MIAMI - Herring1
Instances of be

347CHL+" ohSE I'm gonna be a (.) few minutes late .
  ohoh.IM I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP bebe.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF fewfew.ADJ minutesminute.N.PL latelate.ADJ .
  
513LAU+< but why don't you think just sit down and be like +"/.
  butbut.CONJ whywhy.REL don'tdo.V.12S13P.PRES+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP thinkthink.V.2SP.PRES justjust.ADV sitsit.V.INFIN downdown.PREP andand.CONJ bebe.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ .
  
610LAUlike <I would> [/] I would want to be a vet except (..) I don't like biology .
  likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S wouldbe.V.1S.COND II.PRON.SUB.1S wouldbe.V.1S.COND wantwant.SV.INFIN toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF vetvet.N.SG exceptexcept.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG likelike.CONJ biologybiology.N.SG .
  
615LAUuhuhSE this is why I couldn't be a vet .
  uhuhuhuh.IM thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG isis.V.3S.PRES whywhy.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG bebe.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF vetvet.N.SG .
  
620LAU+" you see it's like they shouldn't be that dark .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP seesee.V.2SP.PRES it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P shouldn'tshould.V.3P.PRES+NEG bebe.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR darkdark.ADJ .
  
621LAU+" they should be more like this .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P shouldshould.V.3P.PRES bebe.SV.INFIN moremore.ADJ likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG .
  
637LAUand then if it continues in two weeks then he'll [/] he'll see <what else it &ɪ> [//] you know what else it could be .
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV ifif.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S continuescontinue.V.3S.PRES inin.PREP twotwo.NUM weeksweek.N.PL thenthen.ADV he'llhe.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.FUT he'llhe.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.FUT seesee.V.3S.PRES whatwhat.REL elseelse.ADJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES whatwhat.REL elseelse.ADJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN .
  
657LAUso I'm sure he must be familiar with what [/] whatever it is .
  soso.ADV I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES suresure.ADJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S mustmust.V.3S.PRES bebe.SV.INFIN familiarfamiliar.ADJ withwith.PREP whatwhat.REL whateverwhatever.REL itit.PRON.SUB.3S isis.V.3S.PRES .
  
745CHL+" so on Monday I won't be behind .
  soso.ADV onon.PREP Mondayname II.PRON.SUB.1S won'twill.V.1S.FUT+NEG bebe.SV.INFIN behindbehind.PREP .
  
774LAU+< it could be anonymous .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN anonymousanonymous.ADJ .
  
784CHLsometimes I think that it would be best .
  sometimessometime.ADV+PV.[or].sometimes.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES thatthat.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S wouldbe.V.3S.COND bebe.SV.INFIN bestbest.ADJ .
  
938LAUand he used to be like +"/.
  andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S useduse.V.PAST toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ .
  
1038CHLyou could be allergic to anything .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN allergicallergic.ADJ toto.PREP anythinganything.PRON .
  

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