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Instances of Birmingham for speaker BEC

906BECfuodd mamCE a dadCE yn umCE BirminghamCE # nos Sul .
  be.3S.PASTbe.V.3S.PAST+SM mummam.N.SG andand.CONJ daddad.N.SG inPRT.[or].in.PREP IMum.IM Birminghamname nightnight.N.F.SG SundaySunday.N.M.SG
  mum and dad went to Birmingham on Sunday night
911BECjustCE [//] # wnaethon nhw justCE fynd ar y trainCE a mynd i BirminghamCE .
  justjust.ADV do.3PL.PASTdo.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P justjust.ADV go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN+SM onon.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF traintrain.N.SG andand.CONJ go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP Birminghamname
  they just went on the train and went to Birmingham
917BEC+< achos pan o'n i (y)n coleg yna # oedd BirminghamCE dipyn o ddumpCE deud y gwir timod .
  becausebecause.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP collegecollege.N.M.SG therethere.ADV be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF Birminghamname a_littlelittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP dumpdump.N.SG+SM say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF truthtruth.N.M.SG know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES
  because when I was at university there, Birmingham was a bit of a dump to tell the truth, you know
921BECxx o sgwariau mawr yn BirminghamCE # fyny o New_StreetCE .
  ofof.PREP squaressquares.N.M.PL bigbig.ADJ inin.PREP Birminghamname upup.ADV fromfrom.PREP New_Streetname
  [...] of big squares in Birmingham, up from New Street
928BECac oedd mamCE deud bod o (y)n brilliantE BirminghamCE de .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF mummam.N.SG say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT brilliantbrilliant.ADJ Birminghamname TAGbe.IM+SM
  and mum was saying that it was brilliant, Birmingham
932BEC+< mae o (y)n niceCE # BirminghamCE .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S PRTPRT nicenice.ADJ Birminghamname
  it's nice, Birmingham
939BECoedden nhw justCE (we)di bod yn BirminghamCE .
  be.3PL.IMPbe.V.3P.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P justjust.ADV PRT.PASTafter.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN inin.PREP Birminghamname
  they'd just been in Birmingham

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