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Occurrences of billy in Corpus sorted by first letter of following word

Ulster - EUL Billy2017
Doric - MNA Puffin Billy 2004
Central - SWE Puffin Billy 2009
Central - LALbillykayscot Brawly duin, oor Billy!2020
Central - LALmal situation !!! Gaun yirsel Billy !!2022
Central - WCE y duin, Puir auld 'Backstairs Billy!' 2006
Central - GLAanks fir readin an fir puntin Billy! Sae guid tae hear yir enjoyi2020
Central - GLA “Aye Billy! That’ll be magic.” So af2023
Central - GLA “Billy!” He said. “Look!”2023
Ulster - GUL@stevhep @FolktaleFan - "billy" is an aul Scots wurd for a l2014
Doric - DOR on? Weel, nae usually, but in Billy's case ye could. Fit wye?2000
Doric - DOR ied them. Neen o the loons in Billy's class hid ivver bin tae a D2000
Central - LALboy, whit hae ye done tae get Billy's dander up? Hope ye've no ca2022
Doric - DOR Nae ithir billy's in ma tree2020
Doric - MNA , clappin the back o'is han. "Billy's jist a bliddy feel." 2004
Central - AYR ess o ma life gied me the Oor Billy's lucky tag for the rest o ma2023
Central - SEC il an rested the ither yin on Billy's shooder as if we were u bes2014
Central - WCE Big Billy's Wham-Bammer 2006
Ulster - GULngs (supporters "Tory"); King Billy (constitutional) gied it a be2015
Doric - DOR rathspey, ma Grunny nicknamed Billy, 2023
Southern - SWE Nup, never heard o it an lik Billy, Ah'm no really yin for the n2020
Central - GLA “Billy, Ah never hid it at aw.”2023
Central - GLA “Billy, Ah’ve no goat enough money2023
Southern - SEA days, an Billy, ane o hir laddies, tae the b2003
Doric - MNA Arimathea, a gweed, upstannin billy, att wis wytin for e comin o 2012
Southern - SWEic_Ally Mony thanks at ye oor Billy, aye appreciatit bi aa.2020
Central - GLA @BigIssue @arkbounduk Cheers Billy, aye means a loat. Hope yir w2020
Central - AYR 'll be comin tae bide here wi Billy, Christian an mysel.' 2012
Southern - SWEayscot @yyesscotland Braw pic Billy, David and Sandie are braw fo2020
Central - LAL we see the gey heidie boffin billy, Dr. Henry Jekyll, an the glo2008
Doric - MNA@billykayscot Aye, Billy, fowk forget that kennin yer 2020
Central - GLA “Don’t worry Billy, he only wants tae say hullo,2023
Southern - SEA tterlie uncle Jim an faimlie, Billy, Jenny an2003
Central - LAL@billykayscot Billy, just bought yer book 'The Mi2020
Ulster - EUL ‘Right, then, Billy, let us see this King Lir gam2021
Central - GLA “C’mon Billy, let’s git aff this ‘hing2023
Central - LALce @billykayscot Guid oan ye, Billy, man!2018
Central - GLA eal events, as telt tae me by Billy, ma Papa. It’s aw true exce2023
Central - GLA Jonny excitedly demanded, “Billy, open it!”2023
Doric - MNA Max Houliston, fa's brither, Billy, some o ye will myn, played f2000
Southern - SWEMony thanks tae Billy, supportive o aa as aye. Lug 2020
Central - GLA “Haw Billy, take a gander at this. Thon 2023
Central - LAL@billykayscot I maun tell ye, Billy, that efter I typed thon twee2018
Central - GLA “Billy, that’s no funny. It’s a 2023
Ulster - GUL@LillyBynn Aye, Billy, the aul spellcheck aye chang2015
Central - GLA ty five/ twenty five?” said Billy, tryin’ tae be sleekit.2023
Central - LAL the boolin the morn's mornin, Billy, we're playin a club fae ower2011
Southern - SWEkayscot Yon's a poem in itsel Billy, weel pit neebs2020
Central - GLA “Eh, Billy, whit’s a bairn?” whisper2023
Central - AYR ys, I think he's gaun fast... Billy, will ye tak the pownie an ri2012
Ulster - EUL ‘Ah'm bored bein King Billy,’ ah saed.2021
Central - GLA “Billy, ’mon, let’s go in an’ 2023
Doric - DOR “A wadnae! Yon Billy-gaits naw for rinnin awa!” 2010
Doric - DOR Oot forenent was the Billy-gait wi muckle roond horns, g2010
Orkney - ORK I hae a peedie billy - if thoo wants, he's thine 2002
Doric - DOR arin, Bert - an flappin like billy-o they were, tryin tae get hi2001
Central - AYR lder laddies - an whiles wee Billy - wad gang up tae the peat-h2012
Central - GLA Jonny? Wit wiz in it?” said Billy.2023
Central - SEC You really are a silly billy.2000
