SIARAD - Davies12
Instances of mewn for speaker CER

10CERa mae (y)n cymryd awr i fi mynd adre mewn carCE &=laugh !
  andand.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN hourhour.N.F.SG forto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN homehome.ADV inin.PREP carcar.N.SG
  and it takes me an hour to go home by car
165CERachos bod chwaer i cael babi mewn mis # mae (y)n umCE # gorod gwagu pob peth allan .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN sistersister.N.F.SG PRON.1Sto.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN babybaby.N.MF.SG inin.PREP monthmonth.N.M.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP IMum.IM must.NONFINhave_to.V.INFIN empty.NONFINempty.V.INFIN everyeach.PREQ thingthing.N.M.SG outout.ADV
  because my sister's having a baby in a month she's got to clear everything out
217CERsoCE mae (y)n paso cymryd mis offCE a dod nôl i BangorCE wedyn # hefo (e)i phlentyn # a byw mewn tŷ yn fa(n) (y)ma .
  soso.ADV be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT.[or].in.PREP pass.NONFINunk take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN monthmonth.N.M.SG offoff.PREP andand.CONJ come.NONFINcome.V.INFIN backfetch.V.INFIN toto.PREP Bangorname thenafterwards.ADV withwith.PREP+H POSS.3SFher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S childchild.N.M.SG+AM andand.CONJ live.NONFINlive.V.INFIN inin.PREP househouse.N.M.SG inPRT placeplace.N.MF.SG+SM herehere.ADV
  so she's intending to take a month off and come back to Bangor then with her child and live in a house here
352CERtimod pryd ti (y)n # chwarae pryd ti (y)n fach fath â # cogio bod mewn tŷ bach a ballu .
  know.2Sknow.V.2S.PRES whenwhen.INT.[or].time.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT play.NONFINplay.V.INFIN whenwhen.INT.[or].time.N.M.SG PRON.2Syou.PRON.2S PRTPRT smallsmall.ADJ+SM kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ pretend.NONFINpretend.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN inin.PREP househouse.N.M.SG smallsmall.ADJ andand.CONJ suchsuchlike.PRON
  you know, when you play when you're little, like pretending to be in a little house and so on
440CERsoCE ohCE wnes i wario fortuneCE mewn batteriesCE .
  soso.ADV IMoh.IM do.1S.pastdo.V.1S.PAST+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S spend.NONFINspend.V.INFIN+SM fortunefortune.N.SG inin.PREP batteriesbatterie.N.SG+PL.[or].batteries.N.PL
  so, oh, I spent a fortune in batteries
646CERachos (dy)dy o (ddi)m yn licio bod ar ben ei hun mewn flatCE .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES.NEG PRON.3SMhe.PRON.M.3S NEGnot.ADV+SM PRTPRT like.NONFINlike.V.INFIN be.NONFINbe.V.INFIN onon.PREP headhead.N.M.SG+SM POSS.3Shis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S selfself.PRON.SG inin.PREP flatflat.ADJ.[or].blat.SV.INFIN+SM
  because he doesn't like being by himself in a flat
1409CERgweithio mewn gegin (fe)lly .
  work.NONFINwork.V.INFIN inin.PREP kitchenkitchen.N.F.SG+SM thusso.ADV
  working in a kitchen, like

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