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

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Orkney - ORK Billy Blue
Central - SEC Billy Bunter was i the terrace, rid
Ulster - EUL Billy
Central - WCE Billy McLean
Central - GLA Billy sighed as he stuck his haun i
Central - GLA Billy’s eyes sprung open as he re
Central - WCE Billy Hodge
Central - AYR Billy saw his chance 'n' jumpt doon
Central - WCE Billy Abbott-Bueller. Here. Molly A
Central - GLA Billy walked up tae the coonter, lo
Central - GLA Billy watched a tram pass by as he
Central - GLA Billy the Kid and the KO at the Cor
Central - GLA Billy and Jonny entered the zoo. A
Central - GLA Billy’s eyes followed Jonny’s p
Doric - DOR Billy jined in the shoutin, singin
Doric - DOR Billy wis rael prood o his Aiberdee
Doric - DOR Billy wis only sivven year aul, but
Doric - DOR Billy couldna believe the number o
Central - GLA Billy picked up the broon paper par
Central - LALnBurnett16 Well said neebor ! Billy Connelly spun that wan last t
Doric - DOR a, an spleet new fitba beets! Billy wis fair bumbazed!
Central - EDN flawed phenomenon but great! Billy McNeill once said in an inter
Central - SEC ye! It wis you that did it!" Billy backed awa some mair, He wis
Central - SEC "Ye did. I seen ye," Billy said.
Ulster - GUL@stevhep @FolktaleFan - "billy" is an aul Scots wurd for a l
Doric - MNA , clappin the back o'is han. "Billy's jist a bliddy feel."
Doric - MNA in yer meal, Sandy, ma maan?" Billy toppit up 1s wine glaiss. "Ah
Central - AYR y in Chicagof Island, Alaska, Billy n his twa wains, Gabe n Bear,
Central - GLA “Whit ur we gony dae, Billy?” Two people sat ahint them
Southern - SEA tterlie uncle Jim an faimlie, Billy, Jenny an
Doric - ABN Robbie Yeats o Auchenfairlie, Billy Grant fae Boggiemerk, Davie F
Central - LAL Ma venerable Bella colleague, Billy Kay, bein telt in the comment
Ulster - GUL@LillyBynn Aye, Billy, the aul spellcheck aye chang
Doric - MNA@billykayscot Aye, Billy, fowk forget that kennin yer
Central - LAL@billykayscot I maun tell ye, Billy, that efter I typed thon twee
Central - LALce @billykayscot Guid oan ye, Billy, man!
Central - SEC hael Jackson is guid looking, Billy is an ugly wee get, Boris Kar
Central - GLA “Eh, Billy, whit’s a bairn?” whisper
Central - GLA ma heid buttons up the back, Billy? Ah’m no that bad at maths!
Ulster - EUL ‘Right, then, Billy, let us see this King Lir gam
Southern - SEA matee ana. Ma umwhile kizzen, Billy Rodger, wrocht
Central - LAL the boolin the morn's mornin, Billy, we're playin a club fae ower
Doric - MNA Max Houliston, fa's brither, Billy, some o ye will myn, played f
Central - LALn nasty. How quick ye forget, Billy. #Corrie
Ulster - GULhe Dervock folk are scunnert, Billy. They're heidin round tae tho
Central - SEC ester an Scots leid activist, Billy Kay.
Central - GLA “Haw, Billy. Look at aw they sweeties!”
Central - GLA “Haw, Billy. There’s oor tram!” Billy
Doric - MNBd the Confederacy of Dunces...Billy Connolys favourite book....ye
Central - AYR ys, I think he's gaun fast... Billy, will ye tak the pownie an ri
Central - SEC Jock Stein. 7.Ally McCoist. 8.Billy Connolly. 9. Ewan McGregor. 1
Central - GLA flung a haun up tae his neb. Billy pulled back the broon paper a
Central - GLA he big weed n dandelion heed. Billy the Kid tries tae grab ma leg
Central - GLA hink..?” Jonny whispered. Billy minded the story in the paper
Central - GLA wiz heavier than he expected. Billy thought tae himsel there must
Central - SEC e ma hip an held oot ma hand. Billy took it. Easy as that. We hea
Central - GLA h the stane archway entrance. Billy looked ‘er at a sign that r
Central - SEC turn will ne’er forgie ye. Billy Bunter has never lookit me i
Central - GLA bars ae the aviary wi a bang. Billy jolted back fae the bars.