Central - GLA “How no?” puzzled Billy.2023
Central - GLA onductress comin’!” cried Billy.2023
Central - GLA tae thon Bearsden,” laughed Billy.2023
Central - GLA “Aye, we ur.” answered Billy.2023
Southern - SWEson878 Aye an it still is noo Billy.2020
Orkney - ORK Cheust cut the claik," moaned Billy. "Open up and let me in!" 2002
Central - LALn nasty. How quick ye forget, Billy. #Corrie2020
Southern - SWEin yon wis a Labour meenister Billy....2020
Central - LALust sayin' nowt' from now oan Billy.. As ye say, seemed tae work.2022
Southern - SWE pus in the yerkers an bogles Billy. Braw photie o twae o Ayrshir2020
Southern - SWEame tae youse fae aff us twae Billy. Caa canny an haud furrit.2020
Central - LALoc @ScotsLeidNews Gaun yirsel Billy. Gie it laldy !! Jist think..2022
Central - LAL @billykayscot Happy birthday Billy. Hae a braw day2020
Central - SEC I also kept yin e'e on Billy. He had reached the burn an w2014
Ulster - GULe work oot which yin was King Billy. Hooaniver, it was quare crac2018
Ulster - EUL Gary was mad aboot King Billy. If he wasnae makin us aal cy2021
Central - SEC shoutit. Get yersell in here Billy. I mean noo! She disappeart. 2004
Central - GLA “Haw, Billy. Look at aw they sweeties!”2023
Central - LAL@billykayscot Of coorse Billy. The penny has jist drapped. 2020
Central - GLA “Haw, Billy. There’s oor tram!” Billy2023
Ulster - GULhe Dervock folk are scunnert, Billy. They're heidin round tae tho2015
Central - GLA “Aye he did.” replied Billy. “It must be up the back so2023
Central - GLA “That wiz a close wan Billy.”2023
Southern - SWEnstone_shane Whit buik's thon Billy?2020
Central - LALer fir postin tae this threid Billy??)2022
Central - LALerivation o that village name Billy???2022
Central - GLA ma heid buttons up the back, Billy? Ah’m no that bad at maths!2023
Central - GLA “Is the lion in there Billy?” Jonny asked wae caution.2023
Central - GLA “Whit ur we gony dae, Billy?” Two people sat ahint them2023
Central - WCE Billy Abbott-Bueller. Here. Molly A2021
Ulster - WUL Some shout aboot King Billy an' o' the Maiden City. 2007
Central - GLA Billy and Jonny entered the zoo. A 2023
Central - WCE causin a riot. There wis Auld Billy an his wife Moira. He wis an 2021
Central - GLA din’ thit wiz wance a kirk. Billy an’ Jonny walked through th2023
Central - GLA s no in any ae the others.” Billy approached the bars. The back2023
Central - GLA nt tae split it hoff each?” Billy asked.2023
Central - GLA@billykayscot @CMoonDL Met Billy at a waddin a coupla year syn2020
Central - SEC ye! It wis you that did it!" Billy backed awa some mair, He wis 2014
Central - GLA Wee Billy Barr ’n’ his pal Jonny Ji2023
Ulster - EUL ‘What aboot King Billy bike ramps?’ he saed.2021
Ulster - GULe's houlin'? I'm glad him and Billy Blake foun' it.2019
Orkney - ORK Billy Blue 2002
Doric - DOR Whedder there’s a Billy boy or a Bessie cat, ilka day2021
Central - WCE HULL-O HULL-O WE ARE THE BILLY BOYS HULL-O HULL-O YOU'LL HEA2021
Central - SEConers oan the park n even wee billy bremner kent that - crackin 2020
Central - SEC He wasnae really cried Billy Bunter. That was juist whit f2004
Central - SEC aff a wee bit, juist the wey Billy Bunter had. Then ye wuid ask 2004
Central - SEC turn will ne’er forgie ye. Billy Bunter has never lookit me i 2004
Central - SEC Billy Bunter was i the terrace, rid2004
Central - SEC fair made yer hert flichter. Billy Bunter wuidnae ken hoo tae ta2004
Central - SEC . Ye cuid mak it intae a dam. Billy Bunter wuid see ye was far ow2004
Central - SEC l eneuch tae shak yer fist at Billy Bunter’s windae.2004
Central - LALnBurnett16 Well said neebor ! Billy Connelly spun that wan last t2022
Central - WCE That hud lauched at Billy Connolly's craic, 2006
Central - SEC Jock Stein. 7.Ally McCoist. 8.Billy Connolly. 9. Ewan McGregor. 12006
Central - WCE pure ragin. She wis missin a Billy Connolly stand-up fir this 2021
Doric - MNBd the Confederacy of Dunces...Billy Connolys favourite book....ye2022
Doric - DOR Billy couldna believe the number o 2000
