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...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 69 0.94

... Here, lemme gie yer face a dicht.' She, has to use a big bunch of tissues on my resentful face, and then several ...
... office to beard the Cock o the North (Officer-in-Charge, Big Charlie, Matron's hen-pecked 'Old Man' - what's in a ...
... but she'll be cross if she sees him licking his pencil. My big brother, Andy thinks, writes his figures very very fast ...
... Andy tries several deep breaths, as quietly as he can. His big brother can sharpen a pencil, but he can't. Andy needs to ...
... a squashed worm. The next he tries is better but much too big. The next is almost perfect but even bigger. Fiona, Andy ...
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, ...
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 (05/12/02) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 62,853 9 0.14

... cowboy builders and cowboy installers. Apart from the big builders, who are obviously more aware and more conscious ...
... Solar energy and wind energy—I am referring not to big windmills, but to little windmills, for example in cities ...
... throughout the UK when dealing with organised crime. Big-time criminals are adept at operating across borders and ...
... we can to support cross-border inquiries to ensure that big-time criminals cannot exploit national boundaries in the ...
... Munro makes, but it is important to state that there are big issues of international maritime law. There are rights of ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (27/03/03) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,991 10 0.19

... them without having to undertake five-year courses or do big blocks of stuff, but can get back into the workplace and ...
... racism and sexism, but we have yet to tackle the last big, horrible ism and that is ageism. The Eden Brown employee ...
... we should defend them to the last. Although we have made a big difference in this parliamentary session, I would be the ...
... pension is not enough to live on. Furthermore, there is a big problem with people not applying for the minimum income ...
... Members started to let slip the fact there was to be a big announcement on national concessionary travel—I think that ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,710 4 0.08

... of the people and, if it makes an error, it should be big enough to admit to that and to inform the people who were ...
... are being delivered through a network of four or five big teaching hospitals throughout the country, why do we need ...
... have suggested, the bill is not a statutory embodiment of Big Brother—far from it. It will ensure that surveillance ...
... a newspaper article suggesting that it was some kind of Big Brother snooping exercise; it is the very opposite. It is ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 50 0.95

... need for cuffs. If you wore a dress or coat that was too big, someone would say, 'That een's been made for yer growth'. ...
... of chain that completed the binnin were fixed to the big loop of the sweevle. One had a loop end and the other a ...
... I winner foo mony o ye hiv iver tried e smiler? That's a big shoulder rake, used for example to gather hay left over ...
... enough sign of how hard it was to pull. The old style had big wooden teeth, but the ones I knew had curved iron tines. ...
... for hauling out broomstocks by the root, so it had to be big and powerful. It was smiddy-made, all of iron, with a ...
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 ...
Travel journal: USSR 852 35,187 13 0.37

... the bags and case to the nearest bus stop a chap in a big black official taxi obviously took pity on us and, ...
... me the way to the English section - "Daniel Deronda" is a big hit this year it seems - and told me that the Progress ...
... Thursday Sept 29th Another fine day - blue sky and warm. Big lazy end-of-season wasps stagger into buses and dodge ...
... eat it even when it's freezing cold. We ambled past the big wheels and boat pond, along the river to Gagarinskaya, and ...
... unsuccessfully to part them but at last is won over - big wedding finale and more exuberant jumping. The Palace of ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 10 0.29

... Watterside, an there seek a bield wi a waster cried Big Liu, at keepit a bettin shop. This wis Liu Shiquan, wha ...
... he thocht ti gae back ti the Eastren Capital. Nou, Big Liu wis sib ti ane Deacon Dong at keepit a herbshop in ...
... wi Deacon Dong. Gao the Braw gied his fare-ye-weills ti Big Liu, shouthert his pock an wan awa. He tuik the rounabout ...
... the bairns......Gin A dinna, tho, it’ll juist affront Big Liu.....” Sae he juist hed ti bid him, wi aa pleisance an ...
... says Shi Jin, “ but A niver thocht the tinks wad grow sae big: they’re shuir ti be a sair trauchle ti us aa.......Luckie ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (26/09/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 33,438 8 0.24

