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Instances of be

47CARwellCE mae (y)n dibynnu be sy matterCE efo ti yndy ?
  wellwell.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT depend.NONFINdepend.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL mattermatter.N.SG withwith.PREP PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.EMPH
  well, it depends what's the matter with you, doesn't it?
102CAR&=sigh &bə hwnnw sy (y)n byw yn Sir_Fôn be +// .
  thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG be.PRES.RELbe.V.3S.PRES.REL PRTPRT livelive.V.INFIN inin.PREP Angleseyname whatwhat.INT
  oh, the one who lives on Anglesey, what...
111CARoedd o gyn exhibitionE neu <be (y)dy gair> [?] yn yr OrielCE yn_doedd yn LlangefniCE ?
  be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S withwith.PREP exhibitionexhibition.N.SG oror.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES wordword.N.M.SG inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF Orielname be.3S.IMP.NEGbe.V.3S.IMPERF.TAG inin.PREP Llangefniname
  he had an exhibition or, what's the word, at the Oriel in Llangefni?
137CAR<be (y)dy hwnna> [=! whispers] ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  what's that?
153CARac <o'n nhw &me> [///] na (he)blaw # dau wely neu rywbeth xxx nhw (ddi)m yn gwybod be i wneud .
  andand.CONJ be.3PL.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P nono.ADV.[or].PRT.NEG.[or].who_not.PRON.REL.NEG.[or].(n)or.CONJ.[or].than.CONJ besideswithout.PREP two.Mtwo.NUM.M bedbed.N.M.SG+SM oror.CONJ somethingsomething.N.M.SG+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT toto.PREP do.NONFINmake.V.INFIN+SM
  and they.. . no, apart from two beds or something, they didn't know what to do.
157ISLa be (dd)aru ddigwydd ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT happen.PASTdo.V.123SP.PAST happen.NONFINhappen.V.3S.PRES+SM.[or].happen.V.INFIN+SM
  and what happened?
275CARa be oedd y poppetsE ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF DETthe.DET.DEF poppetspoppet.N.PL
  and what were the puppets?
410ISLdw i (y)n cofio hi (y)n dod i Ysgol_LlanCE (y)ma ### efo ## be o'n i (y)n gael i ginio .
  be.1S.PRESbe.V.1S.PRES PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT remember.NONFINremember.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S PRTPRT come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN toto.PREP Ysgol_Llanname herehere.ADV withwith.PREP whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT have.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM forto.PREP dinnerdinner.N.M.SG+SM
  I remember her coming to Ysgol Llan here to do with what I was having for dinner.
459CAR+< be o'ch chi (y)n gael am hwnna ?
  whatwhat.INT be.2PL.IMPunk PRON.2PLyou.PRON.2P PRTPRT get.NONFINget.V.INFIN+SM forfor.PREP thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG
  what did you get for that?
469CARwellCE ## ohCE hwyrach mai dyna be oedd ## +// .
  wellwell.ADV IMoh.IM perhapsperhaps.ADV PRTthat_it_is.CONJ.FOCUS therethat_is.ADV whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF
  well.. . oh, maybe that was what...
479ISLtimod be oedd ei enw o ?
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  do you know what it was called?
480CARbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
541CARbe ?
  whatwhat.INT
  what?
601ISLmae nhw gyn be mae nhw galw <knock_offE rimsCE> ["] .
  be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P withwith.PREP whatwhat.INT be.3PL.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P call.NONFINcall.V.INFIN knock_offunk rimsrim.N.SG+PL
  they've got what they call "knock-off rims" .
691ISLbe o'n i (y)n sôn am ?
  whatwhat.INT be.1S.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT talk.NONFINmention.V.INFIN aboutfor.PREP
  what was I talking about?
696ISLia am be ?
  yesyes.ADV forfor.PREP whatwhat.INT
  yes, what for?
737ISLam be ?
  forfor.PREP whatwhat.INT
  why?
757CAR+< be oedd o ## yn y diwedd ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S inin.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF endend.N.M.SG
  what was it in the end?
758ISLbe (y)dy haddockCE ["] ?
  whatwhat.INT be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES haddockhaddock.N.SG
  what's "haddock"?
909CAR+< o:hCE # be oedd haru o +! ?
  IMoh.IM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF matterunk PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP
  oh, what was his problem!?
911ISLa be (pe)taswn i (y)n epilepticCE ?
  andand.CONJ whatwhat.INT if_be.1S.CONDITbe.V.1S.PLUPERF.HYP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S PRTPRT epilepticepileptic.ADJ
  and what if I was epileptic?
919CAR+< o't ti (dd)im yn gwybod be oedd o .
  be.2S.IMPunk PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT know.NONFINknow.V.INFIN whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  you didn't know what it was.
933ISL(dd)a(ru) [?] mi ofyn be oedd ei enw fo # am bod fi methu gweld ei rif o .
  happen.PASTdo.V.123SP.PAST PRON.1SPRT.AFF ask.NONFINask.V.3S.PRES+SM.[or].ask.V.INFIN+SM whatwhat.INT be.3S.IMPbe.V.3S.IMPERF POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S namename.N.M.SG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S forfor.PREP be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM fail.NONFINfail.V.INFIN see.NONFINsee.V.INFIN POSS.3SMhis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S numbernumber.N.M.SG+SM PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S
  I asked what his name was, since I couldn't see his number.

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