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Instances of be

35HARxx be oedd dadCE yn deud .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF daddad.N.SG PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN
  [...] what dad was saying
67TOSbe dw i (y)n edrych (y)mlaen xx ydy cael jobCE wan dechrau gweithio .
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN forwardforward.ADV [...]be.V.3S.PRES be.3S.PRESget.V.INFIN get.NONFINjob.N.SG jobweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM nowbeginning.N.M.SG.[or].begin.V.INFIN start.NONFINwork.V.INFIN work.NONFIN
  what I'm looking forward to [...] is to get a job now, start working
125TOSond be dw (y)n edrych (y)mlaen i wneud ydy # unwaith fydda i (y)n # un_deg_saith # <pan fydda i (y)n> [?] y chweched # fydda i (y)n gallu dechrau dreifio # byddaf [?] .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRTPRT look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN forwardforward.ADV toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES onceonce.ADV be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP seventeenunk whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF sixthsixth.ORD be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN start.NONFINbegin.V.INFIN drive.NONFINdrive.V.INFIN be.1S.FUTbe.V.1S.FUT
  but what I'm looking forward to doing is, once I'll be seventeen, when I'll be in the sixth form I'll be able to start driving, won't I
157HARyeahCE be [/] be dw i (ddi)m yn dallt efo phoneCE (y)ma hefyd de # sevenE +/ .
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S negnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN withwith.PREP phonephone.N.SG herehere.ADV alsoalso.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM sevenseven.NUM
  yeah, what...what I don't understand with this phone also, right, seven...
157HARyeahCE be [/] be dw i (ddi)m yn dallt efo phoneCE (y)ma hefyd de # sevenE +/ .
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S negnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT understand.NONFINunderstand.V.INFIN withwith.PREP phonephone.N.SG herehere.ADV alsoalso.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM sevenseven.NUM
  yeah, what...what I don't understand with this phone also, right, seven...
173HARti (ddi)m yn gwybod be [?] ?
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT
  you don't know what?
200HARbe sy (y)n dda efo TescoCE xx de xx dech chi (y)n &g dewis pa rei (y)dy # xx tri ffrind gorau xx de .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT good.NONFINgood.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP Tesconame TAGbe.IM+SM be.2PL.PRESunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT choose.NONFINchoice.N.M.SG whichwhich.ADJ somesome.PRON+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES three.Mthree.NUM.M friendfriend.N.M.SG bestbest.ADJ.SUP TAGbe.IM+SM
  what's good with Tesco [...] right [...] you choose which ones are [...] your three best friends [...] right
253TOSdyna be +// .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT
  that's what...
300HARdach chi (ddi)m yn gwybod <be mae (y)n> [//] be mae nhw (y)n sôn amdan [?] xx .
  be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT mentionmention.V.INFIN aboutfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P
  you dond't know what it's///what they talk about [...]
300HARdach chi (ddi)m yn gwybod <be mae (y)n> [//] be mae nhw (y)n sôn amdan [?] xx .
  be.2PL.PRESbe.V.2P.PRES PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT mentionmention.V.INFIN aboutfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P
  you dond't know what it's///what they talk about [...]
340HAR&=laugh be <wnaeth ddigwydd adeg yna> [?] ?
  whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM happenhappen.V.INFIN+SM timetime.N.F.SG therethere.ADV
  what happened that time?
