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Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 3: painting and playing with dolls N/A Audio 2,013 6 2.98

... fallin down. F1141: Keep fallin doon? It's cause your big belly should keep them up, [?]you think, they widna[/?]. ...
... [inaudible] paint. Paint paint. Can I hae that big brush, paint paint? F1141: Mmhm. //Farr's your ...
... Paint paint paint, paint paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, ...
... paint, paint paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, to paint. ...
... paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, to paint. Stripe, red ...
Took Fur a Ride Connell, Andrina 2,077 6 2.89

... Angel Gabriel diznae werr a shiny yella jaikit lik the big fella in frunt o’ me. An onywise A wiz gaun doon ra way, ...
... Here, A’m telling yous. Wiz this no serious? Ra big man’s fumlin aboot wi sumhing. It wiz straps. A hid bin ...
... right anuff. A pit ma haun up tae ma heid. There wiz a big daud a cotton wool stuck tae ma napper. An anither wan ...
... broke wan fur me. Elbas lik knittin pins. There wiz a big wumman ower the other side. A mean a shuge, big, wumman. ...
... wiz a big wumman ower the other side. A mean a shuge, big, wumman. She damp near need the ither side aw tae hursel. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 2: playing match the pairs and doing a jigsaw N/A Audio 2,549 6 2.35

... do it with me? F1093: Yes. M1094: Cause it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one ...
... Yes. M1094: Cause it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one fo-. [child noise] Got ...
... it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one fo-. [child noise] Got some counting here. ...
... in the box. We can see if it's still there. In the big box. M1094: Where? F1093: In here. Is it still ...
... turn.// M1094: I'm going to take this one. In the big [inaudible] F1093: The lips and the mouth. What do ...
Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie Fenton, Alexander 2,681 6 2.24

... e drift swirlin an billowin ower em, biggin up wreaths big an smaa ahin ony obstruction, fither a clump o girse or a ...
... o e steens hid been shiftit (likely they'd been broken tae big pairt o e dyke), bit a twa-three wis ay ere, e big flanker ...
... tae big pairt o e dyke), bit a twa-three wis ay ere, e big flanker an een wi cup marks on't, fit ey were for naebody ...
... faither used for eez souter's shop, though noo ere wis a big crack in e gale an e windaes hid nae glaiss. Es wis faar e ...
... e tap eyn. I geed richt roon e back o't as far as a set o big trees faar I'd eence carved ma initials, syne crossed ower ...
Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats Fenton, Alexander 2,693 6 2.23

... aff an ile ingine, an Allan, made in Aiberdeen, wi a great big tank tae be fullt o pails o water, an a smaaer tank for ...
... check, for ye couldna see e ingine fae e barn. Ere wis a big aixle geed throwe e barn waa tae drive e mull, an inside ...
... at e croon fae a bittie awa, jist like e squaar meshes o a big net. At wis e wye ye kent an eddert ruck jist be lookin at ...
... graan for shelter. Ere wis even some fancy kins o trees wi big cones, yowies, fine for loons tae play wi an ey’d files ...
... o water aff a steen in e bed, at a time fin e burn wis big. Bit e rats couldna a howkit oot sic big half meens in e ...
All That Glisters Donovan, Anne 2,713 6 2.21

... careful when you squeezed the tube so’s you didny get a big blob appearin at wanst, but efter a few goes ah wis up an ...
... shape and coloured it green but a bit squirted oot intae a big blob, so ah blotted it and when ah took the paper away the ...
... a shop is stealin. A lot of folk think lik that. Donna’s big brother Jimmy wanst tried tae explain tae me that it wis ...
... me that it wis OK tae steal ooty shops cos they made such big profits that they were really stealin affy us (the workin ...
... his word. In the end ah sellt ma dinner tickets tae big Maggie Hughes and all week ah wis starvin for ah only hud ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 6 1.70

... fit wis in’t must a been a winner tae me. It wis jist a big side o a pig, hung fae a hyeuk in e riggin, an nae doot it ...
... doon e flooer beds an him at full streek tae win awa. A big, bonny craiter. E ay held for e youngest dother’s bed at ...
... on ma back (fit wye is’t at new skweelbags are ay ower big?), clean sark, short breekies, an wee tacketie beets abeen ...
... didna jist lie inside e acceptet order o things in e big fowks’ world. Ere wis nae skweel meals at at time, though ...
... wis nae skweel meals at at time, though e world wis takin big strides forrit. Ere wis aafa fyow wirelesses aboot either, ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 6 1.44

