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Instances of dipyn

96GUT(be)causeE erCE mae (y)na dipyn o grisisCE (y)na inE termsE ofE erCE humanE resourcesE de .
  becausebecause.CONJ IMer.IM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES therethere.ADV a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP crisiscrisis.N.SG+SM therethere.ADV inin.PREP termsterm.N.PL.[or].terms.N.PL ofof.PREP IMer.IM humanhuman.ADJ resourcesunk TAGbe.IM+SM
  because there is a bit of a crisis there, in terms of human resources, right
106NERa <mae well> [/] mae well ers dipyn .
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES betterbetter.ADJ.COMP+SM sincesince.PREP a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM
  and it's been better for a while.
227NERachos dw i (y)n gadael iddi gael dip(yn) [//] # lotCE o ryddid dydw # reallyE tra dw i fath â +// .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT leave.NONFINleave.V.INFIN to.3SFto_her.PREP+PRON.F.3S get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP freedomfreedom.N.M.SG+SM be.1S.PRES.NEGbe.V.1S.PRES.NEG reallyreal.ADJ+ADV whilewhile.CONJ be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ
  because I let her have a bit.. . a lot of freedom, don't I, really, while I, like...
233NERsoCE timod <os mae> [/] os mae rywun yn wneud gwaith peintio efo [/] efo plant yeahCE maen nhw (y)n cael fath â pishyn bach o bapur a mae (y)n wneud dipyn bach o beintio wedyn cadw (y)r paent yn dwt .
  soso.ADV know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES ifif.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES someonesomeone.N.M.SG+SM PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM workwork.N.M.SG paint.NONFINpaint.V.INFIN withwith.PREP withwith.PREP childrenchild.N.M.PL yeahyeah.ADV be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3P.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ pieceunk littlesmall.ADJ ofof.PREP paperpaper.N.M.SG+SM andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM littlesmall.ADJ ofof.PREP paint.NONFINpaint.V.INFIN+SM thenafterwards.ADV keep.NONFINkeep.V.INFIN DETthe.DET.DEF paintpaint.N.M.SG PRTPRT tidyneat.ADJ+SM
  so you know, if someone's doing painting work with the children, yeah, they get, like, a scrap of paper, and do a little bit of painting, then put the paint away tidily.
277NERes i â hi: umCE weld homeopathE do # dipyn yn_ôl .
  go.1S.PASTgo.V.1S.PAST PRON.1SI.PRON.1S withwith.PREP PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S IMum.IM see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN+SM homeopathunk yescome.V.1S.PRES.[or].yes.ADV.PAST.[or].roof.N.M.SG+SM a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM backback.ADV
  I took her to see a homeopath, didn't I, a while back.
332GUTwellCE &di dipyn o gamp # tyfu fyny efo dwy iaith dydy .
  wellwell.ADV a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP achievementachievement.N.F.SG+SM grow.NONFINgrow.V.INFIN upup.ADV withwith.PREP two.Ftwo.NUM.F languagelanguage.N.F.SG be.3S.PRES.NEGbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG
  well, it's quite a feat to grow up with two languages, isn't it.
334GUTmae dipyn o gamp .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP achievementachievement.N.F.SG+SM
  it's quite a feat.
798NER+, yn y blynyddo(edd) [//] wellCE ar_ôl dipyn o flynyddoedd .
  inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF yearsyears.N.F.PL wellwell.ADV afterafter.PREP a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP yearsyears.N.F.PL+SM
  in the years.. . well, after a few years.
953NERyndy <ella bod> [?] chdi dipyn bach yn ## xxx <commonE sen(se)CE> [?] +/ .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH maybemaybe.ADV be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM littlesmall.ADJ PRTPRT commoncommon.ADJ sensesense.N.SG
  yes, you might be a little bit [..] common sense...
996GUTmae dipyn o # minefieldE umCE legallyE yn y &l legalE senseCE de .
  be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES a_bitlittle_bit.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP minefieldminefield.N.SG IMum.IM legallylegal.ADJ+ADV.[or].legally.ADV inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF legallegal.ADJ sensesense.N.SG TAGbe.IM+SM
  it's a bit of a minefield legally, in the legal sense, right.

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