421TOS<be sy (y)n &bɔ> [//] be oedd yn boringE yn bandCE weithiau &s ti (y)n chwarae (y)r un darnau # <fath â> [?] stuffCE carnivalCE ar_gyfer yr ha a pethau # (y)r un pethau bob tro .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTwhatPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.IMPwhat.INT PRTbe.V.3S.IMPERF boringPRT inbore.V.INFIN+ASV bandPRT sometimesband.N.SG PRON.2Stimes.N.F.PL+SM PRTyou.PRON.2S play.NONFINPRT DETplay.V.INFIN onethe.DET.DEF piecesone.NUM kindfragments.N.M.PL.[or].pieces.N.M.PL withtype.N.F.SG+SM stuffas.CONJ carnivalstuff.SV.INFIN forcarnival.N.SG DETfor.PREP summerthe.DET.DEF andsummer.N.M.SG thingsand.CONJ DETthings.N.M.PL onethe.DET.DEF thingsone.NUM everythings.N.M.PL turneach.PREQ+SM turn.N.M.SG.[or].turn.V.2S.IMPER
  what's...what was boring in band sometimes, you play the same pieces, like, carnival stuff for summer and things, the same things every time
421TOS<be sy (y)n &bɔ> [//] be oedd yn boringE yn bandCE weithiau &s ti (y)n chwarae (y)r un darnau # <fath â> [?] stuffCE carnivalCE ar_gyfer yr ha a pethau # (y)r un pethau bob tro .
  whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTwhatPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.IMPwhat.INT PRTbe.V.3S.IMPERF boringPRT inbore.V.INFIN+ASV bandPRT sometimesband.N.SG PRON.2Stimes.N.F.PL+SM PRTyou.PRON.2S play.NONFINPRT DETplay.V.INFIN onethe.DET.DEF piecesone.NUM kindfragments.N.M.PL.[or].pieces.N.M.PL withtype.N.F.SG+SM stuffas.CONJ carnivalstuff.SV.INFIN forcarnival.N.SG DETfor.PREP summerthe.DET.DEF andsummer.N.M.SG thingsand.CONJ DETthings.N.M.PL onethe.DET.DEF thingsone.NUM everythings.N.M.PL turneach.PREQ+SM turn.N.M.SG.[or].turn.V.2S.IMPER
  what's...what was boring in band sometimes, you play the same pieces, like, carnival stuff for summer and things, the same things every time
456TOSond <be wnaeth> [/] be wnaeth o alw fo # oedd # Fanfare_BrilliantCE <xx rywbeth stupidCE fel (y)na> [=! laughs] .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Fanfare_Brilliantname somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM stupidstupid.ADJ likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  but what...what he called it was Fanfare Brilliant [...] something stupid like that
456TOSond <be wnaeth> [/] be wnaeth o alw fo # oedd # Fanfare_BrilliantCE <xx rywbeth stupidCE fel (y)na> [=! laughs] .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM whatwhat.INT do.3S.PASTdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SMof.PREP call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Fanfare_Brilliantname somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM stupidstupid.ADJ likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV
  but what...what he called it was Fanfare Brilliant [...] something stupid like that
495TOSyeahCE dyna be o'n i meddwl pan o'n i meddwl bod fi # rightCE dda .
  yeahyeah.ADV therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM rightright.ADJ goodgood.ADJ+SM
  yeah, that's what I thought when I thought I was quite good
536HAR&ɔ &mə &mi # be [//] oedd hynna wahanol <i (y)r> [?] bas .
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP differentdifferent.ADJ+SM toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF basebass.ADJ.[or].shallow.ADJ
  that was different for the base
549TOSdw (ddi)m yn gwybod be wnawn ni dros yr ha thoughE .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT do.1PL.NONPASTdo.V.1P.PRES+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P overover.PREP+SM DETthe.DET.DEF summersummer.N.M.SG thoughthough.CONJ
  I don't know what we'll do over summer, though
577TOSbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
579TOSbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
601HARxx # dw (ddi)m yn meddwl wneith yr arholiad umCE Saesneg fi xx <mor dda # xx> [//] mor dda â be ges i yn yr ffug rei de .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES negnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT think.NONFINthink.V.INFIN do.3S.NONPASTdo.V.3S.FUT+SM DETthe.DET.DEF examexamination.N.M.SG IMum.IM EnglishEnglish.N.F.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM soso.ADV goodgood.ADJ+SM soas.ADJ goodgood.ADJ+SM withas.CONJ whatwhat.INT get.1S.PASTget.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF fakefalse.ADJ somesome.PRON+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  [...] I don't think my, um, English exam will [...] as well [...] .. . as well as I got in the mocks, you know
603TOS+< be T_A_Sau ?
  whatwhat.INT S_A_Tsname
  what, SATs?