Central - GLA din’ thit wiz wance a kirk. Billy an’ Jonny walked through th
Central - SEC . Ye cuid mak it intae a dam. Billy Bunter wuid see ye was far ow
Doric - DOR n tae the fitba in Aiberdeen. Billy wis ower the meen!
Central - SEC A windae was flung open. Billy’s mither shoutit. Get yerse
Central - GLA sighed again. Billy haunded er the money fur bait
Central - GLA boufin, really really boufin. Billy recoiled fae the parcel.
Southern - SEA the 1939-45 War. Billy telt mei thit it Borth’icks
Central - SEC fair made yer hert flichter. Billy Bunter wuidnae ken hoo tae ta
Central - GLA tin’ fur the next visitors. Billy pulled two tuppence pieces fa
Central - LALhe hertland o Burns an Scots. Billy Hughes did great wark doon th
Central - SEC art. The windae slammed shut. Billy stoppit his bike richt in fro
Central - WCE kil feigurs in Scottish life: Billy Wolfe an Tom Fleming.
Orkney - ORK ower. He guffed cheust like a billy goat and nearly caa'd me ower
Central - WCE pure ragin. She wis missin a Billy Connolly stand-up fir this
Doric - DOR Whedder there’s a Billy boy or a Bessie cat, ilka day
Southern - SWEayscot @yyesscotland Braw pic Billy, David and Sandie are braw fo
Central - GLA tae thon Bearsden,” laughed Billy.
Central - GLA “Aye he did.” replied Billy. “It must be up the back so
Central - SEC He wasnae really cried Billy Bunter. That was juist whit f
Central - GLA onductress comin’!” cried Billy.
Central - GLA “How no?” puzzled Billy.
Doric - DOR rathspey, ma Grunny nicknamed Billy,
Orkney - ORK Cheust cut the claik," moaned Billy. "Open up and let me in!"
Central - GLA “Aye, we ur.” answered Billy.
Central - LAL@billykayscot Week said Billy Reading things scrived in my
Central - GLA ty five/ twenty five?” said Billy, tryin’ tae be sleekit.
Central - GLA Jonny? Wit wiz in it?” said Billy.
Central - LALer fir postin tae this threid Billy??)
Central - GLAThi bold Billy Kay readin ma buik ?? https:/
Central - WCE causin a riot. There wis Auld Billy an his wife Moira. He wis an
Ulster - GULe's houlin'? I'm glad him and Billy Blake foun' it.
Orkney - ORK Her and Billy gaed ower on the Hamnavoe,
Central - EDN ndit o the first time a heard Billy Kay speakin Scots a few years
Central - GLA Jonny rushed aheid ae Billy intae the shoap. The inside a
Central - SEC t me that the mither said tae Billy that he wis the spitting imag
Southern - SWEMony thanks tae Billy, supportive o aa as aye. Lug
Central - LALe to read the WGD's reply tae Billy Kay's critics ( maistly Union
Southern - SWEame tae youse fae aff us twae Billy. Caa canny an haud furrit.
Doric - MNA h'v aiven munuged te persuade Billy te jine ma theatre club."
Ulster - GUL Three Billy Goats Gruff
Ulster - GUL Yinst thur wur three billy goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goa
Central - GLA Wee Billy Barr ’n’ his pal Jonny Ji
Ulster - GUL Wee Billy Goat Gruff went on the brig.
Ulster - GUL ip-trip, trip-trip.” An wee Billy Goat Gruff went
Central - SEConers oan the park n even wee billy bremner kent that - crackin
Central - AYR lder laddies - an whiles wee Billy - wad gang up tae the peat-h
Ulster - GUL goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goat Gruff. Thur wus Big Bill
Ulster - GUL it mae. Trolls dinnae ait wee billy goats.’
Ulster - GUL goats.’ Wee Billy Goat Gruff sed, “The troll
Ulster - GUL rips ower mae brig?” “Wee Billy Goat Gruff trips ower the bri
Ulster - GUL us grass on the braeside. The billy goats wantet the grass.
Ulster - EUL the cliff an I waited bae the Billy Goats Gruff brig as Jenny tri
Ulster - EUL Ah follaed Jenny tae the Billy Goats Gruff wuiden play park.
