MIAMI - Herring15
Instances of little

105EVNwhy such little mileage ?
  whywhy.REL suchsuch.ADJ littlelittle.ADJ mileagemileage.N.SG ?
  
107EVNwhy such a little mileage ?
  whywhy.REL suchsuch.ADJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ mileagemileage.N.SG ?
  
235BRA+< yeah we went there (be)cause she [/] she had like a little house and we went there bro and it's mad nice [/] (.) mad nice (be)cause it's farther away from the city so there's not so much (.) um smog in the air .
  yeahyeah.ADV wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST therethere.ADV becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hadhad.V.PAST likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ househouse.N.SG andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST therethere.ADV brobro.N.SG andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES madmad.ADJ nicenice.ADJ madmad.ADJ nicenice.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES fartherfarther.ADV awayaway.ADV fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF citycity.N.SG soso.ADV there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES notnot.ADV soso.ADV muchmuch.ADJ umum.IM smogsmog.N.SG inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF airair.N.SG .
  
375BRAand there's a little island like a little island right here that used to be an air strip .
  andand.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ islandisland.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ islandisland.N.SG rightright.ADJ herehere.ADV thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR useduse.V.INFIN+AV toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN anan.DET.INDEF airair.N.SG stripstrip.N.SG .
  
375BRAand there's a little island like a little island right here that used to be an air strip .
  andand.CONJ there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ islandisland.N.SG likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ islandisland.N.SG rightright.ADJ herehere.ADV thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR useduse.V.INFIN+AV toto.PREP bebe.V.INFIN anan.DET.INDEF airair.N.SG stripstrip.N.SG .
  
412EVNand it was like forty feet deep in the lake or more [//] a little bit more so +...
  andand.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ fortyforty.NUM feetfeet.N.SG deepdeep.ADJ inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF lakelake.N.SG oror.CONJ moremore.ADV aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bitbit.N.SG moremore.ADV soso.ADV .
  
469BRAand we went to a (.) um Punta_SalSE which is just like a little key that's off the coast or whatever .
  andand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST toto.PREP aa.DET.INDEF umum.IM Punta_Salname whichwhich.REL isis.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ keykey.N.SG that'sthat.CONJ+BE.V.3S.PRES offoff.ADV thethe.DET.DEF coastcoast.N.SG oror.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL .
  
575BRAand she came over like a little bottle of xxx .
  andand.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S camecame.V.PAST overover.ADV.[or].over.PREP likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ bottlebottle.N.SG ofof.PREP .
  
676EVNand try not to pay attention to other t(h)ings (be)cause you only have like that one little second +...
  andand.CONJ trytry.V.INFIN notnot.ADV toto.PREP paypay.V.INFIN attentionattention.N.SG toto.PREP otherother.ADJ thingsthing.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV havehave.SV.INFIN likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR oneone.PRON.SG littlelittle.ADJ secondsecond.ADJ .
  
681EVNthat happened to my dad <when he was a little kid> [//] when he was fifteen he got hit by an eighteen_wheeler xxx he was crossing the street and the driver didn't see (h)im and he nailed (h)im he was in a coma for like a long time .
  thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR happenedhappen.V.INFIN+AV toto.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST aa.DET.INDEF littlelittle.ADJ kidkid.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST fifteenfifteen.NUM hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S gotgot.V.PAST hithit.ADJ byby.PREP anan.DET.INDEF eighteen_wheelerunk hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST crossingcross.N.SG+ASV thethe.DET.DEF streetstreet.N.SG andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF driverdriver.N.SG didn'tdid.V.PAST+NEG seesee.SV.INFIN himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S nailedunk himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP aa.DET.INDEF comacoma.N.SG forfor.PREP likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF longlong.ADJ timetime.N.SG .
  

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