... “But whit’s the point? Buildin’ a hotel or whatever on a big hunk o’ metal? Whit’s wrang wi’ dry land?” “It’s so it’s ...
... Whit’s wrang wi’ dry land?” “It’s so it’s exclusive, big man. So’s scrotes like you an’ maself cannae get near the ...
... himsel’ oot playin’ tig wance, when he ran intae thon big pillar?” “Naw. That was me, ya daft cunt.” “Well, was he ...
... you in Geography in second year. Dished you wi’ that big Atlas.” “Aye, right enough. But still. He must have ...
... “Aye. Overnight stay on an oil-rig.” “It’ll be fine, big man. It’ll be better than that, in fact. Forget the oil ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 15, recording 2: playing with Spiderman stickers and starting a Christmas list to Santa N/A Audio 4,901 6 1.22

... will you take it in the loft? F1127: Well, you're too big for it noo, ye see? M1128: Aye, I'm gaun to gie it tae ...
... F1127: Aye, but it's up in the loft, cause you're too big for it. M1128: I I I'm gan to give it to Simba. ...
... F1127: That's good o ye. You'll be a right good big brother, won't ye? M1128: Mmhm. F1127: Oh! And ...
... get wi that ain? M1128: Lion King. F1127: Simba's Big Adventure. M1128: Simba's Big Adventure. F1127: ...
... King. F1127: Simba's Big Adventure. M1128: Simba's Big Adventure. F1127: Oh! Look at this! M1128: Aye. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 24, recording 2: doing jigsaws N/A Audio 5,909 6 1.02

... in there. [tut] No, this bit go. F1125: Uh-huh, big teddy. F1126: That big teddy oh little one. There's a ...
... this bit go. F1125: Uh-huh, big teddy. F1126: That big teddy oh little one. There's a one big teddy. That's nae ...
... F1126: That big teddy oh little one. There's a one big teddy. That's nae a one big teddy. That's another ...
... oh little one. There's a one big teddy. That's nae a one big teddy. That's another teddy. F1125: No you had that ...
... F1125: Mmhm. F1126: Mm. F1125: Wow, that's a big piece. F1126: A car! A car driving. F1125: Mmhm. ...
Interview with group of women in Clydebank 1 N/A Audio 6,482 6 0.93

... yes", so I had to go see the doctor. He al- always had a big clinic there but everybody had to pass the doctor before ...
... was, when they came into, I was given this office with a big knee hole desk. I felt really pompous sitting behind it. ...
... got called up and she can't go because she's got too big a family or something like that but we've got to judge ...
... we repr- I represented the the firm which was quite a big responsibility but I loved it, you know, always up to ...
... fourteen year old, in the Highlands it was just one class, big class, one teacher and, when I got to the age of twelve, ...
Conversation 28: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 2/3 - violence, war and society N/A Audio 7,119 6 0.84

... would always know there was a fight, because there'd be a big gang of people all standing in //[laugh].// M964: ...
... It was just maybe sort of twice a year there would be a big //playground// F965: //Yeah.// F963: fight and ...
... be an observation point.// But do you remember those big circular things that we found when the tide was //way ...
... and it's just a business, you know, it's not really a big //deal but it it makes you// M964: //Mm// F965: ...
... yeah.// //[inaudible]// F965: //because it is a big// faceless or- they they've given their loyalty //to ...
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 40: Two students from near Dumfries on university and home [Content label: lesser] N/A Video 8,270 6 0.73

... apparently they were down to see my mum last week in the big new house. Erm, but they we- came on Sunday night and ...
... mum's new erm new house, she's got her couches now, the big chocolate brown leather //couches.// F1155: //Oh did ...
... when we were at at er school and they came and gave us a big talk for the Crichton Campus, //to try and stop// ...
... //Mm.// //That'll be good. It'll look good in your big Christmas tree.// F1154: //cause I don't know how ...
... favourite one, aren't you?// //Yeah, we could have a big tree though, couldn't we, like in the window.// F1155: ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 8,532 6 0.70

