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The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 5 0.80

... pynt-o-view) as like tae an ‘adorable’ or e’en an ‘eager’ boy. Mair on that anon. The Return of John Macnab reives ...
... a fine hard finish which gave it brilliancy like an eager boy’s. (pp. 116-7) Her bright hair, dabbled with raindrops, ...
... felt hat. She looked, thought Sir Archie, like an adorable boy. (p. 168) At least ane Macnab puzzles on thir kittle ...
... Janet Raden had been described as ‘like an adorable boy’, the same way Sandy Arbuthnot was always said to have the ...
... angle and checked herself in the mirror. ‘The principal boy,’ she murmured. (p 59) The retour o the repress’t ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 7 0.80

... dreams of buns A hen like Noah’s ark, moors in the sun. A boy in nappies barely off the breast Giggles an coos, amazed ...
... the Bear motif, and had been inscribed 'to mummy's best boy'. B.O. adored his mother. B.O. adored his mug. When the ...
... the street, she almost fell over a scruffy looking little boy kicking a tin can along the gutter. 'Excuse me,' said ...
... me,' said Deirdre. 'Would you like to have some fun?' The boy nodded. 'Well, here's a phone card.' She jotted down ...
... lady answers it, hang up. And then ring back again.' The boy grinned, nodded, and grabbed the card. It was the sort of ...
A few notes on old Kilwinning Town and the Biography of Robert Morrison, Crosshouse. Morrison, Mr Robert 5,211 4 0.77

... My wage was 9/ per week and I can tell you I was a proud boy when I put 18/ in my mothers hand in Lamonts Row where I ...
... from one end of the town to the other The most of my boy companions were schooled in the parish school but I was ...
... remember the last time the boys engaged in that sport the boy who was made Captain was Robert McGowin by name. He ...
... water which I remember was introduced when I was a boy. It was conveyed in metal pipes from the Munick reservoir ...
...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 56 0.76

... She explains this to me off-handedly and adds, 'Ma boy-friend says I dinnae have tae work, but I'm no gaun on the ...
... When Fiona goes. A hand to grip. I glimpsed her boy-friend today, from the hallway, threateningly clanking and ...
... warmly. You-know-who won't like that. Andy is a bad boy. I don't know if I can write the next bit, but I must, for ...
... what we're doing, Fiona and I. 'Punkie,' I ask, 'your boy-friend?' 'Wha're ye cryin Punkie?' 'I used to call my wife ...
... and lie down under my duvet and fall asleep like a good boy. A more-or-less good boy. A bad boy, to be honest, But bad ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 2: trip to the chemist's N/A Audio 2,689 2 0.74

... wi boys. F1102: [CENSORED: forename] is a coorse boy. [CENSORED: forename] is a coorse boy. F1101: ...
... is a coorse boy. [CENSORED: forename] is a coorse boy. F1101: Dinna speak horrible, that's your friends that ...
Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen N/A Audio 2,768 2 0.72

... brilliant!// F606: //[laugh]// F1039: An one wee boy, his mother works wi, in the Ardco neighbourhood wi me eh ...
... strip for the kids an we gave them the drawin that the wee boy done, //eh// F606: //mmhm// F1039: the kids ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 2: changing the bedsheets and playing with My Little Pony N/A Audio 5,645 4 0.71

... brush their teeth. //[inaudible]// F1103: //Oh boy.// Right, have you got another ain for me? F1104: ...
... the bed. That cat. F1103: Mm. F1104: He's a bad boy, isn't he? F1103: Well he is just noo, aye. F1104: ...
... on this [inaudible], Mummy. //Look.// F1103: //Oh boy. oh aye.// //They're lovely, aren't they?// F1104: ...
... her hoose. F1103: No? F1104: Nope. F1103: Oh boy. F1104: But she give them some food. F1103: Did ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 23, recording 1: reading picture books, watching film of "101 Dalmatians", and singing nursery rhymes N/A Audio 5,667 4 0.71

... F1116: I'll press it. F1115: Okay. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, the sheep's in the meadow, the ...
... in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, //where's the boy who looks after the sheep?// F1116: //I press it.// ...
... One for the master, one for the dame, one for the little boy who lives down the lane. F1115: That's a good ain. ...
... F1115: Fitt's he got? He's sleepin! That's Little Boy Blue, and he's fast asleep. Mm. I ken. There we ...
Conversation 26: Two females from Glasgow talking about weddings N/A Audio 5,779 4 0.69

