SIARAD - Davies13
Instances of thing

104MEIa thingE gorau yeahCE .
  andand.CONJ thingthing.N.SG bestbest.ADJ.SUP yeahyeah.ADV
  and the best thing, yeah.
123MEIy thingE ydy .
  DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the thing is.
163MEI(be)causeE # <y thingE ydy> [?] dw i (ddi)m yn edrych fel boyCE businessCE timod .
  becausebecause.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ boyboy.N.SG businessbusiness.N.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  because the thing is I don't look like a business bloke, you know.
171JAMond y thingE yw oedd e ddim yn digon uchel # i ddod dros sŵn [//] # erCE timod y sŵn [///] # umCE oedd [/] oedd yna [//] y sŵn cyffredinol xxx .
  butbut.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT enoughenough.QUAN highhigh.ADJ PRTto.PREP come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN+SM overover.PREP+SM soundnoise.N.M.SG IMer.IM know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF soundnoise.N.M.SG IMum.IM be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF therethere.ADV DETthe.DET.DEF soundnoise.N.M.SG generalgeneral.ADJ
  but the thing is, it wasn't loud enough to go above the general noise [...].
403MEI+< ond erCE # y thingE ydy .
  butbut.CONJ IMer.IM DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  but the thing is.
457MEI+< y thingE yeahCE yn [?] &kons [///] ond dw i (ddi)m yn meddwl bod o .
  DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG yeahyeah.ADV PRTin.PREP.[or].PRT butbut.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  the thing yeah...but I don't think he is.
572MEI<thingE (yd)y> [?] .
  thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the things is.
743MEIy thingE ydy .
  DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the thing is.
794MEI+< (be)causeE y thingE xx .
  becausebecause.CONJ DETthe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG
  because the thing [..].
1000MEIthingE ydy .
  thingthing.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES
  the thing is.

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