] [laugh] F806: ...
... the summer break, you know, eh June, July. F807: The big break? //Mmhm// F806: //Yeah,// I don't th-, I ...
... so we sat out the side on the terrace, and there was a big umbrella. I had a strappy top on but I sat underneath the ...
... of [exhale] [laugh] oh no! F806: That's a big essay! F807: I know, I know. F806: Hefty topics. ...
Conversation 11: Two female students chatting on various topics [Content label: lesser] N/A Video 8,349 3 0.36

... that //kind of place.// F810: //Cause eh, they do a big// thing up on eh, what do you call it? Arthur's Seat. ...
... none of these, none of these" and then I found like this big chunk of university-relevant texts. //So I was "oh,// ...
... jumper. Honestly. This horrible panda jumper and her big moustache. It's just so horrible, [laugh], but eh. I ...
Conversation 12: Two male students chatting about pastimes N/A Video 12,111 23 1.90

... every bone in my body. M815: No. M816: None o the big, //none o the,// M815: //Too careful!// M816: ...
... M816: in Scotland have got them. They're sort of big cats that are about the //place. There seems to be ...
... be quite,// M815: //Don't know. It's probably just a big dog, or something.// M816: there seems to be quite a ...
... M816: And er, and in the semi-final, this great big heifer //of a centre-half// M815: //[cough]// ...
... I don't play it so much these days. but, in my day, it was big folk thing was the M815: Yeah. M816: the things, ...
Conversation 13: Two male postgraduate students on academic life [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 14,078 12 0.85

... are kind of unwilling to get involved in these kind of big heady debates, like, not so much about the poetry, but ...
... really really funny to listen to him, cause he will, like, big broken, big stretches of Welsh and then all of a sudden ...
... funny to listen to him, cause he will, like, big broken, big stretches of Welsh and then all of a sudden he'll just ...
... M741: //Mmhm// M605: wh- all it is is a big tract ehm trying to completely dissociate the Lowland ...
... talking[/?], yeah.// M741: like you say a big revival and a kinna cultural, cultural revolution, in s- ...
Conversation 14: Two male students on university life [Content label: serious] N/A Video 6,842 2 0.29

... kinda young and kinda thinking "oh it's cool, it's like a big //shopping centre."// M819: //[?]Government ...
... where that's worked, puttin a shoppin centre, I mean, the big one at, well, cracker example! Right? And this never ...
Conversation 15: Glasgow father and his five year-old son N/A Audio 3,598 1 0.28

... M804: //[laugh]// M805: cause he sawed my big, um, brick hand. [drink] M804: Ah, so would you ...
Conversation 16: Four students on memories and music festivals [Content label: serious] N/A Video 11,091 18 1.62

... She-ra.// M811: Yeah, yeah, [inaudible] bit in a big lion //thing.// F813: //Yeah, I do// remember ...
... in the advert// they had to, like, climb up this big, to castle and stuff like //that and she had a// F813: ...
... and your foot// F814: //Yeah.// F812: in that big machine //[laugh]// F814: //[laugh]// F813: ...
... cause you want to go up and get your foot measured on the big contraption [inaudible]// F813: And one foot was ...
... ended up taking our tent, right, we're, we actually had a big tents in a circle, it was like all his friends and that, ...
Conversation 17: Two lexicographers on work and holidays N/A Audio 2,196 3 1.37

... of the size of Skye, you know, it's it's really not that big. It's smaller than I thought it was, [inaudible]. ...
... probably knackered by a horse called Willy. F010: Not big Willy who's nineteen two? F122: No he wasn't that big. ...
... big Willy who's nineteen two? F122: No he wasn't that big. F010: There's one of them at the farm. F122: Ah ...
Conversation 18: Edinburgh lexicographer on making recordings N/A Audio 920 2 2.17

... because wee Jocky so-and-so kens mair Scots nor we- than Big Sandy. And Big Sandy's wife's, wife's cousin kens mair ...
... so-and-so kens mair Scots nor we- than Big Sandy. And Big Sandy's wife's, wife's cousin kens mair nor anybody in the ...
Conversation 19: Two North-East teachers on Doric language N/A Audio 3,743 1 0.27

... ken, a, a change, F831: uh-huh M842: ehm a big change in tongue wi the f-, the wey the folk, I mean ...
Conversation 20: Four secondary school girls in the North East N/A Audio 4,902 4 0.82

... "Auch-, Auchenblae", I was like, no she tried to put a big thingy on it, she was like, "Auchenblae", you're just ...
... was goin, "No? //no?", [inaudible] [laugh] this huge big fit about it, I was like, "Oh my God"// F832: ...
... we've got the most// teenage pregnancies as well. //Big achievement.// F835: //Is it not like they've got an, ...
... F835: //I know so why is it// made out to be this big? I mean they should instead of like //criticisin// ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland N/A Audio 3,440 11 3.20

... F823: //Was it the// M824: //Aye.// F823: //big area?// M822: //Whether [inaudible] wants// tae ...
... M822: //He// he's he, he cuts it up wi, wi a big saw F606: mmhm M824: //Aye// M822: //ehm// ...
... F606: mmhm M824: //Aye// M822: //ehm// great big diamond tooth saw an he, he maks the stones wi that ye ...
... M824: Aye there's a lot o stone M822: There's a big, great big eh, oh must've been an affa buildins ...
... there's a lot o stone M822: There's a big, great big eh, oh must've been an affa buildins [inaudible] eh ...
Conversation 22: Mother and son talking about living in Aberdeen N/A Audio 2,001 1 0.50

... ten thousand less parking spaces. F826: They that big? M827: Well they we-, aye they were, but the way ...
Conversation 23: Couple talking about their Orkney roots N/A Audio 2,618 3 1.15

... it was very odd and coming out here to the Mearns made a big //difference tae that.// F829: //Yeah.// M830: ...
... F829: I miss about Orkney though, the wide spaces, the big skies, M830: Big skies are the //things you miss, ...
... Orkney though, the wide spaces, the big skies, M830: Big skies are the //things you miss, mmhm,// F606: ...
Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre N/A Audio 3,307 5 1.51

... F606: So what would you buy if you had a big garden? F890: Small things and let them grow, F606: ...
... I've covered it wi stones F606: Yeah. F889: an a big rock an itwis eh, it wis quite expensive, but at the ...
... Christian what it cost.// F889: //well it's quite a big a-// It cost me nine hundred pound tae get it done. ...
... charge of it.// F889: Aye it's lov-, it's no near as big but it is lovely F890: It's not as big, F889: No. ...
... it's no near as big but it is lovely F890: It's not as big, F889: No. F890: but it's had a lot of, when we ...

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