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

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Central - LAL luidy scratcher that's whaur! Wadna ken hoo tae pit in a guid day
Shetland - SHD wis hammerin. He wad tell me, wadna he? Tell me whit?
Central - SEC an accuracy that ither-weys, wadna cuid be duin.
Central - SEC A wadna lend ma pownie mair,
Doric - ABN n; an, tae tell the trowth, A wadna blame them neen. A was a gwee
Central - SEC haes got me fair bumbazed. A wadna lik tae try an pit a nem tae
Doric - MNA ed frae attendin. The takk-aa wadna be veesitin the hoose fur an
Central - SEC Wha wadna dee fir sic a laund as this?
Central - LAL Wha wadna eat the reid-cheeked crab
Central - SEC Wha wadna be in love,
Central - SEC 'Wha wadna dee fir sic a lass as this?'
Central - SEC an ither Scots speikers (wha wadna relate the wye they tawk wi o
Central - LAL brushes by the secretary (wha wadna sey a thing onywey) and is on
Doric - ABN that wik; but made it clair A wadna tak oor “relationship” th
Doric - ABN leukit up, it was her; but A wadna stop tae spik till her. Yit a
Doric - ABN ‘A wadna like tae meet her on a mirky
Doric - MNA nin that farivir she wis, Jed wadna be far ahint.
Central - SEC ae his consait that the Board wadna can hain the language on its
Central - SEC jing-bang an the auld fellae wadna like that!" Young Wullie's fa
Doric - MNA t wis nott. Young Matty Bruce wadna be hame till nicht, fin his d
Central - LAL nane meh hide wadna thole
Central - EDN He wadna discuss it nae furder, an ins
Central - EDN ud be spared? At ony rate, he wadna be the yin tae tak thaim.
Doric - MNA isherman far he wis gyaun, he wadna sail. He micht faa in wi a re
Doric - MNA my didna wint him onymair, he wadna bide. He’d rin awa. He tuik
Central - SEC eakin aboot (1700 onward). He wadna want tae unnerstaun oniewey a
Doric - MNA r didna takk her on at aa. He wadna hae spat on Jessie if she wis
Central - LAL id face on the seituation. He wadna gie ower til't, he telt Kate,
Central - LAL e wee prince repeatic, sae he wadna forget.
Central - LAL ' said the wee prince, sae he wadna forget.
Central - SEC rs an bawbees forby, sae's he wadna be short o siller.
Central - EDN Na, she wadna. The only thing tae dae wis t
Doric - MNA p intae fowk, she sighed, she wadna be roostin in Barney’s scra
Central - EDN tae get snod in her sate, she wadna daurt shut an ee. She’d aar
Central - SEC ssie, a Baptist nae less, she wadna gae suppin wi the Deil or pre
Central - EDN rowe yaised wi the daurk. She wadna daured yaise a torch e’en g
Central - EDN on?” an sae he gaed on. She wadna hae
Central - EDN tae ken whit wis gaun on. She wadna hae believed it o Hsien. Mayb
Doric - MNA a bladd it bi tellin her. She wadna let ye dae it. Na, she'd pit
Central - EDN rough a shoal o icebergs. She wadna been surprised tae hae wauken
Central - LAL oot rumpelt like a poppy. She wadna kythe but in the bleeze o her
Doric - ABN bours, of coorse; but fan she wadna hae’t, it was agreet A wad
Central - SEC What a fleg Janice sayin she wadna mind tryin haggis an that, bu
Doric - DOR r peerie-wee souchikie at she wadna hae hard it avaa, hed it nae
Central - SEC raith an minds mysel that she wadna gae oot wi a body that’s no
Central - EDN an she wis confident that she wadna be heard be onybody passin oo
Doric - MNA e the hoolet bedd in, bit she wadna agree tae share the nest he
Central - EDN an blushed, an howpit that he wadna notice.
Central - EDN ggle an enquirin leuk, bit he wadna meet her ee. A moment efter,
Central - EDN ’s sleepin quarters, bit he wadna tak the leeberty o leukin in
Doric - ABN ed in the queue, he howpit he wadna be taen by the maan he kent.
