SIARAD - Davies11
Instances of basai

546DER(ba)sai (y)na rei (oho)nyn nhw rightCE falch (peta)sen nhw (y)n cael mynd dw sureCE &=laugh .
  be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF therethere.ADV somesome.PRON+SM of.3PLfrom_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P rightright.ADJ gladproud.ADJ+SM if_be.3PL.CONDITunk PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES suresure.ADJ
  some of them would be quite glad if they could leave, I'm sure
739OWAumCE # o'n i [=? ni] (ddi)m yn sureCE iawn # pa mor hir (ba)sai fo (y)n byw .
  IMum.IM be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT suresure.ADJ veryvery.ADV whichwhich.ADJ soso.ADV longlong.ADJ be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN
  um, I wasn't sure how long it would live
751OWAmi fasai basai .
  PRTPRT.AFF be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF+SM be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF
  it would, yes
1149OWAdyna (ba)sai (y)r gair de .
  therethat_is.ADV be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF DETthe.DET.DEF wordword.N.M.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  that's what the word would be, isn't it
1152OWAond achwyn ["] # fasa:i deud [//] yeahCE deud xxx (ba)sai rywun yn rhedeg a deud +"/ .
  butbut.CONJ achwyn.NONFINcomplain.V.3S.PRES.[or].complain.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF+SM say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN yeahyeah.ADV say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF somebodysomeone.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT run.NONFINrun.V.INFIN andand.CONJ say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN
  but "achwyn" would be saying...yeah, saying [...] somebody would run and say:

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