... to his knees; looks around BJ. Aye, Kirsty slappin oan big dollops o mayo oan mah very very private parts… BJ ...
... than hur. (Pause) See, her world Lee’s world wis fu o big bad monsters, powerful monsters…in collar’s an ties wi ...
... here Lee… Silence LEE. You playin at…at…was gonnae say big brother, bit playin at bein daddy eh, Beej? She kin make a ...
... how’s aboot a spot o friendly sparrin? PAT. Aye come oan big man; like auld times…? BJ. Ah’d be delighted Pat: efter yi ...
... Silence JILLY. Ah understand aw the beatins fi ur big broon leather belt; Lee makin yi a tough guy; makin yi ...
Conversation 39: Two female students on student halls, university, philosophy and religion N/A Audio 8,726 6 0.69

... //Yeah, it is a bit isolated.// F1151: it is quite big and everything but they forget that, you know, they are ...
... it's not really a nightshift, but we keep getting his like big deliveries of wine when he's sleeping during the day, ...
... //but it was never// F1150: //Yeah.// F1151: a big deal because there was enough people there to kind of ...
... wee brother.// //Yeah. [laugh]// F1151: //he's my big wee brother. [laugh]// Erm, yeah, I've s-, trying to ...
... joked, "Oh that's handy cause they've just opened that big philosophy factory down the road", //and I sat there ...
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 34: Two students on leisure interests and part-time work [Content label: serious] N/A Video 9,753 6 0.62

... hit with sticks across his back, and it ends up, he's got big red marks, it's horrible. Dad hates doin it. //But ...
... I was quite annoyed, but erm I seen like this huge big punchbag, and I always thought, see the ones that you ...
... like they just cover and no more, it's not like huge //big boxin gloves.// F1049: //Uh-huh.// M1048: Erm and ...
... a huge one, like a huge pizza, and all that, er you get a big bottle of Coke and chips and something else for a tenner. ...
... F1049: I know. Linny's comin back down for Lynn's big sister's twenty-first but I'm going to take them out ...
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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: European: Official Reports: Meeting 4, 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,274 6 0.39

... the UK—are particularly sensitive about that. The third big issue in the treaty of Amsterdam is the idea of a stronger ...
... of the institutions of the EU. Liz and Dermot touched on big countries' rights. Coming from a small country, which I ...
... thrilled with anything that will protect the rights of the big countries. I am much more concerned about the smaller and ...
... wants. There is a great danger that the arrogance of the big states will cause the EU to implode. I would be interested ...
... on qualified majority voting? That can often mean a big difference to a small state. Dermot Scott: Ireland's view ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,759 6 0.34

... are glad to be able to present that evidence to you. The big picture must not be forgotten, however. The economic ...
... in such areas to see all the tobacco advertising on the big hoardings there. If we are putting in so much money to ...
... we are doing—it is counterproductive to let this big industry continue to target new customers. That is what ...
... any more or if it did not need to be up against a great, big— Miss Goldie: If this measure succeeds, will ASH wind up? ...
... their brands into other areas. We want to put across a big message about the danger of the product—that is what we ...
Craiters: 07 - E Oolet Fenton, Alexander 1,856 5 2.69

... seldom tae be seen nooadays; fit ye get instead’s raas o big roon bales, an I’ve naething against em, for truth tae ...
... bales, an I’ve naething against em, for truth tae tell a big park wi its new shaved stibbly slopes dottit wi e bales an ...
... for on slopin parkies an roch fairm tracks ye hid tae big richt, layin e shafes weel oot ower e frame tae get a ...
... o lachin at piece-time. Ere wisna a lot o privacy in a big park an ye cwidna tak time tae trail up till e wid if ye ...
... ae time I wis forced tae gang an I socht oot e back o a big roch stook. As I wis aboot tae come awa again I heard a ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 3: playing car racing games on Playstation N/A Audio 2,234 5 2.24

... it up. F1097: 'I'll hoover it up efter then. Is it a big ain? M1098: [?]A wee[/?]. F1097: Is it away? ...
... M1098: Look. F1097: Oh, so it has. They're big ains that. Does it fly? M1098: Aye. [makes aeroplane ...
... Right. Press that ain and your accelerator. The big cross, no the big cross. M1098: aye. F1097: That ...
... that ain and your accelerator. The big cross, no the big cross. M1098: aye. F1097: That ain. Right, go! ...
... Wrong button, that's reverse. Accelerate's the big cross. No, that ain. M1098: [exhale] Oh you're ...
Scots Tung Wittins 127 Fairnie, Robert 2,494 5 2.00