611TOSa mae (y)n nightmareE gweld cerdd sy justCE fath â # dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae o amdan <be &m> [/] be mae o (y)n sôn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nightmarenightmare.N.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN poemmusic.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL kindjust.ADV withtype.N.F.SG+SM be.1S.PRESas.CONJ NEGbe.V.1S.PRES PRTnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINPRT whatknow.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES abouthe.PRON.M.3S whatfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES PRThe.PRON.M.3S mention.NONFINPRT mention.V.INFIN
  and it's a nightmare to see a poem that's just, like, I don't know what it's about, what...what it talks about
611TOSa mae (y)n nightmareE gweld cerdd sy justCE fath â # dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae o amdan <be &m> [/] be mae o (y)n sôn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nightmarenightmare.N.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN poemmusic.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL kindjust.ADV withtype.N.F.SG+SM be.1S.PRESas.CONJ NEGbe.V.1S.PRES PRTnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINPRT whatknow.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES abouthe.PRON.M.3S whatfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES PRThe.PRON.M.3S mention.NONFINPRT mention.V.INFIN
  and it's a nightmare to see a poem that's just, like, I don't know what it's about, what...what it talks about
611TOSa mae (y)n nightmareE gweld cerdd sy justCE fath â # dw (ddi)m yn gwybod be mae o amdan <be &m> [/] be mae o (y)n sôn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP nightmarenightmare.N.SG see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN poemmusic.N.F.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL kindjust.ADV withtype.N.F.SG+SM be.1S.PRESas.CONJ NEGbe.V.1S.PRES PRTnot.ADV+SM know.NONFINPRT whatknow.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES abouthe.PRON.M.3S whatfor_them.PREP+PRON.3P whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESwhat.INT PRON.3SMbe.V.3S.PRES PRThe.PRON.M.3S mention.NONFINPRT mention.V.INFIN
  and it's a nightmare to see a poem that's just, like, I don't know what it's about, what...what it talks about
619HARpapur blwyddyn diwetha dyna be dan ni wneud [?] fath â ryw (y)marfer bach yn Cymraeg wan de # a (we)dyn # ryw gerdd (y)ma am y parrotCE .
  paperpaper.N.M.SG yearyear.N.F.SG previouslast.ADJ therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1PL.PRESbe.V.1P.PRES PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ somesome.PREQ+SM exerciseexercise.N.F.SG smallsmall.ADJ inin.PREP WelshWelsh.N.F.SG nowweak.ADJ+SM.[or].pale.ADJ+SM TAGbe.IM+SM andand.CONJ thenafterwards.ADV somesome.PREQ+SM poemmusic.N.F.SG+SM herehere.ADV aboutfor.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF parrotparrot.N.SG
  last year's paper, that's what we're doing, like some little exercise in Welsh now, right, and then this poem about the parrot
622HARbe mae hynna i wneud efo pobl ifanc ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.SP toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM withwith.PREP peoplepeople.N.F.SG youngyoung.ADJ
  what's that got to do with young people?
626TOSti (y)n gorfod # gwybod be mae (y)r bardd yn sôn amdano # pwy ydy (y)r bardd # mesur y gerdd .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN knowknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF poetpoet.N.M.SG PRTPRT mention.NONFINmention.V.INFIN about.3SMfor_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S whowho.PRON be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF poetpoet.N.M.SG metermeasure.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF poemmusic.N.F.SG+SM
  you have to know what the poet's talking about, who the poet is, the poem's meter
653HARjustCE be dw i (ddi)m yn xx (y)dy (y)r colofnau de .
  justjust.ADV whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES DETthe.DET.DEF columnscolumns.N.F.PL TAGbe.IM+SM
  just what I'm not [...] is the columns, isn't it
676TOSond # be dw isio (y)dy gael pethau fel (y)na adre .
  butbut.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES wantwant.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM thingsthings.N.M.PL likelike.CONJ therethere.ADV homehome.ADV
  but what I want is to get things like that at home
719TOSbe o'n i (y)n gweld oedd fath â # ar y we pan wnes i sbïo ar y we xx rhei speakersE fath â wyth gan punt a pethau fel (y)na .