Doric - DORouneside @Orchid_Aberdeen Aye Billy Cowper en a!! The pair o’the2018
Central - GLA , Jonny! A lion’s keech!” Billy cried oot. He quickly covered2023
Southern - SEA ining accident. A’m telt at Billy Dickson, ane o the sons, is n2003
Central - GLA a wean, like you an’ me.” Billy explained.2023
Orkney - ORK Her and Billy gaed ower on the Hamnavoe, 2021
Doric - DOR a guid idea! A dinnae lik yon Billy gait. It’s stanin ower2010
Doric - DOR Ay. A mind seein yon muckle Billy gait up on the hull,” A say2010
Orkney - ORK ower. He guffed cheust like a billy goat and nearly caa'd me ower2002
Ulster - GUL Wile Big Billy Goat Gruff. 2011
Ulster - GUL Goat Gruff. Thur wus Big Billy Goat Gruff. An thur wus 2011
Ulster - GUL goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goat Gruff. Thur wus Big Bill2011
Ulster - GUL Little Billy Goat Gruff sed, 2011
Ulster - GUL goats.’ Wee Billy Goat Gruff sed, “The troll 2011
Ulster - GUL rips ower mae brig?” “Wee Billy Goat Gruff trips ower the bri2011
Ulster - GUL ip-trip, trip-trip.” An wee Billy Goat Gruff went 2011
Ulster - GUL Wee Billy Goat Gruff went on the brig. 2011
Ulster - GUL ae.’ “Dinnae ait mae. Big Billy Goat Gruff wull come. Yae can2011
Ulster - GUL Yinst thur wur three billy goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goa2011
Ulster - GUL it mae. Trolls dinnae ait wee billy goats.’ 2011
Ulster - GUL es unner the brig. Trolls ait billy goats.’ Wee Billy Goat Gruf2011
Ulster - GUL Wile Big Billy Goat sed, “A big troll baes2011
Ulster - GUL Three Billy Goats Gruff2011
Ulster - EUL the cliff an I waited bae the Billy Goats Gruff brig as Jenny tri2021
Ulster - EUL ans an sleekin unnerneath the Billy Goats Gruff brig on their bel2021
Ulster - EUL Ah follaed Jenny tae the Billy Goats Gruff wuiden play park.2021
Ulster - GUL us grass on the braeside. The billy goats wantet the grass. 2011
Doric - DOR Weel, fin Billy got hame, an efter tellin his2000
Doric - ABN Robbie Yeats o Auchenfairlie, Billy Grant fae Boggiemerk, Davie F2011
Central - SEC Gus continued, “Billy Handbag (the brither) he cont2015
Central - GLA sighed again. Billy haunded er the money fur bait2023
Southern - SEA 50 yeir or sae, an Billy hes been doon England fur mon2003
Central - GLA wiz nae mistakin’ it. Whit Billy hid oan his lap wiz a heavin2023
Central - WCE Billy Hodge 2006
Central - LALhe hertland o Burns an Scots. Billy Hughes did great wark doon th2020
Central - GLA Jonny rushed aheid ae Billy intae the shoap. The inside a2023
Central - SEC hael Jackson is guid looking, Billy is an ugly wee get, Boris Kar2015
Central - SECin east lothian - ffs puffin billy is back n follow the smokescr2020
Central - LALruments & Scots culture. When Billy Jackson did similar in his sc2020
Doric - DOR Billy jined in the shoutin, singin 2000
Central - WCE An as Billy Joel yinst sang - sometimes 2017
Central - GLA did pay fur them efter aw,” Billy joked.2023
Central - GLA bars ae the aviary wi a bang. Billy jolted back fae the bars.2023
Central - LALto the Scottish Diaspora with Billy Kay" https://t.co/AE34lqHA3C 2020
Central - LALe to read the WGD's reply tae Billy Kay's critics ( maistly Union2022
Central - LAL in parteeclar, a maun-read is Billy Kay's Scots: The Mither Tongu2015
Central - AYR he tap o the toon, ma name is Billy Kay, an Gawston is thrang wi 2023
Central - LAL Ma venerable Bella colleague, Billy Kay, bein telt in the comment2016
Central - SEC ester an Scots leid activist, Billy Kay.2009
Central - LAL Clure an The Mither Tongue bi Billy Kay. Finnin the roots o Scots2015
Central - GLAErr Billy Kay gien ma buik a dunt. http2020
Central - SEC his 'Poems' in the 1720s, an Billy Kay is oan record sayin the s2002
Central - GLAThi bold Billy Kay readin ma buik ?? https:/2020
Central - EDN ndit o the first time a heard Billy Kay speakin Scots a few years2018
Doric - MNA inny a condescendin leuk, "an Billy kens is wine." 2004
Central - SECo - a kin c ee noo - puffin billy lol2021