... wis gien an aw, a copy o Matthew Fitt's Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot an a copy o the SLD's Concise Scots Dictionar ...
... apologies an donatit a signed copy o his Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot for Lucille. Scots Tung is braw thankfu tae ...
... side. The twa poems is cried Monarch o the Glen on the big caird an Yuletide Robin on the wee ane. In a wee ...
... wee ane. In a wee depairture frae ither ordinar years, the big caird haes the words o the sang, A Guid New Year prentit ...
... wi his unco bonny young wife tae the kintrae estate an big hoose that Vanya haes been rinnin. The wife is the ile ...
Letter from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea Rimbaud, Dee 2,534 5 1.97

... engineer on the railroads. Ah often imagine ye howfin they big sleepers wi yir big airms. An how ah wish yir big airms ...
... Ah often imagine ye howfin they big sleepers wi yir big airms. An how ah wish yir big airms were roond me now, ma ...
... they big sleepers wi yir big airms. An how ah wish yir big airms were roond me now, ma darlin. Ye say it’s hot in ...
... wonder if it’s such a sin, wi no fowk tae see. It is no a big island, aboot forty or fifty acres only, an thair is ...
... far cry fae death, so a clobbered its wee heid wi a muckle big bit wid an ah roastit it guid at the fire. It tuik me many ...
Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen N/A Audio 2,768 5 1.81

... then they were put in the// F606: //Mmhm?// F1039: big hall in the Geoff Shaw at night. They had a two day ...
... //ye know?// F606: //Mmhm.// You come from quite a big family you //said?// F1039: //Aye.// I've got five ...
... wi a, it was a family butcher firm an they had this big cattle-truck. It was cawed Big Bertha. An the the ...
... firm an they had this big cattle-truck. It was cawed Big Bertha. An the the other two men that worked in the ...
... mother an my brothers an sisters, we used tae go in this big cattle-truck an gaun away picnics, //ye know? ...
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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 25, recording 1: talking about a birthday party N/A Audio 3,541 5 1.41

... Fitt was you daein? Was you, did you have a bonny big smile, I hope. //Did you? I hope so.// F1130: ...
... F1130: //Aye!// F1129: Do you think you'd a bonny big smile? [CENSORED: familiar form of forename]? F1130: ...
... you remember fitt we was gaun to get? A bi-? F1130: Big trampoline. F1129: [inhale] A what? F1130: Big ...
... trampoline. F1129: [inhale] A what? F1130: Big trampoline. F1129: Oh, that would be good, wouldn't ...
... F1129: Well I think that's plenty maybe if you got a big trampoline. I dinna think we would hae room for anything ...
Conversation 43: Teachers talking about Gaelic social scene in Glasgow N/A Audio 3,704 5 1.35

... M1161: //[laugh] I don't know,// some, I know one big Queen fan. And she was at a Queen tribute band on Sunday ...
... there, but she was telling me that she was going, she's a big //Freddie Mercury fan.// F947: //Is that right?// ...
... Saturday night, I don't think the CCA, //it's not very big.// M1161: //No.// F746: //That's something I ...
... //No, not as good no.// It's not, it's not, it wasn't big enough. F947: Mmhm that's true. M1161: And ...
... it the thirtieth or thirty-first of December? //It's a big bash. Yeah,// M1161: //Really?// F947: ...
Conversation 41: Two Shetlanders on building houses and Up-Helly-Aa N/A Audio 3,904 5 1.28

... wir really hed is been wi de bit o land. I mean we hae a big bit o land but hit's really juist a bit o de hill. ...
... ken when you win back, dat's for sure.// //Yeah, so hoo big is your hoose?// F960: //[laugh]// De hoose hes ...
... doon it wisnae a crack it was juist wan enormous great big ston in him. //We needit never// F960: //Uh-huh.// ...
... hit actually wirks oot very weel for Up-Helly-Aa, big space an F960: Yeah. F961: but we but we hae ta ...
... //Yeah, weel maybe no// but de Brae wan is a is a big //do, dat's de next biggest ane an// F960: //Uh-huh, ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert Fenton, Alexander 5,255 5 0.95