... to be ever the bridesmaid and never the bride at such big events. The group's report sets the cost of free personal ...
... Organisations must retain their independence without big brother looking over their shoulder. No doubt Bill Aitken ...
... offers pockets of money and—in the interests of balance—big wedges of money for its pet projects. I say to the ...
... system, capital funding is not, by and large, a big problem. The main issue that faces those organisations ...
... core funding for next year. A lack of core funding creates big problems for staff, because they are not sure whether they ...
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, ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (16/02/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 30,443 2 0.07

... Recognition of BSL as an official language would be a big first step to increasing access for our deaf community. ...
... too expensive for the average person? Local authorities, big banks and building societies do not seem to be pulling ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 29,546 2 0.07

... system reports and the purpose of our assessment—that is a big question. On a minor practicality, it is obvious that ...
... activity—for less than £8 per hour. That will be a big problem this year. The Convener: Several members want to ...
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. ...
Interview with Bernice Sibbald for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,837 32 1.11

... younger ones came after you?// Five of you, and you're a big sister. F1680: Mmhm. F1189: You're a middle child ...
... //That's right.// That's right. F1189: Now, how big was that house in Niddrie, it was a local authority house, ...
... it was still small, but you know, we thought it was big. F1189: Mmhm. So you got a four apartment then, and ...
... that was used the most, believe it or not, cause it was a big kitchen, but //it's like everywhere else, we all used to ...
... room.// F1189: //Mmhm mm.// And did you have a big kitchen, er did you say you had a big kitchen? F1680: ...
Interview with Robert Bruce for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 28,169 50 1.78

... mmhm mmhm.// M1682: //Because it was it was such a big blaze at the time they tried to clear everybody out of the ...
... //Mmhm mmhm mmhm.// M1682: //It was er it was a big Catholic a- academy at the time, for secondary school.// ...
... the best ones and that was yeah that's gon- and I was big into comics, I I //especially the Classics,// F1189: ...
... and I enjoyed reading.// //That was that was the big thing, I enjoyed reading it was eh it was a past time I ...
... I sometimes read to my sisters but I would say it wasn't a big thing. F1189: Mm. //Mm mmhm.// M1682: //To me it ...
The Thrie Sisters Purves, David 26,409 2 0.08

... fowk lyke yeirsells. Atweill, ye canna howp ti mak a big impression on the mass o ignorance roond aboot ye; as yeir ...
... together) MASHA: Juist listen til yon band giein it big licks! They’r aw leavin us. Yin o thaim’s gaen ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Official Reports: Meeting 28, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 25,369 1 0.04

... closer to the microphone and speak into it? This is a big chamber. Mike Flynn: No problem. I do not think that the ...
Interview with Margaret Ritchie for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 24,558 25 1.02

... F1192: It lies between two rivers and the nearest big town is Kirkcaldy. F1189: Mmhm mmhm. F1192: And ...
... brother. F1189: Mmhm. F1192: Aye, so //it was a big struggle.// F1189: //So three children.// F1192: ...
... um it was one of these Thornton itself didn't have a big cinema, it //just// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1192: was ...
... nice house actually. //And ehm.// F1189: //Yeah, how big was it?// F1192: Three-bedroomed house. F1189: Mm ...
... annuals, //You know// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1192: big thick, with all wee different stories in them. //Mm.// ...
The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 7 0.29

... (Bappy): b.1994 Myra Anderson (Jed’s mother): b.197 Big Tam Laggeran (a drug dealer: Myra’s boy friend) Neil ...
... Jed wis bikin on ahin him, a brosie laddie fa lived aff Big Mac baps, wi a wame tae suit. Bappy, the ithers cad him: ...
... oot fur her “eerans”: a wrap o poother or mebbe peels frae Big Tam Laggeran, the Mr Fixit o Meikleburgh’s junkie-lan, her ...
... tryin tae sook siller frae his nearest an dearest wis the big show-stopper: that efter aa he wis their faither, wis he ...
... oot. Jenny’s dallie’s pram wis cowpit on its side, wi Big Tam Laggeran, the dealer, sprauchled ower it. Tho his een ...
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 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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 4 0.18