Central - SEC We doot he wadna hae screivit sic a tuim heidi
Doric - MNA t the entrance, makkin oot he wadna be welcome there iver. Mrs Du
Central - SEC 1519, becam a maister. But he wadna juist mend yeir shuin. I thae
Central - LAL unner at bleck fowk an hou he wadna hae thaim in his factory.
Central - SEC o aa, yon bangster o a heidie wadna cuid stot the Lochgelly aff h
Central - SEC Barack Obama, but it shuirlie wadna hae duin onie better nor ti p
Central - LAL in a factory shuirlie wadna be waur nor waitin on tables
Doric - MNA name o a grumphie, the boatie wadna sail that day. Gin onybody sp
Central - WCE magazine wadna be cumin til ye ava binna for
Central - SEC ut whan ye turnt roond, there wadna be a sowel thair. Gin ye went
Doric - DOR ae tae gie ower, acause there wadna be ony mame for her tae caa,
Central - LAL "We wadna lichtlie ye - faith na!
Central - EDN that wad be a bltidlink. We wadna keep nae secrets fae thee. We
Central - LAL y, verra guid for oorsels. We wadna need ti fash aboot ‘saufin
Central - LAL d. Haed this been the Yird we wadna be here ony mair. In 2009 a n
Central - SEC While we wadna want tae gae back tae a diet
Central - GLA Ye wadna think they wad, can ye credit
Central - SEC Faither Abuin - Ye wadna believe what’s been gaun on
Doric - MNA n awa e kaiys o knowledge. Ye wadna gyang im yersels an ye hinner
Central - WCE a sang that gars ye lauch. Ye wadna credit hoo muckle ye kin lear
Central - SEC I saw less an less o him. Ye wadna meet him at the same baurs on
Central - GLA s hailie in Scots sae guid ye wadna hear muckle o it the day an a
Central - SEC yin said, “I’ll wadger ye wadna bide in thon kirkyaird yersel
Doric - ABN e fleer in sic a sotter as ye wadna believe; an there she haed be
Southern - WCE Wha is't that kens ye wadna gie a snirt
Doric - MNA knies aneth her wings; bit ye wadna let ma? Leuk, yer Temple his
Central - LAL an tods is near sib - but ye wadna cry a tod a manky tike or the
Central - SEC A beggin dug wadna aet it.
Doric - DOR 'Ah wadna tak a drink fae you, Wollasto
Central - EDN Ah wis born in capteevity. Ah wadna lat mesel be tane,” she add
Central - SEC I wadna hae your delicat guests Unset
Doric - DOR ke fine tae be een o thaim! I wadna myn bein a Pawn, gin I cwid j
Doric - DOR "I wadna heed about the colour," the T
Doric - DOR "I wadna been sae pitten about," said
Doric - DOR "Na, I wadna!" guller't Ailice, richt taiv
Doric - DOR "Na, I wadna!" said Ailice, stamagastert e
Central - LALho sic weather that wi hae, I wadna gie a button fir it, Birlit,
Central - EDN ’d hummly say that, weel, I wadna be sae shuir. It’s naething
Central - LAL Noo, I wadna wish tae ding doon the effort
Central - LAL if I haed been yer faither, I wadna hae mairiet her; thare's some
Central - SEC can Glen an Dr. Colin Will. I wadna contradick aither o thae faur
Central - LAL n pretend tae be deein, sae I wadna lauch at her. An I wad need t
Central - LAL ay: "Yon is a bunnet'. Syne I wadna speak tae yon chiel anent boa
Central - LAL y wad be like ilk ither, an I wadna hae onie days o rest.
Doric - ABN ark he was aboot tae unnertak wadna be fat he was eest wi; but ay
Central - LAL n o't, an she kent thon sneck wadna be drawn again.
