Search results
Refine your search | New search
2,205 occurrences of big.
454 documents matching criteria (34.50% of corpus)
2,946,861 total words in matching documents (64.24% of corpus)
Showing documents 351 - 400 of 454
Page: < prev next >
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
|
Results per page:
20
50
100
1000
All
|
Max word occurrences per document: 5
| Title | Author | Multimedia | Word count | Freq. | Norm. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Storie o Caermoulis | Purves, David | 1,779 | 1 | 0.56 | |
|
... out hir auld clouts, an the neist day, she arranged for a big pairtie o hir freins ti cum til the houss about the tyme ... |
|||||
| Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies | Fenton, Alexander | 1,857 | 1 | 0.54 | |
|
... Bit ye didna knock e strainers in wi e mell. Ey were ower big for at, for ey were mint tae tak e strain o e weers in twa ... |
|||||
| 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 ... |
|||||
| "Obituary for Christine Guthrie, 1896-1999" | MacGillivray, Alan | 1,893 | 1 | 0.53 | |
|
... spent occasional holidays with her at Cairndhu. The big adventure of her later life occurred when she made a ... |
|||||
| Biggam Collection Letter: 12 | Law, Madge Taylor | 1,932 | 1 | 0.52 | |
|
... all young trees so far I'm just hoping they don't grow too big, also an apple tree at the side but there was only 2 ... |
|||||
| A lock o hellery | Johnson, Laureen | 1,933 | 1 | 0.52 | |
|
... the same source, implying that the quantity was a bit too big for the speaker’s liking? Or did N.E. Scots arriving in ... |
|||||
| Expressive oo and a boat: The Shetland Schools Craft Residency | Hughson, Hazel | 1,948 | 1 | 0.51 | |
|
... challenge to Jeanette Sendler to 'felt a sail in a day': a big project. She collaborated with local artists, children and ... |
|||||
| 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 ... |
|||||
| The Fower Quarters: 14 - A Very Dysfunctional Family | Blackhall, Sheena | 2,104 | 1 | 0.48 | |
|
... thirteenth labour of Hercules. He treated it all as one big macho thing. Men are such liars," she snorted, remembering ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 162 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,130 | 1 | 0.47 | |
|
... the best wey tae promote Scots an will wark tae big a consensus on the maist appropriate role in oor society ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 72 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,214 | 1 | 0.45 | |
|
... wis taen bi James Watson o Woodlands Schuil, Durris an the big-anes gree wis gien tae Josh Wright o Cults Academy, ... |
|||||
| Interview 08: Headteacher in North East Scotland | N/A | Audio | 2,237 | 1 | 0.45 |
|
... pitches there was a guy wi a, a whippet dog and he had a big sack so he reached into the sack and pulled out a rabbit ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 117 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,258 | 1 | 0.44 | |
|
... hay lying in the swathe, the kirn to kirn, an the peats to big? Glaikit giglets! Do ye think to get through the warld ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 123 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,259 | 1 | 0.44 | |
|
... ruby slippers frae The Wizard of Oz fur a freen whae wis a big fan o Judy Garland. The staff in Bletherin Skite went oot ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 84 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,306 | 1 | 0.43 | |
|
... aw thae ongauns costs siller sae the associe is seekin tae big up its maimbership. Maimbership subscreivins rins frae ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 44 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,312 | 1 | 0.43 | |
|
... fin that thae yins wis juist as bad, if no waur, nor the big yins A got the week afore an gey near ilka week afore that ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 60 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,328 | 1 | 0.43 | |
|
... o leadin weemin in the Scottish Theatre. Its ettles is tae big uphaud tae gie weemin the inlat tae tak owerance for thair ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 152 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,359 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... can complouter thegither tae exchynge information an big pairtnerships tae steer the forderin o regional an ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 175 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,364 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... Phil's portrait o her, "Not jist want to save up for a big Polaroid, naw?". The twa unreconstructit males still ... |
|||||
| 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 ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 141 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,380 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... Council uphauds Scotland's standin owerseas, and helps tae big a Scotland that hauds neibourschip til ither countries. ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 158 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,396 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... course she got the chance tae hiv a wee tête-à-tête wi the big man: "Sir Peter, Ah've settled doon jist fine here in the ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 58 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,396 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... alaft The colliers douned graith wi shod an shuil haft An big hashie cheils holed weil ower the shaft. An thaim that war ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 146 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,397 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... be at the hert o government an that ilka depairtment shuid big the airts an culture intae thair decision makin. Coorse, ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 102 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,409 | 1 | 0.42 | |
|
... passed it doon tae me. He also hud an elephant, Wi great big massive lugs, It sat doon in the corner, Beside his fluffy ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 125 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,412 | 1 | 0.41 | |