... Jamie that// burped durin the ceremony, //his wee boy.// F631: //Oh right.// //Uh-huh [laugh]// F689: ...
... [CENSORED: forename] couldnae make it cause her wee boy wasn't well, so. //[laugh]// F631: //Oh right.// ...
... [laugh]// //[laugh]// F689: //After being a good boy an no bein tempted by the buffet an stuff like that.// ...
... goes on but F631: Mmhm F689: He's been a naughty boy, so. //recently [laugh] Naw. Aye, he is sort o back on ...
How do we teach Knowledge about Language? Philp, Andrew 4,340 3 0.69

... with the denser noun phrases which evoke the sights the boy observes in the graveyard (e.g. ‘a carving of a leopard ...
... ‘A weaver’, ‘Not yet’), which creates a sense of the boy musing about what he sees, and also helps to convey an ...
... This contrasts in the former text with the dyslexic boy, Solomon’s, own view (mainly 1st person and present tense) ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 02, recording 1: jigsaws, building blocks, toy barbecue and books N/A Audio 5,838 4 0.69

... You gaun to do th-? Well, look, try putting the boy one there and the girl one there. M1092: [inaudible] ...
... No no no. F1091: Was it maybe? It was a little boy then //did it. He sucked the jigsaw piece, did he?// ...
... [child noises] F1091: Cause he's nae a noisy boy like you, sure. M1092: No that doesn't go there. ...
... Sleepin? M1092: Uh-huh. F1091: There's a little boy look, with his teddy bear. He's still sleeping. And ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 1: making gingerbread biscuits N/A Audio 4,405 3 0.68

... the sieve. Okay, can you manage to tip it? What a good boy. M1108: [banging sieve on bowl] F1107: Right, ...
... [banging sieve on bowl] F1107: Right, good boy, got it? M1108: And we have to mix it. F1107: You ...
... turn round, turn round, [?]skusshle[/?]. That's a boy. Good lad. Good lad. Right, fitt do we dae once that ...
Scots in Hawaii [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,470 3 0.67

... was hot as red chili peppers. Well Aloha there, boy. His name was Adrian and he said he was a graduate student ...
... for an extra buck. "Ah widnae mind blowin’ yon volcano boy's tap aff," Morag observed to Bethia. Bethia smiled at ...
... "Ah widnae say no tae a littoral explosion wi' volcano boy masel." "Paws aff," barked Morag, snapping. 'Ah seen him ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie Fenton, Alexander 1,628 1 0.61

... an ma jersey, an ma beets fae doon e stair, an aff e bold boy goes. It wis een o is crafties faar e hoose an e steadin ...
Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland N/A Audio 1,654 1 0.60

... siblings stay or F828: Ehm, n-, my ol-, the oldest boy lives in Norfolk F606: Ah F828: eh two older ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 01, recording 3: out for a walk N/A Audio 5,182 3 0.58

... is he? F1121: Is he? F1122: Mmhm. See that boy? F1121: Uh-huh. What boy? What boy? F1122: Do ...
... F1122: Mmhm. See that boy? F1121: Uh-huh. What boy? What boy? F1122: Do you remember? F1121: No, I ...
... See that boy? F1121: Uh-huh. What boy? What boy? F1122: Do you remember? F1121: No, I don't. ...
Interview with Harry Ferguson for Scottish Readers Remember Project N/A Audio 19,200 11 0.57

... in in the living room, and I always remember that as a boy, there was a large equestrian portrait hanging over the ...
... these campaigns, so it was a very good er er opening for a boy, F1189: Mm. M1202: er growing up. //Aye.// ...
... with er, well all the traditional books of a young boy in Britain growing up. F1189: Mm. M1202: And even ...
... F1189: Mm. M1202: And even peculiar to a Scottish boy, er, there were no restrictions on the literature. My ...
... I failed the test was I scliffed through it. For a boy in his teens it was fairly heavy reading at the time. He ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert Fenton, Alexander 5,255 3 0.57

... e circle o steens at Aquhorthies. Weel, e managet at an boy he wis fair trickit, syne e traivelt back an speert foo ...
... sae e wytit for e knock, bit na, na, an it wisna lang ir e boy poppit up again, still wi e bag bit it wiz rowed up ...
... on e Friday paperies, an e news at wis ay in em: 'missing boy's parents' distress... reward offered for information.' ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 2 0.57

... face I muttert – ‘Please sir’ ‘What’s the matter with you, boy?’ ‘Please sir, something’s wrang’. Three little waterfaas ...
... oot, I micht manage tae get it back an nae be noticet. ‘Boy, what are you doing?’ E vice stooned throwe’s. Black ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 1: tidying bedroom and making tea N/A Audio 3,662 2 0.55