... damp bittie, aa at ye'd ken a reidy colour, on e front o e big roller an in ower e rim o't. 'Fit kinna mark's at, ...
... e Cross an e happent jist tae be dargin wi a spaad at a big steen in e nyeuk o e park ere. 'Aye Jock'. 'Aye. Ye're on ...
... Ere wis some kinna black marks on e surface, an a speecial big patch at hid been weel battert doon aside em. At wis aa. E ...
... tae see faar e roller hid stoppit on e road. Ere wis a big patch o rollt metal. I'd better een 'n Jock an richt ...
... an I've nae doot trippit an wowf wi eez heid anaith e big roller. Mercy what a thing tae happen. Ma stamach wis ...
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 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 25: Couple from Auchenblae talking about local varieties of language N/A Audio 5,757 5 0.87

... M903: //[inaudible] see a door made,// //a, a big door had been made into// F606: //mm// //[cough]// ...
... //Yeah, yeah, yeah.// M903: //ye see that was a big thing in that days like, in the sixties an that like// ...
... M903: //Cause immigration must have been a big thing// here cause I can still remember my father ...
... an they were reputed tae hae been makin a lot o money an big money in Canada an that an big trees an athin so he wis ...
... been makin a lot o money an big money in Canada an that an big trees an athin so he wis aye speakin aboot it but I'm ...
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: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 4: tidying the toybox N/A Audio 7,667 5 0.65

... Okay. Hey! Are you gonna be a photographer when you're big? F1122: No. F1121: What are you gonna be when ...
... No. F1121: What are you gonna be when you're big? F1122: Ice-cream lady. F1121: You're gonna be an ...
... keeping all those?// F1122: Aye look [?]a bonny[/?] big picture. F1121: But you could colour that in. See? Did ...
... How does it go? Tell me. F1122: Mum, you're too big to //put it on.// F1121: //Oh my head's too big for ...
... too big to //put it on.// F1121: //Oh my head's too big for that.// F1122: Mum, how about this? You could ...
Lecture: A Curriculum for Excellence: latest developments and implications for the teaching of languages in Scotland N/A Video 7,965 5 0.63

... that four of the sort of key points that came out of that big consultation exercise, which are particularly important ...
... clearly. So sort of narrowing it down from the great big picture to where we are. The programme board that was ...
... it links in to Assessment is for Learning which has been a big initiative in primary and in secondary, looking at ...
... there because curriculum flexibility, which is the other big erm project at the moment, it- it- it's almost erm ...
... But I was equally aware at the time that there were big problems concerning Higher English, [cough] which I ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,873 5 0.32

... realised that the previous question would open up such a big subject. Bill Aitken: In my experience, Scottish Homes has ...
... arrangements. We would like the committee to consider the big bang approach to implementing the tenancy. Secondly, it is ...
... does not touch on the private sector, which also faces big housing problems. I believe that the changes to the ...
... Commission-driven tidying-up of the process. There is a big question about those bills and I am not at all confident ...
... the money in other ways. As a result, there has been a big reduction in the money for improvement grants. The issue ...
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 ...
Interview 21: Suhayl Saadi N/A Audio 23,059 5 0.22

... are the rock groups that are singing about Iraq //of the big rock groups, the popular, the top rock, you know, the ones ...
... er, it's been forgotten by a lot of people //who live in big cities and so on, you know, they don't, erm,// F963: ...
... pulled books off the shelf at home, //and put them in a big knapsack, you know, it was like Christmas-time and I was ...
... Christmas-time and I was like Santa, you know, with this big knapsack, you know?// F963: //[laugh] Right. ...
... said it's behind you! [laugh] //And it was the list on big billboards behind me of the top twenty books.// F963: ...
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 ...
Minnie Blackhall, Sheena 32,033 5 0.16

... mither Sally an the kitchie deem Meg Ramsay cried aa the big fowk intae the ferm kitchie fur a plate o yaval broth. ...
... they hae daen withoot Jock this lasy fyew wikks, at the big toun dairy tfar his maister's mither bedd in her fine braw ...
... she said her prayers like her faither hid telt her...the Big Prayer noo, nae the little een, though sometimes she said ...
... fin I becam a man, I pit awa aa bairn ferlies.... Yer a big quine noo, sister, ye winna be needin a dallie there in ...
... a thoosan ither jobs that needin daein. Aften, fowk at the big hooses wadna lat the milkmen chap at the front door, ...
Mountain Music - Chapters 1-4 Mackay, Sheila 50,638 5 0.10

