MIAMI - Herring13
Instances of were for speaker VAN

254VANohSE my god the men's shirts were like seven dollars .
  ohoh.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S godgod.N.SG thethe.DET.DEF men'smen.N.SG+=POSS shirtsshirt.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST likelike.CONJ sevenseven.NUM dollarsdollar.N.PL .
  
260VANthey were super ni(ce) .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST supersuper.ADJ.[or].sup.SV.INFIN+COMP.AG nicenice.ADJ .
  
281VANthey were so cute yeah .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST soso.ADV cutecute.ADJ yeahyeah.ADV .
  
492VANthey were um pretending to be football players .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST umum.IM pretendingpretend.SV.INFIN+ASV toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN footballfootball.N.SG playersunk .
  

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