MIAMI - Herring15
Instances of were for speaker BRA

141BRAand so they were right next to each other .
  andand.CONJ soso.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST rightright.ADJ nextnext.ADJ toto.PREP eacheach.ADJ otherother.ADJ .
  
195BRAwe were there for a week and a half right .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST therethere.ADV forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF weekweek.N.SG andand.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF halfhalf.N.SG rightright.ADJ .
  
381BRAso he said they were in there building the [/] the dock .
  soso.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S saidsaid.V.PAST theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST inin.PREP therethere.ADV buildingunk thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF dockdock.N.SG .
  
382BRAand they were done with like the first um like twenty feet of the dock .
  andand.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST donedone.V.PASTPART withwith.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF firstfirst.ADJ umum.IM likelike.CONJ twentytwenty.NUM feetfeet.N.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF dockdock.N.SG .
  
475BRAlike my eyes were swollen shut like all <I ca(n)> [/] I can see like if you walk in front of me <I can see you wa(lking)> [//] I can see there's somebody walking in front of me but I couldn't like see anything I couldn't like tell who you were or nothing +...
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S eyeseyes.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART shutshut.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkwalk.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkingwalk.V.PRESPART II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON walkingwalk.SV.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ seesee.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ telltell.V.INFIN whowho.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST oror.CONJ nothingnothing.PRON .
  
475BRAlike my eyes were swollen shut like all <I ca(n)> [/] I can see like if you walk in front of me <I can see you wa(lking)> [//] I can see there's somebody walking in front of me but I couldn't like see anything I couldn't like tell who you were or nothing +...
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S eyeseyes.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST swollenswollen.V.PASTPART shutshut.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG allall.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkwalk.V.2SP.PRES inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP walkingwalk.V.PRESPART II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES seesee.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES somebodysomebody.PRON walkingwalk.SV.INFIN+ASV inin.PREP frontfront.N.SG ofof.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ seesee.V.INFIN anythinganything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldn'tcan.V.COND+NEG likelike.CONJ telltell.V.INFIN whowho.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST oror.CONJ nothingnothing.PRON .
  
493BRAme and my cousin were messing around <at at uh um> [//] &=clears_throat at my grandmother's house .
  meme.PRON.OBJ.1S andand.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S cousincousin.N.SG werewere.V.2S123P.PAST messingmess.N.SG+ASV aroundaround.ADV atat.PREP atat.PREP uhuh.IM umum.IM atat.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S grandmother'sgrandmother.N.SG+=POSS househouse.N.SG .
  
510BRAand like ten in the morning bro we were messing out in the backyard .
  andand.CONJ likelike.CONJ tenten.NUM inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF morningmorning.N.SG brobro.N.SG wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST messingmess.N.SG+ASV outout.ADV inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF backyardbackyard.N.SG .
  
513BRAand like we were both pissing .
  andand.CONJ likelike.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST bothboth.ADJ pissingpiss.SV.INFIN+ASV .
  
581BRAthey were like <oh my god this is bad> ["] .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST likelike.CONJ ohoh.IM mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S godgod.N.SG thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG isis.V.3S.PRES badbad.ADJ .
  
642BRAand they were in Honduras .
  andand.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST inin.PREP Hondurasname .
  

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