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

Central - LAL Yit shairly this maun be the lest2008
Central - SEC haw dout afoir the twenes. At lest2000
Doric - DOR nistrie in Perth, that wes ti lest2008
Orkney - ORK er ye dance the longer hid'll lest 2021
Doric - MNA MADE TAE LEST 2023
Central - SEC like "last in the queue") an "lest" (a verb, the likes o "it les2003
Central - SEC committit wi the wirds "last/lest": insteed o dingin a fause Sc2003
Central - LAL An syne, when hame we wan at lest,2005
Central - SEC ouce lemans fin thair pace at lest,2008
Orkney - ORK r ye dance, the longer hid'll lest, 2022
Central - SEA he laithly wheech o daith. At lest, I turnt an ran oot the hoose2025
Central - LAL ‘That’s yer lest, ma mannie! Kep a grup o’t.2009
Central - EDN n, ouk eftir ouk, an, at lang lest, moneth eftir moneth, sae at 2008
Central - EDN gang! Up we gang!’ ontil at lest, pap! hiz snout cam out intil2009
Central - LAL At lest, syne winnin whaur it greins 2004
Central - SEC Hul. Lest, the Fyfers liftit the rails 2000
Central - SEC d imaginations again, at lang lest, they wad be drawin a rael-li2023
Central - LAL e wis, an the mairriage didna lest.2010
Southern - SEA Spring haes fair cum at lest.2003
Orkney - ORK id wather that they hoped wid lest.2010
Doric - DOR futrat, but he kent it widna lest. 2020
Doric - DOR futrat, but he kent it widna lest. 2020
Doric - DOR mebody nou!" she exclaimed at lest. "But he's comin fell latchie2021
Central - LAL ye howpin ilk time wad be the lest. Aye kennin it widnae.2013
Doric - DOR "but I jalouse at it wull at lest. But fit unco-like snorlie it2021
Central - SEC An cuidna lest. I wis left my lane, ontil 2017
Central - SEC guid raison,” he speired at lest. Mirren’s speirits2000
Doric - DOR y presents best," she said at lest. ° 2021
Central - LAL a fair few surprises ower the lest 24 hours.2016
Central - LAL dle on whit’s happent i the lest 24 hours. As the initial souc2016
Central - SEC A've fair enjoyed editin the lest 178 edeitions o the Scots Tun2008
Doric - DOR yit anely seemed tae lest a day pairt o the nicht 2018
Southern - SEA for at lest Ah hae fund masell.2003
Central - SEC ung Wittins micht weel be the lest ane, or at least the lest ane2008
Central - LAL r an shorter realisation. The lest ane haes a different vowel, b2012
Central - LAL cht, and faicht. Nane but the lest ane maitters. Aa the ithers s2012
Central - SEC ane, or at least the lest ane tae be editit bi this edi2008
Doric - DOR l sintit rashes, ye ken, jist lest a peerie-wee filikie, an aat 2021
Central - SEC aething lyke aneuch. It winna lest ava. Saiddil up ma swuft naig2007
Central - LAL chive. An there's mair - the lest bittie o the Scotsoun mosaic 2000
Doric - DOR “Ay. Yon lest bit was muckle stey, was it n2010
Central - SEC Ayont yon lest blae muntain smoured wi snaw,2008
Central - EDN In thon lest blenk o terror2006
Southern - SEA Flouers lest but the ae Spring,2003
Southern - SEA Chinese poems, kythed aerlie lest century, thay war frouned on 2005
Central - SEC rdinateir wes sacrifeisin hiz lest chance o the sempil pleisur o2000
Central - EDN The lest cheptour is the Composit. Tho2007
Central - LAL a clue. This details that the lest chiel tae hae the title rex P2023
Central - LAL The lest decade haes been defined, bra2016
Central - LAL The lest decade has seen the aye-growi2023
Central - LAL ishart haes suggestit, be the lest election they fecht as a unio2016
Central - LAL o the Unitit Kinrik ower the lest few year, mainlie organeized 2012