Ulster - GUL Leeds shirt to carry aff the Billy look and nat as camp a pose2018
Central - GLA h the stane archway entrance. Billy looked ‘er at a sign that r2023
Central - WCE Billy McLean 2006
Central - EDN flawed phenomenon but great! Billy McNeill once said in an inter2015
Central - WCE The brutal slayin o Billy McPhee, 2006
Central - GLA hink..?” Jonny whispered. Billy minded the story in the paper2023
Southern - SEA wi hir twae sons, Stewart an Billy Nelson, whae baith2003
Central - AYR y in Chicagof Island, Alaska, Billy n his twa wains, Gabe n Bear,2020
Central - LALWis Billy no in this exact same positio2020
Doric - DOR s kent since she wis wee… Billy or Jimmy or David… and she2021
Central - GLA Billy picked up the broon paper par2023
Central - GLA flung a haun up tae his neb. Billy pulled back the broon paper a2023
Central - GLA tin’ fur the next visitors. Billy pulled two tuppence pieces fa2023
Central - GLA nny, where’s the parcel?” Billy questioned.2023
Central - SEC yer een aff it. Ye watchit Billy racin up an doon the terrace.2004
Central - GLA . There’s oor tram!” Billy ran ‘er tae the stoap, hump2023
Central - LAL@billykayscot Week said Billy Reading things scrived in my 2018
Central - GLA boufin, really really boufin. Billy recoiled fae the parcel.2023
Southern - SEA matee ana. Ma umwhile kizzen, Billy Rodger, wrocht2003
Central - GLA “Ok then,” Billy said.2023
Central - SEC "Ye did. I seen ye," Billy said. 2014
Central - GLA onny! Ah’m tryin’ tae!” Billy said. He pulled aff the strin2023
Central - AYR Billy saw his chance 'n' jumpt doon2020
Central - GLA belief. Jonny smiled again as Billy sighed again. Billy haunded e2023
Central - GLA Billy sighed as he stuck his haun i2023
Central - WCE cularly liked the line "An as Billy stertit tae goooooo... She sa2024
Central - SEC art. The windae slammed shut. Billy stoppit his bike richt in fro2004
Central - GLA t we go an’ huv a look?” Billy suggested, tryin’ tae make 2023
Central - GLA o. Let’s head back hame,” Billy suggested. Jonny gave a nod i2023
Central - GLA be fae Glebe Street anaw,” Billy surmised.2023
Central - GLA nother tuppence ye owe me,” Billy teased.2023
Doric - MNA h'v aiven munuged te persuade Billy te jine ma theatre club." 2004
Southern - SEA the 1939-45 War. Billy telt mei thit it Borth’icks2003
Central - SEC t me that the mither said tae Billy that he wis the spitting imag2015
Central - GLA UP THERE WAE OUR BOTTLES LIKE BILLY THE FUCKIN KID, A shout. He s2020
Central - GLA Billy the Kid and the KO at the Cor2020
Central - GLA he big weed n dandelion heed. Billy the Kid tries tae grab ma leg2020
Central - GLA wiz heavier than he expected. Billy thought tae himsel there must2023
Doric - ABN eel, weel, weel,' thocht this billy ti hissel wi a shak o his hei2014
Central - SEC e ma hip an held oot ma hand. Billy took it. Easy as that. We hea2014
Doric - MNA in yer meal, Sandy, ma maan?" Billy toppit up 1s wine glaiss. "Ah2004
Central - GLA Billy walked up tae the coonter, lo2023
Central - AYR tanemason himsel; while young Billy warked Cruikedbank alangside 2012
Central - GLA Billy watched a tram pass by as he 2023
Central - GLA ve left it oan the tram!” Billy went aw peely wally. “That 2023
Central - EDN on of his gaze, ok got it! “Billy were you playin’ Badminton 2015
Doric - DOR a, an spleet new fitba beets! Billy wis fair bumbazed!2000
Doric - DOR Billy wis only sivven year aul, but2000
Doric - DOR n tae the fitba in Aiberdeen. Billy wis ower the meen!2000
Doric - DOR Billy wis rael prood o his Aiberdee2000
Ulster - EUL r. It wud be like playin King Billy withoot King Jimmy.’2021
Central - WCE kil feigurs in Scottish life: Billy Wolfe an Tom Fleming.2010
Central - EDN d sheet oan the flair. A took Billy’s BP, which wis very high, 2015
Central - GLA Billy’s eyes followed Jonny’s p2023
Central - GLA Billy’s eyes sprung open as he re2023
Central - SEC A windae was flung open. Billy’s mither shoutit. Get yerse2004
Central - GLA ye no goat ony money ataw?” Billy’s voice cried oot wi disbel2023