... Dod. It’ll come in handy. Hoo did ye come by it? DOD (Big wink) Dinna ask to be lee’d te, mither. Jist pit it doon ...
... to follow the fall of her finger into the barrel with a big head movement.) So it’s best niver to think ava’. That’s ...
... taste. Get it doon ye. (She hands her the bottle.) A good big scoof, noo. (Reluctantly, Teenie takes a drink.) A drappie ...
... Chrissie is avoiding her eye.) Thirty year’s an affa big gap. CHRISSIE (softly) I ken. (Pause.) But it’s maybe fit ...
Refuge [Content label: serious] Paisley, Janet 22,040 17 0.77

... room, welded to the fireplace. I thought they had a dog, a big dog. CAROLANNE: Oh Maggie. MAGGIE: What are we living ...
... A bucket for a toilet. This house is a (SHE INDICATES BIG) - he's a doctor! She said he'd padlock the collar. ...
... aboot the weans, you think? AGNES: Och, aye. Her ain are big noo. Ages wi your Gordon the laddie? SADIE: Near 'nuff. ...
... Oh great. I'll get to play in the playroom now. SADIE: Big wean. There's burgers for your tea. (GORDON HEADS FOR THE ...
... RUBBING HER RIBS) GORDON: Hey Agnes, you could've been big. AGNES: Son, ah um big. Whit's mair, ah've ayewis been big ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 21,283 13 0.61

... Mmhm. F1190: And for a month, we went round with a big trolley, F1189: Mmhm. F1190: going through every ...
... to own them and //particularly, I've got quite a big New Zealand collection.// F1189: //Mmhm, mmhm.// ...
... turned out in-in F1189: Mmhm. F1190: quite big numbers then, but there wasn't the same intensity of ...
... places, she was going to small schools and - it wasn't big, flourishy stuff.// F1189: //Mm, mmhm, mmhm, mmhm, ...
... just //non-stop.// F1189: //Yes,// it it w-was big news in-in the States, I think. //Mmhm, mmhm, mmhm.// ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Public Petitions: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 21,057 2 0.09

... is what the Scottish Parliament should be about. The big issue is about a service provider unilaterally announcing ...
... acetate are not miracle cures, but they know the big difference that those drugs can make. They are also aware ...
The Borth’ick Waitter Rodger, Matt 21,032 19 0.90

... hei sayed thit hei hed been descrived is ane expert (ae big wurd) sae it hed been necessar fur him tae pruve til the ...
... yon, whit wis kent is the dryin green, it the back o the big hoose, whare the claithes wur peggit oot tae dry, the auld ...
... the ferm hoose. The Skelton faimlie wur the tenants o the big hoose, is fer back is A can mynd; an than, i the late ...
... ae gey wheen yeir an serd saivrel tenants whae rentit the big hoose. Jimmy likit his nip o whuskie an whan hei gat aff ...
... Whan A wur ae callant, thar wur saivrel servans i the Big Hoose, whae bade on the premises. Agness Rutherford, gin A ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 2: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 20,871 1 0.05

... was general agreement that, given that this will be a big inquiry, we would like to understand at an early stage how ...
Interview with David Thomson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 20,274 19 0.94

... us onto learning very early and ehm I know she gave me a big help as far as reading and writing and that sort of thing ...
... twenty-two. F1189: Mm. M1193: So she's a big influence in my life. And probably was one of the main ...
... well// There were ehm, yeah, we had a fairly big bookcase. F1189: Mm. M1193: I, I just can't ...
... don't learn' so. F1189: Your aunt seems to have been a big //influence in that way mm.// M1193: //Oh big ...
... been a big //influence in that way mm.// M1193: //Oh big influence in my, my life.// //Yeah, there's no question ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 21, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 20,078 1 0.05

... information will come, and so that we will not take too big a step in the first instance or a step beyond what local ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,851 8 0.40

... that's why we //got this bigger house - and it had a big basement.// F1189: //Ah, right, uh-huh, uh-huh, ...
... //house and// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1190: they had a big garden, and they had an orchard, //and this felt// ...
... F1189: //Mm, mmhm.// F1190: So there was this big //reference room upstairs with// F1189: //Mmhm, ...
... Dickens //collection which is in the library, which is a big collection of Dickens material.// F1189: //Mmhm, mmhm, ...
... who didn't like it. //But there must have been a big difference in the atmosphere from Hyndland.// F1189: ...
Interview with Evelyn Entwistle for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,719 18 0.91