Central - LAL rin tae Scottish drama in the lest few year, wi three outwales o2008
Central - LAL d tae their majority ower the lest five year.2016
Central - LAL ae been readin aboot ower the lest fortnicht – whit place daes2014
Central - WCE The lest fower four poems frae the 1802008
Doric - ABN The lest fower Sundays hid bin nae bau2010
Central - SEC the lest fraucht, sen nane o’m hed s2000
Doric - ABN it Farquhar hid sayed tae iz, lest Friday nicht.2010
Central - LAL lish whit is maist likely the lest ful Scottish poll o 2014. The2014
Central - LAL An at the lest gangs lanesome doun the brae.2010
Central - GLA Lest Glasgow's finest doth come al2021
Central - SEC itwes hissell an skailed wi a lest glour an shak2000
Southern - SEA The desert trees skail thair lest green leafs.2003
Central - LAL But whan thon lest gret fanfare peals 2010
Central - LAL Whan lest he left, he tuik the dribs 2010
Central - SEC ny mair, but a warkin man. At lest he seen her wee, stowfie feig2008
Central - EDN aw. Ower the the coorse o the lest hunner-odd years, nae fewer n2013
Central - NEC Thon lest idea, that the Scots utterly 2018
Southern - SEA What's your name lest I forget 2023
Central - LAL At lest I got blawin, bubbles big, bu2009
Doric - DOR en or twinty thegidder, an at lest in siccan a thrangitie at the2021
Central - SEC Jauss Baun Balls. It wes this lest interess at brocht about the 2000
Central - EDN teid on fowre whurls. A hed a lest intervyow wi Faither Adam in 2008
Central - EDN Lest is the quastioun o nyow cunyi2007
Doric - DOR min roun an roun her heid: at lest it sattl't doun again an obsa2021
Central - LAL oms. Hydrodgen on Maurs wadna lest its lane but wad in a compoon2003
Shetland - SHD perfect place - bit it didna lest lang. Men an weemin wir joost2009
Southern - SEA The wund blaws the lest leafs awa.2003
Doric - DOR wheen o muckle stanes on the lest leg o the stent, whan oo seed2010
Central - LAL Lest Luve 2010
Central - AYR henkin at he had gied awa his lest maik for the cat's buits, an 2002
Central - SEC ht naethin o this,” wes the lest mandement.2000
Central - SEC s intae Scots, that kythed in lest month's Scots Tung Wittins Nr2008
Central - SEC LEST month, it wis reportit on a R2001
Central - SEC oolin doon at the boolin club lest month an efter the gemme he g2008
Central - SEC THON wee story lest month anent the Eytalian POW'2001
Central - LAL anguage, but frae whit we saw lest nicht, it leuks like Scots ha2015
Central - LAL slep in kis I wes gey thrang lest nicht, that's aa!"2001
Central - LAL Lest nicht, the haill editorial st2015
Central - SEC gins say he didna slepe thare lest nicht.'2013
Doric - DOR A wis tellin ee aboot lest nicht. Yon bed A wis left on 2010
Doric - DOR ed.) Phew. Fit wir ye drinkin lest nicht? It's time ye hid an ex2015
Central - LAL e o the ship, gin his drinkin lest nicht wis oniething tae gae b2014
Central - SEC George Philp passed awa lest Novembar aged 81, no sic a la2013
Doric - DOR an in course the crime comes lest o aa." 2021
Central - SEC on Niklaus o the Niedergasse, lest o an auld race an first o a n2017
Doric - DOR tae tak ony heed o the Rose's lest obsair. 2021
Doric - DOR t's ging back tae the saicont-lest obsair." 2021
Doric - DOR id onythin tae her: deed, his lest obsair wes seeminly airtit ti2021
Central - LAL s monie issues tae dae wi the lest offer o independence that aye2016
Doric - DOR an, fit he hid stored widnae lest ony2005
Central - SEC Awwwwwww.' Alan wis shair hes lest oor hid cam noo.2014
Doric - DOR Lest oor mooths git affy dry2010
Southern - SEA At lest oor wee boat finnds2003