... Put it into your pocket. It's for a special //little boy!// M1098: //No.// No. The camera broke! I broke ...
... M1098: Mm mm. F1097: You're Mummy's baby boy the day. Eh? Aw, is the baby sleepy? M1098: I'm ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 3: Alphabet book and stories N/A Audio 1,846 1 0.54

... F1107: No, but close, that's a D. So that's a good boy. M1108: And a frog on his hand. F1107: So it's a? ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies Fenton, Alexander 1,857 1 0.54

... o slack. If ye wis skeely enyeuch an made a gweed job o’t, boy e weer wid sing like a fiddle fin ye wis deen an it wid ...
"Obituary for Christine Guthrie, 1896-1999" MacGillivray, Alan 1,893 1 0.53

... literary partnership developed. When Leslie Mitchell was a boy in Arbuthnott, he used to cycle all over the district ...
A lock o hellery Johnson, Laureen 1,933 1 0.52

... ‘He could devise more hellery in a minute than the average boy would think of in a year.’ (William Peden, British ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part Two Williamson, Isabella 15,890 8 0.50

... and bow to the Queen, Turn my back on the brave sailor boy. Singing games I sent a letter to my love - the players ...
... name) says she'll die For her love in the rolling sky, (Boy's name) says he loves her, All the boys are fighting for ...
... three, Pray tell me who they be. (This girl then picks a boy to go into the centre with her.) The farmer's in his den ...
... of us there including the present Lord Arbuthnott, then a boy of about ten years old. A reward of a ten-shilling note ...
... I can still see the rueful smile on the face of the small boy. Mary however returned from where she had come, not only ...
Scots Tung Wittins 173 Fairnie, Robert 2,078 1 0.48

... on an auld wife's flainen toy; Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On's wylecoat; But Miss's fine Lunardi, fye! Haw daur ye ...
Conversation 29: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 3/3 - childhood games N/A Audio 10,410 5 0.48

... day F963: Mm F965: and there was a very nice wee boy, erm with his mum, F963: Mm F965: and she was ...
... Surely before you were F963: No, there was one boy in my year who actually got it in Primary //One.// ...
... in Primary //One.// F965: //Oh was that that big fat boy?// //Sorry to say that.// F963: //Er, no, no, he was ...
... say that.// F963: //Er, no, no, he was not a big fat boy.// But there was actually somebody who did get it. ...
... //Mm, mmhm, yeah.// F965: obviously wasn't a bad boy. F963: Yeah. It's it is funny though, because you ...
The Fower Quarters: 14 - A Very Dysfunctional Family Blackhall, Sheena 2,104 1 0.48

... oblivious to all that had gone before. "There's a new boy coming tomorrow. Odd Christian name. What is it again? ...
Scots Tung Wittins 43 Fairnie, Robert 2,132 1 0.47

... Queen's Thesaurer's Accounts:- Aprile 1565:- Item. To one boy passend of Edinburgh, with ane charge of the Queenis ...
Journal of the Russian Trip Kay, Prof Christian 6,438 3 0.47

... were sharing had at least two huge rooms. As one Swedish boy said, he had to wait for Russia to have his first taste of ...
... something to do with one of the astronauts. Asked a little boy what they were for: reply, it’s Krushchev’s birthday. ...
... birthday. Hastily nudged and corrected by another little boy. It must be hard to keep abreast! Saturday Farewell to ...
Scots Tung Wittins 154 Fairnie, Robert 2,160 1 0.46

... fictional…", her Dad gets a mint in a line aboot the Teddy Boy windae dresser, Joe Fraser, when the buyer, Miss ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 1: painting and playing with Barbie dolls N/A Audio 4,381 2 0.46

... And one for the? Dame. And one for the little boy who lives down the? F1118: Hole. F1117: Nae the ...
... F1118: //I-.// F1117: And one for the little boy who lives down the? F1118: I don't know. F1117: ...
Easterhouse [Content label: serious] Smith, Rob Mcclure 4,644 2 0.43

... sparks shootin' oot his heid? Ah says tae masel, 'Billy-boy, that isnae right. That isnae normal.'" Uncle Murray was ...
... whale. A hockey puck came bouncing across the floor and a boy in a kilt trapped it with his instep. The bride's family ...
Interview 17: Glasgow man on growing up in Govan N/A Audio 2,325 1 0.43

... is that right? M691: I grew up there, aye, I was a wee boy in Govan, just eh durin the war. F606: Mmhm. M691: ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 1 0.43

