A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

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

- basic concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -
Ulster - PUL Became the baste’s larder
Central - GLA "Became meaningless acoustic wishy wa
Central - SEC complaining about now, son?" became "Ye've a pure reid neck daund
Central - WCE eeterature, it micht be said, became his hameland: a weel-kent, be
Central - LAL He organised secret meetins, became the secretary tae the Societi
Central - WCE Tibur - whit's nou Tivoli - became a rural retreat frae whilk he
Orkney - ORK ped a liking fur the drink - became alcoholic in a blink.
Central - LALoved oan tae Strathclyde Uni. Became a principal teacher. Got depr
Central - WCE Matilda became verra alert. She could hear i
Doric - ABN fa became as weel kent for portraits o
Doric - DORk Said elsewhere that his job became difficult fan Tommy Neilson h
Central - WCE in the air till Mrs Wormwidd became conflummiat. 'D'ye want me ta
Doric - MNA o them did I get that my heed became magnetic an they still couldn
Central - DUN de th’ Howff afore mah heid became fuzzy an ah felt th’ cauld,
Ulster - GULe Ye" was used as a toast and became a slogan forbye - twa exampl
Doric - DOR This then is how Cyaard became the Tattie Doodle o Ballintui
Central - EDN e curve o the ruif, the space became a railway station, an doos fl
Central - WCE id, and wanst again her voice became saft, wheedlin, even douce. '
Central - EDN side o the muin.” His voice became mair sympathetic. “Gin ye
Central - LAL ld weather gaed on and on, he became raivelled and deleerit wi hun
Central - EDN vinced he hud lung cancer. He became that terrified at the thoat a
Doric - MNA inte wir lives an hairts. He became a hoosedug an ma constant com
Central - SEC hment o the Labour Pairty. He became Secretair o State for Scotlan
Central - LAL ness fell awa fae him, and he became as eident and excitit as a yo
Doric - SNO some kind of security, and he became a Communist simply because if
Central - LAL Robert Burns did it and he became
Central - WCE bide alane wi ma auntie. She became ma legal guardian. She'd aw t
Central - EDN uite saire. And the maire she became overcome wae hysteria, the ma
Shetland - SHD uldn't let me touch. When she became ill she deposited it with the
Central - SEC tae ken jist how dangerous he became, ye can dae nae better than r
Central - SEC eed on one condition: that he became a metalheid.
Central - EDN glin his ain symptoms that he became convinced he hud lung cancer.
Central - GLA in cunts aboot. That's how he became the tap man.
Central - SEC t cunt pit oan that jersey he became public property. Dae yae want
Central - LAL an died, hur and Stella Marie became the bese o pals. Bettie's age
Central - WCE he teacher and the wee lassie became guid pals,
Central - SEC y everyboady and these people became as yin through their shared h
Doric - MNA The fine quate bit o the line became like Aiberdeen’s Union Stre
Central - DUN s unleasht. An sae the debate became aw aboot immigration. Houaniv
Central - EDN ance tae the park the climate became hostile and miserable. Basica
Central - LALhange: the Scottish Executive became the Scottish Government.
Central - SEC we had become radicalised, we became frontline sodjers in the anim
Central - LAL By Christmas we became two, no three
Doric - DOR Ye became a legend in i' Tower Ballroom
Orkney - ORK Weel, that pig became a fixture and sheu fairly cha
Central - SEC heavier 'n' mah breathing became even. Th' whistling o' th' wi
Doric - MNA nty or twa till his breathing became slower and raised the musket
Central - WCE Ah became the union delegate,
Central - SEC a victim ae circumstance. Ah became maire bothered aboot what ma
Central - LALboot her plight jist afore ah became ill wae the covid. When they
Central - LAL thegither that ucht her mooth became a peerie runkled hole. 'Braw,
Central - NEC le and cairried on. His mooth became dry. His thrapple wis sair wh
Central - LAL tae adopt yese," he said, "I became yer faither, and as yer faith
Doric - MNA ter that couple o occasions I became ultra careful tae hide my add
Central - LAL Mither an Faither's delight I became DUX. My Mither said, "telt ye
Doric - DOR le an stramash that summer wi became teenagers. An you? I think yo
Doric - MNA y pals but as I grew an masel became a ‘mannie’ it changed int
Central - LAL iggin o the hoose Mary hersel became an expert at laying the cemen
Central - LAL By then glamour’s spell became uncast
Central - GLA "If oor school became famous, an got the Nobel Priz
Central - LAL tion that bairns wha ate them became infestit wi lice); and loosy-
Central - WCE The wee room became quiet. Matilda noticed that t
Central - SEC entalities. Sae his symbolism became increasinlie distilled, objec
Central - SWE Since Ah cam aff the drugs an became invisible Ah've been better a
Doric - ABN so they said. An 'at gairden became his God - "
Central - SEC e o' kip slowly come; mah een became heavier 'n' mah breathing bec
Orkney - ORK Hid then became a frisbee and hid birled arou
Central - SEC a hert flutterin. Ma breathin became shallower and ah thoat ah wis
Central - WCE But eftir the Strike it suin became clear
Doric - ABN hydraulic plant, but it suin became seen as a symbol o strenth, a
Central - SEC ur Megan's volatile mood soon became understandable.
