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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.// ...

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