... via the fruit and vegetables which were always a joy: big tomatoes, tasty and substantial, too ungainly for the ...
... brain scan, examinations, tests had already run up a big bill) until I remembered that they were in a bag I had ...
... I visit you? Tomorrow is the Feast of the Three Kings, a big celebration here in Spain. You should not be alone.' ...
... Livingstone's house. He's away at the moment. There's a big table in his lovely garden where we can spread our feast ...
... to his every word. My unexpected companion was a big man, not overweight, with a craggy Celtic face and amused ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (09/05/02) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 64,392 5 0.08

... budgets of less than £1,000. We are not talking about big money, but about reasonable amounts of money being sent in ...
... I welcome the direction that the statement takes. It was a big statement and its details require more consideration than ...
... support for nurses and midwives during their training is a big issue and, as Malcolm Chisholm will know, I have received ...
... development—not everyone wishes to be a manager. One big gap is that nurses, because of their dedication and ...
... because, in effect, centre-right Governments control the big five member states, their influence will affect personal ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (25/01/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 69,086 5 0.07

... debate has focused on one issue rather than surveyed the big picture of how we treat and look after our older people ...
... appropriate care wherever they happen to be. That is the big picture that Margaret Jamieson was referring to. Shona ...
... have to be very clever and academic, so I did a great big study about Robert Burns and Henry Mackenzie, the man of ...
... In Scotland, we still do not fully appreciate just how big our global megastar is. Back in 1996, I thought that the ...
... for the Burns bicentennial year were going to be big. Even Pavarotti was going to come to Scotland. However, ...
The Hawthorn Tree - A true story Hynd, George 211 4 18.96

... Grew a wonderful thing A wee Hawthorn tree It wisnae very big, aboot twelve inches high Wi wee tiny branches reachin' up ...
... reachin' up fur the sky Fightin' fur growin' space in a big tangled mass O a' sorts o rubbish, an long chokin' grass ...
... rubbish, an long chokin' grass One wee tree all alone in a big muckle field An frae the winter winds there wis nothin' ...
... o that bonnie wee tree As it wis ripped oot the earth by a big J.C.B. ...
Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid Begg, Dr James A 1,246 4 3.21

... gin I parked the caur oot o sicht aff the drive intae the Big Hoose, an cannily made doun the ruch road that cam oot ...
... gemm - in fact, it wis oor furst nicht oot efter the big yins, the nettin gangs, havin cut oor teeth on the ...
... oot Ian, an Mr. Johnston wha rentit the fishins frae the Big Hoose, an him no a byllie. ‘Aw, there's juist the three o ...
... skelpit aff throu the wid back tae the caur, like a pair o big-gemm hunters wi a pig on a pole. Sin we niver did fin oot ...
Interview with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue English, Paul 1,528 4 2.62

... and spent the Wednesday getting more together. 'I filled a big bag with old studio shots of the band, and all sorts of ...
... Blue at the height of their success - headlining 1990's Big Day, performing live at Glasgow's SECC and Barrowland - ...
... then he got ill and became very thin. And then he got big again when he was on steroids. 'The rest of the song is my ...
... as it is for his wife and family. But it's been a very big thing for all of us.' Another song on Ricky's album,The ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 1: doing a jigsaw before dinner N/A Audio 1,580 4 2.53

... F1101: Is it under aa that ains there? Move that big ains. Maybe they're lying under there, look. //Which ...
... F1101: //It's nae a duck.// //A duck's got a big beak.// F1102: //Aye it is.// F1101: It's a chick. ...
... F1101: Well, that claes in that ain's too big for you. See, that's troosers again, that's troosers ...
... See, that's troosers again, that's troosers that are too big. This one is tops. //This cardigan?// F1102: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 2: playing snooker N/A Audio 1,778 4 2.25

... be it! F1107: Oh no it shouldna! But you're just a big cheater! M1108: Here. F1107: You just want to ...
... F1107: //Ooh, ye're gonna be a scunner when you get big.// //No I winna,// M1108: //Chase me Mum!// F1107: ...
... //Cracker, me!// Cracker me! F1107: Aye, ye did big crackers there. M1108: Yoo-hoo! F1107: Cool! ...
... man! F1107: Is that fitt you want to dae when you grow big? Play snooker //for a living.// M1108: //Aye.// ...

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