Doric - MNA ir beasts an their weeminfowk wadna thank ye fur sennin them hame
Central - LAL it wis unnerstuid at Himsel wadna bring coloured fowk inti the
Central - LAL estmaister. Leatham’s dream wadna come aboot until 1997 efter m
Doric - ABN r side; but the three of them wadna be hard owre the squeak o a m
Doric - MNA haip scent an foostie sex, an wadna hae kent ae eyn o a tap frae
Doric - MNA it it like a dug wi a been an wadna let naebody near it fur onyth
Doric - DOR steekit fest in the watter an wadna come back out (aat wes fou Ai
Central - EDN ret turnt her back at that an wadna spick til him for days.
Central - AYR wi her, but she wes feart an wadna gae whan she saa at it wes Ke
Central - LAL k the fermers’ pairt – an wadna see ony heize in the price o
Doric - DOR lice said, acause the kittlin wadna faal its airms the richt wye.
Doric - MNA ved – an gien her age, thon wadna rype the bank. Gin the operat
Central - SEC leirit fowk the likes o thon wadna be seen deid uisin slang. But
Central - LAL kin them in a political union wadna wirk. His uncannie son Chairl
Central - EDN s less-than-braw reputation wadna hae helpit, aitherins (mair a
Central - EDN t the Eastern Walfare Section wadna check wi the Northern.
Central - SEC sh an Norwegian an e'en Broon wadna daur threap Dutch an Norwegia
Central - LAL ae be a draw, raelly. The SNP wadna be able tae pass their budget
Central - LAL Fife etc.” [NB – the SNP wadna need sic muckle swings i thae
Central - EDN ee tae draw on. Bit Balvinder wadna tak the siller fae Beatrice
Doric - ABN h o makkin the dainer, Mither wadna aet it; an I haed aye tae gya
Doric - ABN s; but, the trowth is, Mither wadna lat them intae the hoose, sae
Central - LAL cht be, like as no her mither wadna cuid git her heid round it, t
Central - LAL taiglin him. But thair mither wadna lat it be.
Doric - ABN oon at ferst, fleyt at Mither wadna aloo’t; but than A thocht a
Central - LAL thair mishanters, thair lifes wadna be tae thole ava. An thare wa
Doric - MNA Aften, fowk at the big hooses wadna lat the milkmen chap at the f
Doric - MNA n ower his lugs. His galluses wadna bide buttoned, an Matty's mit
Central - SEC steek on thair airms, things wadna be sae fykie. We hear tell th
Central - EDN This wadna dae. Beatrice wis Beatrice, a
Doric - MNA o maitters, this wadna hae bin a problem, bit the ni
Central - EDN han. He lat oot a sooch. This wadna juist be somebody seekin his
Central - LAL en a lairger platform. This wadna ainlie encourage the yaise o
Doric - MNA jist efter nine an her fowks wadna bode her hame till twal. Her
Doric - MNA angels wadna furl, they said the holly jag
Central - SEC hie for that ane o the chiels wadna thole the spellin "wird": he
Central - LAL bill. The laddie ae ma dreams wadna answer his phone efter 'at. B
Central - EDN ther haun, the unarmed miners wadna made muckle differ tae the af
Central - LAL pleens at thair baurs wadna fash us nane an gart us aet o
Central - LAL gen atoms. Hydrodgen on Maurs wadna lest its lane but wad in a co
Central - LAL snakes, and whan the serpents wadna bite Ragnar's teuch hide, the
Central - EDN that a list o dates an events wadna affuird.