Central - WCE l o note haes happent sen the lest ootin. Airlier this year, we 2012
Central - SWE the lest o the 2021
Southern - SEA is fair inti gless. The lest o the chirkers2003
Central - LAL ev hunkert doon an empied the lest o the frozent sile intae the 2011
Central - LAL e blin man ahin him, ower the lest othe stanes that wur rauchled2015
Central - SEC But the guid times wisna tae lest ower lang. Ae Friday, whan Yo2006
Central - SEC yer (1825-1898) are amang the lest o Willie's literarie dargs, a2001
Central - SEC wes a guid whein mair. On the lest pege wes prentit in mukkil, b2000
Central - WCE nce, gangs on ti deleiver the lest pert o the phrase (a phrase a2008
Central - SEC ce ti lae Fyfe alane. Nou the lest pynt, at awnsers Maistres2000
Doric - DOR ashen fae the aal cat for the lest quarter o an hour (an tholin 2021
Central - LAL fore lang: an syne whit wis a lest resort, a terrible thing for 2014
Southern - WCE ti pey yir lest respecks; he lukks the same 2009
Central - LAL e pairty that wisna meant tae lest seiven month wull end this pa2016
Central - AYR Lest Set-Ower2001
Doric - ABN £70, nae MoT! Foo mony cars lest seventeen today? 2024
Central - EDN r nerr a hauf our. At lang an lest shae passit intil ma 2008
Doric - NNB rried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet e real Mary A2014
Central - LAL Cradlin for life's lest sick joke 2010
Central - EDN lt up at hiz ain muisik an at lest skelpit his haun on the buird2008
Central - LAL "Rosie aye likit kale, an yin lest stalk wullnae dae onie herm. 2011
Doric - DOR ower the lest stanes afore it tummelt doon 2010
Central - WCE The lest storie i the clekkin is, like2009
Doric - DOR ilice, stamagastert eneuch at lest tae gie her the na-say. "A kn2021
Central - SEC Fife (Akros, 2007), ane o the lest teitils publisht bi Duncan. A2009
Central - AYR - an the warm month o Mey - lest the cruel icy fingers o frost2012
Central - AYR d haud oor collective wheesht lest they ever discover hou we wer2023
Central - AYR .. Trooper, bind thaim first, lest they gang the same wey, for t2012
Central - EDN fowk tae depose tyrants. The lest thing he needit wis a separat2023
Central - LAL Lik the lest thing he saw - 2001
Central - WCE wes proponit in 1965, sae at lest things luiked ti be muivin.2007
Central - LAL Mair nor aince syne lest Thursday, I’ve sat doon at 2015
Central - LAL Folketingsvalg”) i Denmark lest Thursday. I bade in thon kint2015
Central - LAL ype tae onybody! No efter the lest time, a weik before, whan A t2017
Doric - DOR Ye cry? Wife hoofed ma' baws lest time, t'was gie fishy!2016
Central - SEA richt stooshie wi yer capers lest time. Leave her alane.' 2025
Doric - DOR otten tae pay the coal mannie lest time and the thrawn auld bugg2023
Central - SEC ang wi him," Cherlie opined. "Lest time I warked here he telt me2008
Central - LAL y howp that this winna be the lest time that Scots speakers are 2016
Central - EDN ert o the yird ti be tauld at lest ti the awdevorin sie.2009
Central - LAL ae Labour or no votit for the lest twa generations or thereabout2016
Central - LAL Ower the lest twa hunner year, the developm2015
Central - SEC wisnae sent oot wi ony o the lest twa issues o the STW, there n2007
Central - LAL it we’ve been seein for the lest twa month or sae. This is nae2014
Central - SEC me a hantil o pistils an the lest twa telt at shae wes ti be2000
Southern - SEA the lest tyme atwein the mukkil bens,2003
Central - EDN The lest tyme Tittie myndit sicna expa2016
Central - SEC fa's in the watter, he'll no lest until the ither men git him o2003