|
... as Gaelic speakers can an aw but thon's no the pynt.) Big up a demand bi speirin a copy for yersel. Ye can contact ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 147 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,430 | 1 | 0.41 | |
|
... she stertit the adaptation "the Scots that emerged was a big surprise" tae her. Accordin tae her, it wis mair her ... |
|||||
| The Fower Quarters: 10 - Nothing Personal [Content label: lesser] | Blackhall, Sheena | 2,457 | 1 | 0.41 | |
|
... after all. "I suppose you think you're bloody clever, Mr Big-Shot Writer? I suppose you thought, 'Stupid, drunken ... |
|||||
| The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors | Purves, David | 2,460 | 1 | 0.41 | |
|
... an wi hir lassies, she keepit awthing naet inby the big ferm houss. Thegither, did thay no cuik an bake, claen an ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 128 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,464 | 1 | 0.41 | |
|
... a creel on her back an the text says, "Does ma bum look big in this?" or a picter o fower men in ful heiland regalia ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 129 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,468 | 1 | 0.41 | |
|
... tae pey thair TV licences. This wis contered wi gret big muckle boycott campaigns that endit up wi the ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 143 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,484 | 1 | 0.40 | |
|
... I didna think ye was a wee horse, but I thocht ye was a big ass!" The chiel was perfectly dumbfoundered . Taen frae ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 163 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,495 | 1 | 0.40 | |
|
... airts. LABOUR:- Gien its diverse nature, we will wark tae big a consensus on the maist appropriate role in oor society ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 111 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,503 | 1 | 0.40 | |
|
... wey. Ae maimber pyntit oot hou important it wis tae big up ae data base o aw the Scots language teachin graith ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 68 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,509 | 1 | 0.40 | |
|
... the hoose. The twa craiturs wis lik bogles wi muckle big heids, bumflie een, wee airms an wee shanks. For the first ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 86 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,513 | 1 | 0.40 | |
|
... uised leids athort the hail o Europe. It's proponed tae big up an IT foondit resource, whaur fowk can lairn Scots nae ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 171 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,524 | 1 | 0.40 | |
|
... professional associes an aw ither interestit bodies tae big up thair ain ongauns tae gie a lift tae respeck for, an ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 124 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,538 | 1 | 0.39 | |
|
... Bit the Scots cam frae Ireland, gaun back a guid while In big leather boats an hed settled Argyll. The lands aroond ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 122 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,558 | 1 | 0.39 | |
|
... athoot ony reference tae thae languages is like ettlin tae big a dyke athoot ony stanes. Whit guid daes he think that ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 85 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,560 | 1 | 0.39 | |
|
... it a name? Hooiver, ae day he his a package aat wis ower big tae ging throwe e letter box so he chappit on e door. An ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 87 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,587 | 1 | 0.39 | |
|
... raisons whit wey the Scottish Executive isna gaain tae gie big licks aboot uphaudin the Scots leid, (2) tae descrive the ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 155 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,593 | 1 | 0.39 | |
|
... Rummlie Thump an his faimly. They pent glue on the Big Deid Tree tae trap unsuspeckin burds for their supper o ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 48 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,614 | 1 | 0.38 | |
|
... tae keek ower the staunin o Scots in the scuils, an tae big Scots a sickert neuk inower the curriculum insteid o haein ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 103 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,634 | 1 | 0.38 | |
|
... they aa end up suggestin they're named efter some local big hoose? Weel it's a richt disgrace bit the fowk wha hae had ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 94 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,651 | 1 | 0.38 | |
|
... need aboot £2.5m aw thegither, ettles tae estaiblish an big up the first naitional library on the wab o Gaelic an ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 114 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,652 | 1 | 0.38 | |
|
... whaur there fowk that wants it." The SNP promised tae big on Mike Russell's Gaelic Language Bill that rin oot o time ... |
|||||
| Learning Through Reading and Writing: Informational Texts | Philp, Andrew | 2,683 | 1 | 0.37 | |
|
... zoo. He is called Sandy. He is light brown, but he has a big black mane around his neck. He just sleeps in his cage all ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 56 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,683 | 1 | 0.37 | |
|
... haein ti dae athoot ful-time staff or sic time as thay can big up a growthier siller-flow. Thon staff, in the shape o ... |
|||||
| Scots Tung Wittins 54 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,686 | 1 | 0.37 | |
|
... an font kythe in thair mercats. TESCO haes noo stertit tae big a new muckle-mercat in Musselburgh (the Honest Toun) an, ... |
|||||
| Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 2: trip to the chemist's | N/A | Audio | 2,689 | 1 | 0.37 |
|
... No? F1101: You'll be knackered, humping that great big thing aboot with ye. F1102: Fitt thing? Fitt thing? ... |
|||||
Top
