A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of backwards in Corpus sorted by last letter of previous word

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Shetland - SHD -lins: backlins 'backwards' (back + - lins)
Doric - MNA#Aberdeenshire car parks is a backwards step in encouraging eese in l
Central - DUN r washed ower me. Ah stumbled backwards, mah body as flimsy as a ragd
Central - WCE The table moved backwards an Bunsen flew forwards
Central - LALu've bin dragged thru a hedge backwards, but his 'do is still high an
Central - LAL If we turn the tape backwards, flip it on its heid,
Central - GLA astart draggin its front hoof backwards, juttin it forward again an d
Orkney - ORK Hid disna trevil backwards.
Central - GLA n ma shoulder n A nearly fall backwards intae the arms behind it. It'
Central - WCE n, the gless sterted tae lean backwards, furder and furder and furder
Orkney - ORK The years go flyan backwards and I whistle a different tun
Doric - MNA t lookit like a German rinnin backwards towards the British lines wav
Doric - MNA aw fit lookit a German rinnin backwards towards the British lines an
Central - SEC yer heid!" he shoutit, runnin backwards again, but this time through
Central - SEC d doon a bit an he wis runnin backwards. Stupit laddie. He wis too we
Central - GLA in fae behind, ma heid joltin backwards wae the force as we walk doon
Central - NEC ckle man wi his claes near on backwards. He wis giein yin o his oxter
Central - EDN tither the degenerate tung o backwards peasants. The differ, o coors
Central - LAL Geordie taen a step backwards, shauchlin closer tae the doo
Central - LAL ends will sometimes bend ower backwards tae keep awa
Central - LAL e weel, for aw I've bent ower backwards tae please yese. I'm awfie, a
Central - WCE if ah were tae run the motor backwards fur lang eneuch, then obvious
Central - WCE 'Say the three-times tables backwards.'
Central - LAL He landit backwards on the ice.
Central - DUN then drag it backwards ti mak it mare
Central - LALhite is a hedgehog coming oot backwards
Central - LALye, nah. Wear yer da’s shirt backwards an gies yer wee poem.’
Ulster - GULler to Harris and Ruth Deadly Backwards