Central - SWE Oan this lest vaige 2021
Ulster - DUL er a good luckin fella oor at lest wan that’d be a geed caitch2024
Central - EDN his quastioun; bot at lang an lest we begoud sie at he ettilt ti2008
Doric - DOR h'd spin ye ae wee yairn o ma lest wee duander aboot2011
Central - SEC e ye no mind I left the scuil lest week? I'm here tae speir aboo2008
Central - LAL LEST week ah duin pairt wan o twa 2017
Central - SEC the pleisure he'd felt ainly lest week at the weygaun o this ne2008
Central - LAL Celtic Connections kicked aff lest week i Glesca an wull see a v2015
Central - LAL ae the fift Scots Pairliament lest week teuk their aiths an affi2016
Central - LAL licie on the third o June, an lest week the Scots Pairlament hel2015
Central - LAL tate, but this seems certain: lest week’s election haes raised2015
Central - LAL homas Widmann taks us through lest week’s general election i D2015
Central - LAL nfechtin we hae seen ower the lest wee whilie. An, o coorse, the2014
Shetland - SHD 'Lest we forget',2008
Central - WCE Strivin tae mak siccar, lest we forget, 2006
Ulster - GUL Lest we forget. 2024
Central - SEC s a title is the firsten ane, Lest We Forget:2008
Central - LAL e want tae birn yer scuil-bag lest weik. A juist wantit tae hide2014
Central - LAL 3) compoondin this lest wi a lack o trust in yer ain 2012
Central - LAL lk'ane o the incorporation at lest wi ma virr wis smitten,2001
Doric - DOR e!"A said, ettlin tae hiv the lest wird.2011
Doric - DOR Be-e-e-etter! Be-e-ehh!" The lest wird feinisht in a langstenti2021
Central - SEC ’l pey fur this,” wes the lest wirds hard as the duirs pleye2000
Central - LAL O leivin tae the lest wi steel2010
Doric - ABN w day Setterday on Farquhar's lest words afore A left him on the2010
Doric - DOR tae be a haep mirkier nor the lest wuidin, an Aijilice felt jist2021
Central - SEC ch, atwein April an October o lest year, an while it is shuirlie2009
Central - SEC LEST year, A scrievit a column oan2020
Central - LAL e gotten yaised tae this syne lest year, but it is an astonishin2016
Central - SEC jits, wis a best-seller an aw lest year, pruivin that there a ri2007
Central - LAL usterity. We tynt that chance lest year, whan it leukit for a br2015
Central - LAL e the UK wis narraly defaitit lest year, won an owerwhelmin elec2015
Central - LAL itics haes developed ower the lest year. As tae the election, I 2016
Central - LAL brocht till a feenish in this lest year. DOST wes stertit aroon 2001
Southern - SEA Lest year at the Lentern Festival2003
Central - LAL Lest year at the Quad Bike Rodeo 2001
Central - LAL ar the BBC. There wis a drive lest year by some tae stap payin t2015
Central - LAL chiel, @duanalla hid me ower lest year fir tae dae twa o ma fav2019
Central - SEC I wis in the lest year o ma time, an workin nee2002
Central - LAL n official document. Ower the lest year or sae, we hae seen some2016
Central - LAL ts pooer, I maun say that the lest year or twa haes been an ee-o2014
Central - SEC kil ti thole, mair sae in the lest years o oor lyves thegither, 2023
Central - LAL tae the Liberal Alliance; an lest year when the Alternative wis2015
Central - SEC ertit ploy it aince bene. The lest yeir A ettilt ti pley at the 2000
Central - SWE Lest ye mibbe wid think this is a 2001
Central - AYR e listen aa day tae sic guff! Lest yer dowp feels the tae o my b2014
Central - GLA e cannae afford tae dae that, lest yi be labelled a grass fae th2020
Doric - DOR norin thair heids aff, an the lest yin wis sittin up in bed dain2010