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF webweb.N.F.SG+SM whenwhen.CONJ do.NONFINdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S look.NONFINlook.V.INFIN onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF webweb.N.F.SG+SM [...]some.PREQ somespeaker.N.PL speakerstype.N.F.SG+SM kindas.CONJ witheight.NUM eightwith.PREP hundredpound.N.F.SG.[or].pound.N.F.SG poundand.CONJ andthings.N.M.PL thingslike.CONJ likethere.ADV there
  what I saw was, like, on the web, when I looked on the web [...] some speakers eight hundred pounds and things like that
749HARbe oedd y # stafell (y)na # efo ryw # deg xx .
  whatwhat.INT the.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF roomroom.N.F.SG therethere.ADV withwith.PREP somesome.PREQ+SM tenten.NUM
  what was that room with about ten [...]
820HARdyna be sy (y)n dda efo phoneCE de bod <chi (y)n gallu cael> [/] # &=laugh chi (y)n gallu cael M_P_threeCE playerE phoneCE # cameraCE # camcorderE all_in_oneE basicallyE de .
  therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT goodgood.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP phonephone.N.SG TAGbe.IM+SM be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN get.NONFINget.V.INFIN PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT can.NONFINbe_able.V.INFIN get.NONFINget.V.INFIN M_P_3name playerplay.N.SG.AG phonephone.N.SG cameracamera.N.SG camcorderunk all_in_oneunk basicallybasically.ADV TAGbe.IM+SM
  that's what's good with phones, isn't it, that you can get...you can get an MP3 player, a phone, a camera, a camcorder all-in-one basically, isn't it
881TOSyeahCE be sy (y)n annoyingE (y)dy commercialE breaksCE yn ganol thingsE .
  yeahyeah.ADV whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT annoyingannoy.V.INFIN+ASV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES commercialcommercial.ADJ breaksbreak.SV.INFIN+PL inPRT middlemiddle.N.M.SG+SM thingsthing.N.PL
  yeah, what's annoying is commercial breaks in the middle of things
904TOSti be o'n i methu coelio # deudodd [/] [?] ddeudodd un o ffrindiau i (y)n (y)r ysgol # <bod o efo [?] twoE hundredE andE &f> [//] bod o (we)di cael Dolig bod o (we)di cael # twoE hundredE andE fiveE # o gwahanol SimpsonsCE episodesCE # dau gant a pump o C_DsE # hefo SimpsonsCE arnyn nhw # &=laugh .
  PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN believe.NONFINbelieve.V.INFIN say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST say.3S.PASTsay.V.3S.PAST+SM oneone.NUM ofof.PREP friendsfriends.N.M.PL PRON.3SMto.PREP inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF schoolschool.N.F.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S withwith.PREP twotwo.NUM hundredhundred.NUM andand.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN ChristmasChristmas.N.M.SG be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN twotwo.NUM hundredhundred.NUM andand.CONJ fivefive.NUM ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP differentdifferent.ADJ Simpsonsname episodesepisode.N.SG+PL two.Mtwo.NUM.M hundredhundred.N.M.SG+SM andand.CONJ fivefive.NUM offrom.PREP C_Dsname withwith.PREP+H Simpsonsname on.3PLon_them.PREP+PRON.3P PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  you what I couldn't believe, one of my friends at school said that he's got two hundred and...that he got for Christmas, that he got two hundred and five different Simpsons episodes, two hundred and five CDs with the Simpsons on them

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