A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

approached Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 7.5 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2115 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 7 5

Occurrences of approached in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
them each a gless o wine. Tam approached the table an Jean-Paul grabbe on page 50

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
sea on ma time aff, maybe be approached by some beautiful mysterious on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The Wolf approached anither hoose, on page 44

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
As he approached the moontain, Hercules passed on page 18
tae faw in as the michty buh] approached as unstappable as a tidal wav on page 31

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Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
They approached the man.
n any ae the others.” Billy approached the bars. The back ae the enc
. They ran er tae it. As they approached, Jonny spotted somethin’ oa
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
d up. Its rider dismoontit an approached them. His hair, thocht Kat, l
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oot Colin Roy’s fate. As we approached Ballachulish though we saw th
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ basic Jobs-bodyin’. He approached the College askin’ gin he c
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
They hung back as Bill approached the wumman. He knelt aside he
hat her hert wis racin as she approached the hospital hut. She tane de
isna, hooever, a topic tae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o
isna, hooever, a topic tae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o
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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ad wisna able tae gin, so hee approached heis tae see eif we weis sikk on page 38

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
he wid be a tourist an as he approached the sign he pit oot his
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
We approached stealthily, wi much concern i
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e gie her father his wish and approached the cooncil. Of course we’d
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
intae een o the towers an wiz approached fae the scullery by a windin
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
rept upon him as he slept. It approached him as silently as an assassi(2018) search twitter

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