gaun
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Then she goes at ten, and I'm very glad she's gaun to a gude auld friend o' mine—Meester McKenzie, o' Glenbannock.
From Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show by Anstey, F.
I'm gaun to act nae part of a devil, Mrs Irvine; I'm only gaun to take my ain in the only way I can get it.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
There was nae soond but the wag-at-the-wa' tick-tickin', like an artifeecial cricket with the busiest, conthiest birr, an' my wairs gaun clickaty-click, when I heard a cheep, cheep.
From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John
“Whaur are gaun crawlin’ ferlie, Your impudence protects ye sairly.”
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon
Ay, an', as I was gaun to say, I'm seein' things differently lyin' here.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
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