MIAMI - Herring1
Instances of were for speaker LAU

256LAUthey were up the whole day .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST upup.ADV thethe.DET.DEF wholewhole.ADJ dayday.N.SG .
  
359LAUin December with [//] December bef(ore) [//] the December before that you [//] if you were going to Canada or Mexico you didn't need a passport .
  inin.PREP Decembername withwith.PREP Decembername beforebefore.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF Decembername beforebefore.CONJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST goinggo.V.PRESPART toto.PREP Canadaname oror.CONJ Mexiconame youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG needneed.SV.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF passportpassport.N.SG .
  
375LAUwe were working at the courthouse .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST workingwork.V.PRESPART atat.PREP thethe.DET.DEF courthousecourthouse.N.SG .
  
392LAU+< why [///] wha(t) [///] <how old> [/] how old were you when you took your last picture ?
  whywhy.REL whatwhat.REL howhow.ADV oldold.ADJ howhow.ADV oldold.ADJ werewere.V.2S123P.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP whenwhen.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP tooktake.V.PAST youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP lastlast.ADJ picturepicture.N.SG ?
  
503LAU+< <what was it> [/] what was it they <were blaming on> [/] were blaming on her ?
  whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST blamingblame.N.SG+ASV onon.PREP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST blamingblame.N.SG+ASV onon.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S ?
  
503LAU+< <what was it> [/] what was it they <were blaming on> [/] were blaming on her ?
  whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST blamingblame.N.SG+ASV onon.PREP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST blamingblame.N.SG+ASV onon.PREP herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S ?
  
618LAUlike they were just very dark because they were swollen .
  likelike.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV veryvery.ADV darkdark.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART .
  
618LAUlike they were just very dark because they were swollen .
  likelike.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV veryvery.ADV darkdark.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART .
  
863LAU+< <what we gave them in the spec> [//] what we were gonna price out in the contractor didn't [/] <didn't bid it out> [//] didn't price it .
  whatwhat.REL wewe.PRON.SUB.1P gavegave.V.1P.PRES themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF specspec.N.SG whatwhat.REL wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP priceprice.N.SG outout.ADV inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF contractorcontractor.N.SG didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG didn'tdid.AV.PAST+NEG bidbid.SV.INFIN itit.PRON.SUB.3S outout.ADV didn'tdid.AV.PAST+NEG priceprice.N.SG itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
880LAUand at the end we were right .
  andand.CONJ atat.PREP thethe.DET.DEF endend.N.SG wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST rightright.ADJ .
  
904LAUwe were watching something about that .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST watchingunk somethingsomething.PRON aboutabout.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
930LAUthere were [?] unosS chinosS queS vivíanS aquíS .
  therethere.ADV werewere.V.2S123P.PAST unosone.DET.INDEF.M.PL chinoschinese.N.M.PL quethat.PRON.REL vivíanlive.V.3P.IMPERF aquíhere.ADV .
  there were some Chinese that lived over here.

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