Central - LAL s presentit i Scots, the news wadna be taen sairiously as it wad
Doric - ABN tell her sae. An och, but aat wadna dee ava! Aat was th’aal-far
Doric - MNA an gaed wi the Sizzens, that wadna be richt an fittin. The young
Central - SEC a Scottish Nationalist, that wadna hae been for him. In time, it
Central - SEC "Yer uncle Rob? That wadna be Stookie Rob bi onie chance
Doric - MNA o ice skates that wadna skyte. (Fur he’d taen the b
Central - SEC s o information in a wey that wadna hiv been thocht possible no t
Central - LAL hae an inlat for vocabular at wadna seem, at first blenk, tae bel
Central - LAL It wadna dae for tae push the analogy
Central - LAL It wadna be faisible tae raik owre the
Doric - DOR "IT wadna Ken ye again gin we war tae m
Central - LAL the general misobeyed me, it wadna be the blame o the general. I
Central - LAL olved. In the face o this, it wadna mak sense tae try tae play th
Central - SEC ist o it fair an guid but, it wadna be the Scottish estaiblishmen
Central - SEC uist slaistered on here... it wadna be a prayer. I want tae pray,
Central - LAL lin roch stories an jokes. It wadna be richt, he intoned, for twa
Central - EDN isnae bit the three o wis. It wadna be richt tae bring bairns int
Central - EDN he ilk thing repeatitly an it wadna been legible tae ony ither bo
Doric - DOR st been duncin wi. "Siccar it wadna dee tae say 'Fit jike?' nou,"
Central - SEC ppit on language grunds or it wadna be logical tae accepp Welsh a
Central - LAL matit in Februar 2000 that it wadna. As tae the fowk sittin on th
Doric - DOR n ye'd steekit thaim ticht it wadna hae happent. Nou dinna gie's
Doric - DOR he better," she said, "but it wadna be the better him gettin pyni
Central - LAL ee whaur the Scots Pairlament wadna be
Central - LAL predictin the SNP govrenment wadna mak it tae Hogmanay. It haed
Central - EDN that thinks the UK government wadna daur breinge in and write law
Central - SEC tal wis Edinburgh, dumfoonert wadna be the word for it yet thon's
Central - LAL s, screiving, but mibby maist wadna be weil kent tae the Jock or
Central - LAL xt or owerset in Scots, juist wadna wirk.
Central - EDN a,” he sayed slawly, “you wadna be
Central - LAL it baas til, an weans the-day wadna ken a skippin-rope or a cahou
Central - SEC ally gien. Scotland on Sunday wadna send a reporter tae the Embra
Doric - DOR Thay wadna heed my wittins wyce.
Central - LAL thaim, an thay wadna thole workin wi “coloured
Central - LAL dbye Tom', for thay kent thay wadna see him at the Playhous again
Doric - MNA pit doon wi dross. Meg Ramsay wadna let Minnie awa till she'd par
Doric - DOR story, 'This particular cuddy wadna boo nor bend. It wadna move w
Central - EDN s needit him as a medic, they wadna really hurt him.
Central - SEC 'en gif they did see me, they wadna turn on me, but lauch theirse
Doric - MNA hid their ain bit grun, they wadna covet the grun ained bi their
Central - SEC Gaelic an Ulster Scots, they wadna need tae bother aboot Scots a
Central - LAL i mair formal contexts, they wadna get that wee grue o feelin or
Central - EDN , wantin fossil fuels - they wadna went tae the tribble o invent
Central - LAL y're no ill til us here. They wadna smoor a doitit auld gomeril w
Central - EDN kle. They dinna observe. They wadna see a warble-flee till it lai
Central - SEC ae thair sleekit mooths. They wadna ken truith gin it lowpit up a
Central - LAL ctionars wis stertit and they wadna hae come intae bein athoot th
Central - LAL he ae pill ilka week, an they wadna feel onie need tae drink ava.
Central - SEC r aboot sax weeks an noo they wadna hae it onie ither wey.
Doric - DOR id ower tae Aijlice, "or they wadna daar tae dee't!"
Central - EDN tit tae be leukit at, or they wadna mak sic exhibeetions o thairs
Central - EDN or tae finnd a bit whaur they wadna be tredden on. Claver made a
Doric - MNA micht keek oot an whyles they wadna. The warld wis aye weeted bi
Doric - DOR ocht tae hersel "Aiblins they wadna be mou-fraachty ava, ye ken."
Doric - DOR en o thaim answer't! But they wadna answer avaa, gin they hed ony
Central - EDN addit apologetically, “they wadna had a langage in common. They
Central - LAL nners o year. Deed, we likely wadna think a political debate wis
Central - LAL ulder Scots, though it likely wadna for Modren Scots, gien the lo
Central - LAL ot anti-semitism i the pairty wadna hae been onie help tae Ken Mc
Doric - MNA let his loon forget it. Matty wadna gyang on tae takk a degree li
Central - EDN t, than speirt in Chinese, “Wadna ye be better aff bidin wi us?