... aa things Shoap : WILLIAM INGLIS a. In the windae, a wee boy is gittin his neck washed. Pick twa-three words oot o this ...
Smootie gengs ta Lerrick De Luca, Christine 2,412 1 0.41

... made a peerie herd noise. Sure enyoch, hit wirkit. A boy cam tae da back door an löt her in. 'Mam, der's sic a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 128 Fairnie, Robert 2,464 1 0.41

... artificially as the king come by, quherein was a young boy that descend it craftelye, presenting the keyes of the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 1 0.40

... Wha's morals daurs secularisatioun, He's juist the boy, the makar Henrysoun! Now I'm fair wabbit, daunerin roun ...
Scots Tung Wittins 111 Fairnie, Robert 2,503 1 0.40

... accoonts o Mary, Queen o Scots. Aprile 1565:- Item. To ane boy passend of Edinburgh, with ane charge of the Queenis ...
Scots Tung Wittins 150 Fairnie, Robert 2,508 1 0.40

... that can cook "salmon on crootie" thanks tae Fiona's nancy-boy pals, wis concairned at her bringin hame a strecht man, ...
Interview with woman at Glasgow Women's Library N/A Audio 7,542 3 0.40

... who was pretending to be my aunt. Then she had a wee boy, my stepbrother, my half-brother. Erm, and then I ended ...
... I went "Okay". And we went and I met this guy, an Indian boy. F1217: Mmhm. F1218: And he can tell you to a T, ...
... F1218: //Anyway, anyway.// So, then we had a wee boy. So I bought another, in Havelock Street, just off Byres ...
Conversation 27: Mother and daughter from Ayrshire and man from USA, part 1/3 - memories, fashions and traditions N/A Audio 5,132 2 0.39

... was a relatively, you know, quite a broad term for a teddy-boy's girlfriend, but //they would wear, [laugh] like// ...
... people like John Lennon probably went through a teddy-boy phase. //And I I suppose the arty, the art school people ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... artificially as the king come by, quherein was a young boy that descendit craftelye, presenting the keyes of the ...
All That Glisters Donovan, Anne 2,713 1 0.37

... decorations, hen? Ah’m no sure. Ah got some fur ma wee boy an he loved them. Aye they’re dead good. Thanks. Ah ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree N/A Audio 14,267 5 0.35

... we like the sound of. Ehm I remember when I was a wee boy, ehm [laugh] [laugh] it's jist a very strange ...
... recently in fact [laugh] describing a mother giving, her boy had done something wrong an the other brother reported ...
... //Uh-huh yeah.// M1008: We had, when I was a boy we had a exactly the same as yourselves, the kitchen and ...
... the minister when he came for tea, and when I was a wee boy I I simply called it 'Rium a' Mhinistear', //'the ...
... - yer claes in the grun." And we all looked at the poor boy blankly, and he repeated himself again //"Yer ...
Thomas Edward o Banff de Rusett, Wendy 2,896 1 0.35

... the acting position. The same actor can play Thomas as a boy and adult in Scenes 2 and 3. CAST, in all Scenes Two ...
The Way Forward for the Scots Language Purves, David 11,636 4 0.34

... Miss, yon laddie hut me.' When the teacher enquired which boy she was talking about, the girl informed her, 'It wes John ...
... class, but it suddenly occurred to her that there was a boy by the name of John Totty. The little girl had translated ...
... name of John Totty. The little girl had translated this boy's name into English for the teacher's benefit. The ...
... social commentary, was dismissed as unacceptable, the boy's feelings appear to have been fully justified. To a ...
Conversation 09: Two brothers on early memories N/A Audio 3,071 1 0.33

... always thought in the back of her mind, if she had a wee boy she would eh give him a name that would remember her ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 17 0.32

... tae tak butter an' jam on a biscuit', But for a growing boy, there's little comfort in being told such things. He ...
... you were mocked. And what would a visitor make of the boy who came into my father's shop and asked for 'a pair o' ...
... me of one of the more frightening experiences I had as a boy. I was with two other young lads at Upper Pitglassie and ...
... for pennies. They were singin 'Where is my wandering boy tonight?' when Gillan, steppin backlins at e time, geed ...
... I am heartily glad now that I had the interest even as a boy to catch and keep as much as I could. Fowk are aye gabbin ...
Talking, Reading and Writing about Fiction Texts McGonigal, James,
Philp, Andrew		 3,138 1 0.32

... Wonka making hair cream? How do you know? (m) What kind of boy do you think Mike Teavee is? (n) What more have you ...

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