... he lost his first wife.// F1189: Well you had a big sister then. //That-that's nice, uh-huh uh-huh mmhm.// ...
... yes not nice at all.// F1189: Now was it quite a big house then? //Mmhm mm mm mmhm.// F1195: //Oh yes it ...
... bedrooms cause my brother had a wee room, my parents had a big room and I had a big room and my sister had a big room.// ...
... had a wee room, my parents had a big room and I had a big room and my sister had a big room.// //And there was a ...
... had a big room and I had a big room and my sister had a big room.// //And there was a small room for the maid so it ...
The Puddock and the Princess Purves, David 19,521 2 0.10

... littil wunner ye’r wurkit up on yeir waddin day. It’s a big day for a lassie. Juist you hae a wee rest or ye gether ...
... (She points to her cheek) Ah maun be an awfu jaud whan big laddie lyke you winna kiss me! (Ringan, still carrying the ...
Interview with Harry Ferguson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,200 8 0.42

... Mm. M1202: So er that er took us away from the big city, and got us down to the fresh air of the sea coast. ...
... //Er// F1189: //Mm.// M1202: er there was in the big house on the coast, we would buy books and consult with ...
... McGill.// And he had these outrageous postcards of the big fat Govan woman and the wee skinny Glasgow man. [laugh] ...
... Same with Bruce, erm, so we were brought up with this er big chip on our shoulders about the English, F1189: Mmhm. ...
... met one. Call them over." So he selects the tallest, big hunched shouldered fellow, all bangles and beads and ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 28, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 18,258 1 0.05

... at the Fisheries Council meeting in November and at the big meeting in December, but I will work closely with my ...
The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious] Purves, David 18,119 1 0.06

... lyke an it’s gittin waur bi the oor. It stertit near ma big tae, but nou it’s lyke the haill fuit wes on fyre. (He ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,917 8 0.45

... the problems that emerged quite early, especially in the big cities, authorities—other than in Edinburgh and ...
... general assumption is that more of them are around than big properties. The task is bigger. The volume of work should ...
... to the student population and, whether students had big flats or small flats, it was not going to get out of the ...
... the professionalism of private landlords, both small and big. As I said in answer to the question about local housing ...
... to go down. We must bear it in mind that there will be big differences in the nature of the problems that authorities ...
Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 7 0.39

... they looked sae licht in the men's hands. An' that great big thing gaun roon' an' roon' beside ye, claitterin' an' ...
... on. GLADYS A fire had broken oot. And there was this great big pile o' ... rubble ... in the street. There was ARP men ...
... have, I tell you. The Bonaccord Centre's there. A great big building. BESSIE Aye, at the side o' the street. On the ...
... ower the place. Or they would be crossed and leave great big blots in the middle o' a word. We had to mak' little pads ...
... mither died, folk ca'ed Morrison moved into that hoose - a big faimily for the size o' the hoose. There was him and her; ...
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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 1, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,433 3 0.17

... at me—they do not need to. Do you accept that there is a big difference between a sought-out, bought product, such as a ...
... that would not be outlawed by the bill. That suggests a big loophole. What is your view on that? Malcolm Chisholm: I ...
... around the legislation and I am concerned that this is a big area of legislation that is subject to regulation in which ...
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: ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 16,827 10 0.59

... the Finns and the Swedes are doing. That sounds like big stuff, but if we are serious about staying ahead, that is ...
... that there are different solutions. There is no single big bang that would suit the various needs of different parts ...
... of globalisation, rather than on the opportunities. The big oil companies in Aberdeen are committed to the knowledge ...
... of the new economy and e-commerce. The oil companies are a big pull factor—those are the words that were used. Many of ...
... sector? As Nick Johnston said, the oil companies are the big players in the area. Is there a tendency for the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Deadly Weapons [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 15,826 21 1.33