Central - WCE HULL-O HULL-O WE ARE THE BILLY BOYS HULL-O HULL-O YOU'LL HEA
Ulster - GUL Leeds shirt to carry aff the Billy look and nat as camp a pose
Ulster - EUL ans an sleekin unnerneath the Billy Goats Gruff brig on their bel
Doric - DOR Oot forenent was the Billy-gait wi muckle roond horns, g
Orkney - ORK I hae a peedie billy - if thoo wants, he's thine
Doric - DOR arin, Bert - an flappin like billy-o they were, tryin tae get hi
Central - GLA UP THERE WAE OUR BOTTLES LIKE BILLY THE FUCKIN KID, A shout. He s
Doric - DOR Ay. A mind seein yon muckle Billy gait up on the hull,” A say
Ulster - GUL Little Billy Goat Gruff sed,
Central - LALerivation o that village name Billy???
Central - SEC shoutit. Get yersell in here Billy. I mean noo! She disappeart.
Central - GLA “Is the lion in there Billy?” Jonny asked wae caution.
Central - LAL@billykayscot Of coorse Billy. The penny has jist drapped.
Doric - DORouneside @Orchid_Aberdeen Aye Billy Cowper en a!! The pair o’the
Central - GLA “Aye Billy! That’ll be magic.” So af
Central - WCE Big Billy's Wham-Bammer
Ulster - GUL ae.’ “Dinnae ait mae. Big Billy Goat Gruff wull come. Yae can
Ulster - GUL Wile Big Billy Goat Gruff.
Ulster - GUL Wile Big Billy Goat sed, “A big troll baes
Ulster - GUL Goat Gruff. Thur wus Big Billy Goat Gruff. An thur wus
Ulster - GULngs (supporters "Tory"); King Billy (constitutional) gied it a be
Ulster - EUL ‘Ah'm bored bein King Billy,’ ah saed.
Ulster - EUL r. It wud be like playin King Billy withoot King Jimmy.’
Ulster - GULe work oot which yin was King Billy. Hooaniver, it was quare crac
Ulster - EUL Gary was mad aboot King Billy. If he wasnae makin us aal cy
Ulster - EUL ‘What aboot King Billy bike ramps?’ he saed.
Ulster - WUL Some shout aboot King Billy an' o' the Maiden City.
Central - AYR tanemason himsel; while young Billy warked Cruikedbank alangside
Central - LALto the Scottish Diaspora with Billy Kay" https://t.co/AE34lqHA3C
Central - LAL Clure an The Mither Tongue bi Billy Kay. Finnin the roots o Scots
Central - AYR 'll be comin tae bide here wi Billy, Christian an mysel.'
Southern - SWE Nup, never heard o it an lik Billy, Ah'm no really yin for the n
Central - EDN d sheet oan the flair. A took Billy’s BP, which wis very high,
Central - LALmal situation !!! Gaun yirsel Billy !!
Central - LALoc @ScotsLeidNews Gaun yirsel Billy. Gie it laldy !! Jist think..
Southern - SWEkayscot Yon's a poem in itsel Billy, weel pit neebs
Doric - MNA inny a condescendin leuk, "an Billy kens is wine."
Southern - SEA 50 yeir or sae, an Billy hes been doon England fur mon
Central - SEC his 'Poems' in the 1720s, an Billy Kay is oan record sayin the s
Southern - SEA days, an Billy, ane o hir laddies, tae the b
Central - LALust sayin' nowt' from now oan Billy.. As ye say, seemed tae work.
Southern - SEA wi hir twae sons, Stewart an Billy Nelson, whae baith
Central - GLA “That wiz a close wan Billy.”
Central - LALruments & Scots culture. When Billy Jackson did similar in his sc
Doric - DOR Weel, fin Billy got hame, an efter tellin his
Central - LAL we see the gey heidie boffin billy, Dr. Henry Jekyll, an the glo
Central - SWE Puffin Billy
Doric - MNA Puffin Billy
Central - SECo - a kin c ee noo - puffin billy lol
Central - SECin east lothian - ffs puffin billy is back n follow the smokescr
Doric - MNA Arimathea, a gweed, upstannin billy, att wis wytin for e comin o
Doric - DOR ied them. Neen o the loons in Billy's class hid ivver bin tae a D
Central - GLAanks fir readin an fir puntin Billy! Sae guid tae hear yir enjoyi
Doric - DOR on? Weel, nae usually, but in Billy's case ye could. Fit wye?
Central - SEC I also kept yin e'e on Billy. He had reached the burn an w
Southern - SWEnstone_shane Whit buik's thon Billy?
Central - GLA “C’mon Billy, let’s git aff this ‘hing
Central - SEC il an rested the ither yin on Billy's shooder as if we were u bes
Doric - DOR “A wadnae! Yon Billy-gaits naw for rinnin awa!”
