A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pulls Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 25.3 15 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6250 10 1 0 0 1
Number of authors24 16 6 1 1

Occurrences of pulls in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
intae a paper poke, pulls oot bodie efter bodie, on page 6

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ts oot. She grabs his heid an pulls it doon intae her cleavage. on page 7
has that effect.' The bouncer pulls a packet ae fags oot her poak on page 8
n she grabs me by mah airm an pulls the two ae us back. on page 21

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
pockets. Danny swaggers up n pulls a fiver oot his new red Bergh on page 12
ly Boy... Finnegan says as he pulls his lighter oot. on page 14
dation. He takes hold ae it n pulls himself up. His hand slowly g on page 15
azed. Danny grabs his jakit n pulls him forward, while aimin his on page 19
fore it really starts. Whytey pulls him back n whispers that we'r on page 28
Also on pages 34, 39, 44
8 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I'll pey it. Pound a week. He pulls his specs furrit on page 1

5 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
The taxi pulls up near the pub. Ah look thro on page 18

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ter a cup of tea though." She pulls a wee purple flask oot 'er ba on page 3

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aroma omittin fae it. He then pulls oot a packet ae silver king s on page 63
ear yuv been dumped." He then pulls a pint and passes me it. "Thi on page 73

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
he tricks on him that Rodrick pulls on ME. on page 19

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Sandra pulls oot Maw's seat, and Maw takes on page 6
She pulls Rufus's lead like a horse's r on page 33
When she pulls away fae me, ah know fangs ar on page 35
kes aff the glass coverin and pulls the photie o the Stirlings oo on page 81

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ntergaits tae Neptune 'tides' pulls on Triton an gars it heat. Th
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
k Mad Max is et the wheel, it pulls up tae oor stance, and lo and
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
Marco pulls his airms round hissel as if
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
while a Glesga keelie talks, pulls his face at the latest polls.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, nursin a hauf when somebody pulls oot a seat at the table an si
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cin it in a wee widden box he pulls oot fae a sideboard. He goes
goes intae another drawer an pulls oot a wad ay dough, leafin th
in a reluctant acceptance an pulls the box oot. ‘It’s an ima
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The train pulls away fae Shettleston, full ay
Oan the drive hame, he pulls doon the visor in the van an
grinds the van intae gear an pulls away laughin, coverin every c
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Pearcey pulls a shabbily assembled joint oo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uckin plugged!’ he rasps an pulls a lock-back knife oot his bac
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Dade, afore lightin a fag she pulls fae a twinty deck ay Club. â€
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ware ay me, until wan ay them pulls his gaze away fae the meetin,
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
it graze his stomach, but he pulls himsel away from us, so ah ca
he grabs at ma erse hard and pulls me towards him, giein me yin
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
e says, almaist a whisper. He pulls his haun up and awa, leavin b
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ghts tae demand that the cunt pulls oor, fast. If fur nuttin else
He pulls up the range rover ootside a
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Appearin bewildered. He pulls up a seat oapposite me.
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
aff oan the couch and ma wife pulls oot yin o ma eyebrow hairs.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
?" He sits doon on the bed an pulls ma inte his bosie. His Jumper on page 93

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ap the bus driver fin the 307 pulls inte the station it Aiberdeen on page 7

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Foo ye deein, Mam?" Janet pulls up a cheer an sits ersel doon on page 46

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
in tae the butcher's!" an he pulls ower tae the kerb an jams on on page 105

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Syne, bold as ye like Myrtle pulls at mi sleeve an says, 'C'mon, on page 77

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
her tries tae grab yer hat an pulls een o the ribbons aff.
1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
She pulls ma ploo or harra.
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
on in the furthest coarner an pulls an auld hairy sack o a coat f
She bends doon, pulls at the coat – Christ! That
2 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
He pulls him in aboot and says “Neen
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
hir reid alairm. But-the yole-pulls clear!skewan - anunder the w on page 25

1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ys Oh aye, jus wheeker! *Phil pulls a sad bake...cannea git Polis(2021) search twitter