... Anybody bring ironing? STEW. Ower there! CAMMY. WHAT…the big bag…there? Nicely creased Ah hope? (He rushes to the bag; ...
... (He rushes to the bag; opens it) AW… Stew sheets great big walloping sheets; creased ti fuck…sheer heaven! Cammy ...
... dense dark place… DIMPS. Shrink talk…heid doctors wi thur big fuckin hooters…poking aboot…huv yi this; huv yi that? Did ...
... Ah kin tell yi what should be in here…in this shrinks big book…? STEW. The three A’s! DIMPS CAMMY. Acceptance, ...
... could’ve fixed aw that… STEVE. Uncle Sandy’s laddie? Yur big cousin? Why wid he dae that? STEVE. Ti frighten mi; ti ...
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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Transport and the Environment: Official Reports: Meeting 31, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,521 1 0.06

... of transferred diseases and transferred genes. Those are big issues. As Dick Shelton said, the risks must be carefully ...
Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 15,282 3 0.20

... meat compa-, frozen meat company. //This was the big shipment of meat overseas.// F1189: //Mm.// M1191: ...
... good from that point of view.// F1189: Some very big erm Scottish issues, for example in the last ten years ...
... a cinema, F1189: Mm. M1191: but it's not the big Gaumont //down the road, it's the [inaudible] it's the ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
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- ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 13,883 1 0.07

... join the committee today. The OFT proposal is a seriously big issue out there, especially in my constituency in the far ...
Interview with Rev. John G. Sinclair for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 13,717 3 0.22

... to have, F1189: Mmhm. M1194: they're not too big, and they're //easily accommodated.// F1189: ...
... bookcase just inside the front door which has all the big books, F1189: Right, uh-huh. M1194: like the ...
... of the Friends of the Hocken Collections, that's the big //research library, down there.// F1189: //Oh yes, ...
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: 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 ...
Bruised Blue Grainger, Cecilia 13,524 12 0.89

... Della, Della…? Thurs a body comin up the track…it the big Yew…STOPPED IT THE BIG YEW… (Pause) Krista is it a man?: ...
... a body comin up the track…it the big Yew…STOPPED IT THE BIG YEW… (Pause) Krista is it a man?: AH’M FEARED! (Pause) A ...
... thit got hunted doon an tried fur thur wickedness…BIG DEEP DARK BOGGLE HOLE waitin ower the hill; up bi the wee ...
... only man Ah’d noh be allowed ti show fear. Silence TESS. Big bag that…looks heavy…! (Touches the bag) ZEB. You’d be ...
... she want to come over here? / She looks… TESS. Bag that big might hawd aw kindae things. ROBBY. AW AW! Hawd oan Lori: ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Equal Opportunities: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,710 4 0.31

... that has been said. From our perspective, awareness is a big problem. Many workplaces and employers seem to think that ...
... things are being done appropriately for them. One of my big bugbears about the participation of children and young ...
... which, as I said earlier, I use as shorthand. Is it a big mistake to use EYDP rather than the longer form? Perhaps ...
... depend on the context. If the term is being used in a big document, it could sometimes be abbreviated. Perhaps every ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,368 4 0.32

... no one solution, but we recognise that the challenge is a big one. Irene McGugan: Could you expand on your comments ...
... the four years between 13 and 17, we would be taking a big step forward. The 85 per cent target figure is being met ...
... because some school PE facilities are not yet big enough to cope with delivering two hours of quality PE a ...
... would have a summary version in English. It would not be a big deal to make that accessible. Members of the public may ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English Blackhall, Sheena 12,339 1 0.08

... limes, malaria Elephants an wud monsoons Coconuts an big baboons Seagull, spurgie, blackie, doo Microwave an ...
Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 12,193 2 0.16

... in one small class. And that eh they had eh so many big eh eh //yachts,// F1189: //Mm.// M1191: eh motor ...
... //It's a large house and it was eh always known as the big house on the hill.// F1189: //Mm.// Yes. //Uh-huh ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Way Forward for the Scots Language Purves, David 11,636 1 0.09

... doon at nicht Wi mirth that's dear to me; But soon the big warl's cark an' care Will quaeten doon their glee. Yet, ...
Conversation 33: Two female students on Scotland, and University education N/A Video 11,628 7 0.60