Doric - DOR a guid idea! A dinnae lik yon Billy gait. It’s stanin ower
Central - WCE The brutal slayin o Billy McPhee,
Southern - SWEson878 Aye an it still is noo Billy.
Southern - SWEin yon wis a Labour meenister Billy....
Doric - DOR Nae ithir billy's in ma tree
Central - LALbillykayscot Brawly duin, oor Billy!
Central - AYR ess o ma life gied me the Oor Billy's lucky tag for the rest o ma
Southern - SWEic_Ally Mony thanks at ye oor Billy, aye appreciatit bi aa.
Central - GLAErr Billy Kay gien ma buik a dunt. http
Central - WCE An as Billy Joel yinst sang - sometimes
Central - WCE cularly liked the line "An as Billy stertit tae goooooo... She sa
Central - GLA belief. Jonny smiled again as Billy sighed again. Billy haunded e
Southern - SWE pus in the yerkers an bogles Billy. Braw photie o twae o Ayrshir
Central - LAL in parteeclar, a maun-read is Billy Kay's Scots: The Mither Tongu
Central - AYR he tap o the toon, ma name is Billy Kay, an Gawston is thrang wi
Doric - ABN eel, weel, weel,' thocht this billy ti hissel wi a shak o his hei
Central - LALWis Billy no in this exact same positio
Central - GLA @BigIssue @arkbounduk Cheers Billy, aye means a loat. Hope yir w
Central - WCE y duin, Puir auld 'Backstairs Billy!'
Central - WCE That hud lauched at Billy Connolly's craic,
Southern - SEA ining accident. A’m telt at Billy Dickson, ane o the sons, is n
Central - SEC l eneuch tae shak yer fist at Billy Bunter’s windae.
Central - LALboy, whit hae ye done tae get Billy's dander up? Hope ye've no ca
Central - GLA@billykayscot @CMoonDL Met Billy at a waddin a coupla year syn
Ulster - GUL es unner the brig. Trolls ait billy goats.’ Wee Billy Goat Gruf
Central - SEC yer een aff it. Ye watchit Billy racin up an doon the terrace.
Central - GLA wiz nae mistakin’ it. Whit Billy hid oan his lap wiz a heavin
Central - LAL@billykayscot Billy, just bought yer book 'The Mi
Central - GLA “Haw Billy, take a gander at this. Thon
Central - LAL @billykayscot Happy birthday Billy. Hae a braw day
Central - GLA eal events, as telt tae me by Billy, ma Papa. It’s aw true exce
Central - SEC aff a wee bit, juist the wey Billy Bunter had. Then ye wuid ask
Central - SEC You really are a silly billy.
Central - GLA “Don’t worry Billy, he only wants tae say hullo,
Central - GLA “Billy!” He said. “Look!”
Central - GLA “Billy, that’s no funny. It’s a
Central - GLA “Billy, Ah’ve no goat enough money
Central - GLA “Billy, Ah never hid it at aw.”
Central - GLA “Billy, ’mon, let’s go in an’
Central - EDN on of his gaze, ok got it! “Billy were you playin’ Badminton
Central - GLA Jonny excitedly demanded, “Billy, open it!”
Central - SEC Gus continued, “Billy Handbag (the brither) he cont
Central - GLA onny! Ah’m tryin’ tae!” Billy said. He pulled aff the strin
Central - GLA , Jonny! A lion’s keech!” Billy cried oot. He quickly covered
Central - GLA ve left it oan the tram!” Billy went aw peely wally. “That
Central - GLA . There’s oor tram!” Billy ran ‘er tae the stoap, hump
Central - GLA o. Let’s head back hame,” Billy suggested. Jonny gave a nod i
Central - GLA nother tuppence ye owe me,” Billy teased.
Central - GLA “Ok then,” Billy said.
Central - GLA be fae Glebe Street anaw,” Billy surmised.
Central - GLA did pay fur them efter aw,” Billy joked.
Central - GLA a wean, like you an’ me.” Billy explained.
Central - GLA s no in any ae the others.” Billy approached the bars. The back
Central - GLA nt tae split it hoff each?” Billy asked.
Central - GLA t we go an’ huv a look?” Billy suggested, tryin’ tae make
Central - GLA nny, where’s the parcel?” Billy questioned.
Central - GLA ye no goat ony money ataw?” Billy’s voice cried oot wi disbel
Doric - DOR s kent since she wis wee… Billy or Jimmy or David… and she