PHPCLANCHILDES with regular expressions

10 matches in 9 utterances

2.80 per 1,000 words of everyone but CHI, in 1 of 1 transcripts (602 utterances, 3,575 words searched).

  1. I think we'd better send for the fire+engine as well ,, hadn't we ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 82 · Aran 2;07
  2. I think we'd better send for Bernie_the_breakdown_truck from the service station . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 159 · Aran 2;07
  3. or better still . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 426 · Aran 2;07
  4. right well you'd better go round the roads ,, hadn't you and gather some more ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 822 · Aran 2;07
  5. don't you think you'd better move it along a bit and have another hole somewhere else . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 1549 · Aran 2;07
  6. and we'd better have one there . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 1575 · Aran 2;07
  7. you'd better dig that bit up , Aran . MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 1592 · Aran 2;07
  8. well <we'd better> [/] we'd better let this little man in ,, hadn't we ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 1698 · Aran 2;07
  9. well <we'd better> [/] we'd better let this little man in ,, hadn't we ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 1698 · Aran 2;07
  10. that's a bit better ,, isn't it ? MOT · eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.cha, line 1704 · Aran 2;07
  1. MOTwell I can't put it on because you've lost it .
    MOTcome on then .
    MOT*MOT: I think we'd better send for the fire+engine as well ,, hadn't we ?
    CHIwhy ?
    MOTare you going to ring up and send for them ?
  2. MOToh well we won't [: willn't] need the search lights then ,, will we ?
    CHIit's dark .
    MOT*MOT: I think we'd better send for Bernie_the_breakdown_truck from the service station .
    MOThe's got to go round the one way system as well ,, hasn't he ?
    MOTall the way round here .
  3. MOTthis crane's moving very very slowly ,, isn't it ?
    MOTeverybody's got to queue behind it .
    MOT*MOT: or better still .
    MOTshall we have a bulldozer and a crane .
    MOTbulldozer goes really slowly ,, doesn't it ?
  4. CHIhe's crunched them .
    MOThe's crunched them ,, has he ?
    MOT*MOT: right well you'd better go round the roads ,, hadn't you and gather some more ?
    MOTlook .
    MOTyou've left two at the hotel and that's just for starters .
  5. MOTisn't there a hole in that bit of the road just yet ?
    MOThmm .
    MOT*MOT: don't you think you'd better move it along a bit and have another hole somewhere else .
    MOToh no .
    CHIquite near it .
  6. MOTright .
    MOTnobody can come down there ,, can they ?
    MOT*MOT: and we'd better have one there .
    MOTwhere does your diversion end ?
    MOTwhich bit of the road are you taking up ?
  7. MOTso it's just that bit of the road ,, is it you're taking up ?
    MOTnot that bit .
    MOT*MOT: you'd better dig that bit up , Aran .
    MOTbecause people won't [: willn't] be pleased if you stop them using part of the road and then you don't dig it up ,, will they ?
    MOThere you are .
  8. MOToh great piles of rubble .
    CHIwhere is it ?
    MOT*MOT: well <we'd better> [/] we'd better let this little man in ,, hadn't we ?
    MOTsweep it all into one little corner .
    MOTthat's a bit better ,, isn't it ?
  9. MOTwell <we'd better> [/] we'd better let this little man in ,, hadn't we ?
    MOTsweep it all into one little corner .
    MOT*MOT: that's a bit better ,, isn't it ?
    MOTthere you are .
    CHII 0am [*] breaking the road up .

Matches by age

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Matches by child

Matches per 1,000 words, all transcripts of each child together, highest first.

  1. Aran eng_british_Manchester_I2.80
All transcripts as a table
TranscriptChildAgeWordsUtterances matchedMatchesPer 1,000 words
eng_british_Manchester_I/aran26a.chaAran 2;7.283,5759102.80

What the pattern matched

1 different forms (lowercased). Useful to see what a pattern really catches: unexpected forms here usually mean the pattern is too broad.

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