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Instances of be for speaker GTH

13GTHxx mae nhw (y)n # gydwybodol yn be mae nhw wneud de .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP conscientiousunk inPRT.[or].in.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM TAGbe.IM+SM
  [...] they're very conscientious in what they do, you know
100GTHdwn i (ddi)m be oedd ei chysylltiad hi รข BangorCE xxx .
  know.1S.NONPAST.NEGknow.V.1S.PRES.NEG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S connectionconnection.N.M.SG+AM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S withas.CONJ.[or].with.PREP.[or].go.V.3S.PRES Bangorname
  I don't know what her connection was with Bangor [...]
355GTHwellCE # dyma o gofyn i ni (fe)lly pan erCE # xx ofynson ni am gyfweliad efo fo # ac erCE deud wrth y [/] yr asiant (fe)lly (y)n union be o'n ni isio +.. .
  wellwell.ADV herethis_is.ADV PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN toto.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P thusso.ADV whenwhen.CONJ IMer.IM ask.1PL.PASTask.V.3P.PAST+SM PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P forfor.PREP interviewinterview.N.M.SG+SM withwith.PREP PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S andand.CONJ IMer.IM say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN toby.PREP DETthat.PRON.REL DETthat.PRON.REL agentagent.N.M.SG.[or].join.V.3P.PRES thusso.ADV PRTPRT exactexact.ADJ whatwhat.INT be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P wantwant.N.M.SG
  well, he asked us, like, when, er [...] we asked for an interview with him, and, er, told the...the agent exactly what we wanted
356GTHxx wsti <be mae> [//] # be oedden ni (y)n bwriadu gofyn iddo [?] am cefnogaeth oedden ni .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT intend.NONFINintend.V.INFIN ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S forfor.PREP supportsupport.N.F.SG be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  [...] you know, what...what we intended asking him for support, we were
356GTHxx wsti <be mae> [//] # be oedden ni (y)n bwriadu gofyn iddo [?] am cefnogaeth oedden ni .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P PRTPRT intend.NONFINintend.V.INFIN ask.NONFINask.V.INFIN to.3SMto_him.PREP+PRON.M.3S forfor.PREP supportsupport.N.F.SG be.1PL.IMPbe.V.1P.IMPERF PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  [...] you know, what...what we intended asking him for support, we were
776GTHa [/] # a be sy (we)di digwydd mae # un xx DicCE [?] wedi torri fraich .
  andand.CONJ andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRT.PASTafter.PREP happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES oneone.NUM Dicname PRT.PASTafter.PREP break.NONFINbreak.V.INFIN arm.POSSD.1Sarm.N.F.SG+SM
  and...and what's happened, one [...] Dic has broken his arm
829GTH+" andE beE preparedE forE anotherE sixE weeksE inE plasterCE .
  andand.CONJ bebe.V.INFIN preparedunk forfor.PREP anotheranother.ADJ sixsix.NUM weeksweek.N.PL inin.PREP plasterplaster.N.SG
  "and be prepared for another six weeks in plaster"

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