Orkney - ORK He seun became an expert at maist o common c
Central - EDN e had resigned, when the Trio became a duo, we thought teachin’
Central - WCE s. Her ain wee bedchaumer noo became her readin-room and there she
Doric - NNB ten, e whole place aroond her became alive wi e strange craters o
Central - LAL her wee hoose ower the watter became a weel-kent howff in Muirkirk
Central - DUN emocracy For Scotland) nivver became a 'real' political pairty. Ef
Southern - SEA ten, th hale place aroond hur became alive wi th strange craiters
Doric - DORe bingo but 1 nicht a wik has became twa! Hope ma pal Bert is nae
Central - LAL As haes became routine i Britain’s politic
Central - LAL ae this. Oor communities haes became re-engaged wi politics, an is
Central - LAL an lees an violence that haes became aw ower clear tae see. Noo th
Central - LAL SA wi sadness at whit it haes became, wi sadness for the abuses an
Central - LAL the SNP. Noo, the pairty haes became, tae a degree that wisna sae
Central - EDN n the days afore sich devices became in universal usage. It was sm
Central - WCEause ov ma EDS ma jaw muscles became too lax an it wis difficult t
Shetland - SHD as because the Northern Isles became more and more orientated towa
Central - EDN ethin awfu had happent. Soons became distant, no sae lood’s the
Doric - MNA lway. Mabel then mair or less became the breadwinner at that time.
Central - SEC d her tae go — her thoughts became blurry. If she concentrated r
Central - WCE ld’s gane mad. An Enbra’s became a laughing stock.
Central - SEC and coontless luxuries he’s became accustomed tae dinnae grow oa
Central - LAL , but that’s war. An it’s became jist anither pairt o the wey
Central - LAL , naething ava is. But it’s became acceptit. The richt o the Rep
Central - LAL is the story o a lassie that became a detective. Her first name w
Doric - NNB "By-e bye, what became o e bairn?" sade e Cat. "A'd
Doric - DOR it became easy tae see that there wis n
Central - DUN s assumed tae be complete, it became acceptable amang at least som
Central - GLA ? It is your bloody fault. It became your fault the minute ye deci
Doric - MNBBefore it became cool ah could write my name i
Central - EDN e College the smitt, cause it became a bloody epidemic latterly! A
Southern - SEA "B' th wei, whit became o th bairn" said th Cat. "Ah'
Central - LAL served wi distinction in whit became the British army till 14th Ma
Central - LAL endum pairty I wis at whan it became clear we’d been beat, the b
Central - GLA er mare intense questionin it became apparent that the map he’d
Doric - DOR h this tailed aff a bit as it became clear naebody hid been devour
Central - SWE is the first time. No that it became a regular habit, a’d like t
Central - SEC ae a start every time, but it became diluted by nichtly routine. H
Central - GLA y the first two weeks, but it became more milder on the 24th of Ju
Central - SEC am van was in the vicinity it became standard practice tae treat D
Central - DUN ed fer a Scottish Pairliament became gey clear and the movement ta
Central - LAL r they waited, tae the Forest became that lown that it jist aboot
Central - LAL The man he wiz, no jist became
Central - SEC me droon in poverty hus jist became a national priority. Either c
Central - SEC e princess ae Morningside yuv became an embarrassment tae me and e
Central - LAL The nixt meenit the day became awfie, awfie fashious, becaus
Central - EDN tane an interest in her. They became lovers. Bit there wis ayweys
Central - LAL t three baws climbed tae they became specks in the cloodless Perji
Shetland - SHD mmatical rules just when they became standard languages; they alre
Central - LAL d aff intae space, whaur they became a constellation o bricht ster
Central - LAL puckle haycorns they became Douce and Quiet-like. Sae in
Ulster - GUL In fact they became doonricht rude.
Central - SEC elt, whit they did, whit they became, acause o whit had happened.
Central - WCE Honey.' Richt awa Miss Honey became alert. She'd tried tae talk a
Central - EDN set oot wi’ us bit quickly became a backslider an’ went back
Central - WCE wee rae-deer. Rupert suddenly became aware o the danger signals an
Orkney - ORK Bit that boy became a fine young man, a source o
Doric - MNA nd in that time her and Catty became inseparable. Finiver she wiz
Central - SEC en. Th' whistling o' th' win` became a repetitive, relaxing noise
Central - EDN open play. His “Billisms” became legendary an’ through it aw