... F1037: //So,// anyway. F1038: I've got a massive big //politics thing, [laugh]// F1037: //Yeah, that's ...
... things, well theatre tickets, all the time, for all the big London theatres, Shakespeare Company, all that sort of ...
... to University College, and it looked amazing, you know, big //castle, that kind of thing,// F1037: //Yeah, ...
... could never quite get it.// I got one about that //big. [laugh]// F1037: //No, no, i- it// the- there ...
... F1037: go into if I if I got a reason to do a big shopping, nip in there and er go to Marks and Sparks, ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 19, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 11,626 1 0.09

... looked at the timing of the agenda and there might be a big gap between items 4 and 5. I suggest that we move items 6 ...
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 ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 3 0.26

... I jist imagined a’ the ashes mixed up thegether in a great big ashpan underneath the furnace. It never occurred to me ...
... But fan you think o’t, we’ve a’ been peyin’ a great big fortune in taxes for wir ain ex-plor-a-tions an’ ...
... be seein’ you there, een o’ these days, Toots? That’s the big question, eh? I wonder if they would have operated on me ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play Purves, David 11,406 4 0.35

... tea caddy.) Pompitie: A mukkil needle---? Tea Wyfe: Ay, a big braw yin. Pompitie: N-N-Na, no me! Wha wants ti ken? Tea ...
... He wad hae, but he didna see me, wi him be-in sae big an me be-in sae wee. Pepper: Ah wad hae been feart richt ...
... war never a wee laddie, shuirlie? Broun Ogre: Ah wes aye big an strang for ma age, but it didna dae me onie guid. Ah ...
... kiss hir. She said Ah wes a mukkil jessie! Juist kis ye’r big an strang, it disna mean ye want ti hurt oniebodie. It’s ...
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 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, ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 34, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 10,831 1 0.09

... Might not that be a preferable global outcome? That is a big question, but it is fundamental to that policy objective. ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 8, 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 10,830 3 0.28

... have been dealt with. Recently, I read a statement from a big company in Scotland, British Energy, which said: "We have ...
... is just one example, but it is typical of what a lot of big firms will have done. Without wishing to argue with the ...
... payroll and agricultural subsidies. Those are the big pieces of computing that sit at the heart of many of the ...
Conversation 29: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 3/3 - childhood games N/A Audio 10,410 11 1.06

... yeah, yeah.// F965: We us- we called that a "big riddie". F963: Uh-huh //Yeah.// M964: //Mm// ...
... //Yeah.// M964: //Mm// F965: //Somebody's got a big riddie.// When they've got a red //face.// F963: ...
... "red". F963: Mmhm, yeah. F965: "Oh he's got a big riddie", you know, F963: Mmhm F965: because he was ...
... F963: //Mm mmhm// F965: Er, ha- "you got a big riddie when she came in", //you know?// F963: //Mm ...
... school wall. F963: Yeah. F965: Now there are great big picture windows F963: Right, uh-huh. F965: and 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 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,761 30 3.07

... the box// M939: //Got this in a little candy store in Big W.// F940: //[inaudible]// M942: //Uh-huh, ...
... I had to explain how we don't have small rivers in the big cities,// //so aw the midgies hing aboot the bins.// ...
... What are you like?// M942: //You're cruel! You're a big meanie.// M941: //Well it's crap!// F940: //I'm ...
... What?// F940: //[laugh]// M939: //[laugh] That big [inaudible].// M941: //[laugh]// F940: ...
... went an performed there //an it [laugh] there was this big sculpture, I ken, but I have tae talk to the recorder ...
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 ...
The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 9,752 1 0.10

... web’s a corker. I met a cow in Delhi, a bobby-dazzler Big as a London bus Its horns so strong they’d puncture ...
Interview 03: Dundee woman on her childhood N/A Audio 9,177 10 1.09

... smashed it against the wall, and all the fish were in a big puddle on the steps, squirming about. And the, just the ...
... an actual lamp-lighter. And ehm, he came with a great big long pole, that he would, cause the the gas lamps were ...
... keep them away from the kids. So he came up with a great big long pole, and I I don't know how he did it, but he just ...
... came home and was showin off that I could now write in in big people's writing. F631: mm F634: You know big ...
... in big people's writing. F631: mm F634: You know big people, that was the way big people wrote, so, that was ...
Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry into the role of educational and cultural policy (English) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 9,117 1 0.11

... the skills to fit into niche markets - language is a big part of this. 119. Increase funding for initiatives which ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 18, recording 1: making jelly, making paper snowflakes and having a bath N/A Audio 9,044 17 1.88

... Smell it in fact! F1111: Oh, it just smells like a big strawberry! [inhale] But you don't have to eat it like ...
... so I should be okay. But it would be nice to go for a big clean wash. Would that be a good idea? F1112: No, ...
... Cut in triangles. And what else could I cut? Maybe a big rectangle. A box. F1112: Eh? You can not do that. ...
... makes funny shapes, doesn't it? //It makes shapes like a big crocodile's mouth, doesn't it?// F1112: //But this ...
... hoosie. F1112: That's a wall bittie. F1111: Oh a big wall that is. //And the roof.// F1112: //It is.// ...
Preparing to Meet the Minotaur Blackhall, Sheena 8,944 2 0.22

... jist a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. "Dan, can I clap yon big Alsatian dug?" Nuh. Stuff yer face wi this. Here's a ...
... caught on the hop A fast food takeaway . "Oh pussy, what big eyes you've got" Floppy's a rag doll, dried blood stuck to ...
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 ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 3 0.34

... HIS career on hold', Mags reflected. Elena was weeping on big Tom O'Farrell from Computing's shoulder about the ...
... shelter. She would never again make superior cracks about Big Issue sellers, she vowed, if only this night could pass ...
... bringing you,’ The teacher speirs, ‘from his great big sack?’ Connor McGraw thinks hard and says ‘He’s bringin ma ...
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 ...
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 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 36: Family in Hamilton on childhood memories and holidays N/A Audio 8,325 15 1.80

... [laugh] Right. What's an armature?// F1077: //Big, big coils, isn't that?// //Part of a motor, part of ...
... [laugh] Right. What's an armature?// F1077: //Big, big coils, isn't that?// //Part of a motor, part of a- an ...
... it was lanky.// M1078: No, y-y- //"You take the big one and I'll take the other one."// F718: ...
... one."// F718: //[laugh]// F1077: //"You take the big one" or something. [laugh]// Yeah, that was Gordon. ...
... was, what sort of F1077: Well there was one of these big glitter balls, I remember that. //Was that the, uh-huh. ...
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: ...
Extracts from weblog [Content label: serious] Rimbaud, Dee 8,258 14 1.70

... messages. For example: 'It doesn't matter how big your cock is, what really matters is the size of your ...
... cigarettes (although I couldn't say for sure, as I'm not a big racing fan). Now, in 2006, finally, I have been banned ...
... Underdogs? Today is a day for football. I'm not usually big into football, but I do have an almost pathological desire ...
... he intends to stay at Gretna. Despite the obvious lure of big bucks, he's more interested in job satisfaction. Even if ...
... really going on in our minds. I still have a diary. It's a big, black book that I sometimes write in. Not often, these ...
The Boddamers' Monkey Blackhall, Sheena 8,148 1 0.12

... The stooshie rages ben Braemar, like burn that's big wi spate. Gee-gaws an tartan trinketry are set at ilkie ...
Interview 20: Media for the Muslim community in Scotland N/A Audio 8,146 4 0.49

... M1174: //And it was being disused so it was like a a big massive empty floor space// //really.// M608: ...
... cooking all day long, //you know, preparing for the big meal in the evening, or at// M608: //Yeah. Yeah.// ...
... of December, you know, the previous month, there was a big issue //er sporting news or whatever,// M608: ...
... a- anyone, nowadays everyone's watching, you know, the big Bollywood blockbuster films and from the young kid 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 ...
The Ootlaw Purves, David 7,971 4 0.50

... hut, door at back, window holes, right and left, closed by big heavy wooden shutters. Wooden benches against walls, the ...
... for auld Neptune himsell. Syne thare cam a mukkil swaw as big as a houss--- Valgerd: An syne---? Orm: An syne – Ah coud ...
... til Ake-Thor whan ye war swallaed bi yon mukkil swaw as big as a houss. Thorfinn: Thare ye tell a lee. Orm: Orm never ...
... Ay, YOU! But ye’r no yeir lane. Ah hae seen a hantil big, mukkil bairns wi lang tousie baerds an gray hair, an ...
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 ...

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