MIAMI - Herring15
Instances of years for speaker BRA

131BRAand (.) I [/] I think the only reason she likes it that much though is (be)cause she started dating this kid like three or four years ago bro .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV reasonreason.N.SG sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S likeslike.V.3S.PRES itit.PRON.OBJ.3S thatthat.DEM.FAR muchmuch.ADJ thoughthough.CONJ isis.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S startedstart.V.PASTPART datingdate.N.SG+ASV thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG kidkid.N.SG likelike.CONJ threethree.NUM oror.CONJ fourfour.NUM yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV brobro.N.SG .
  
133BRAI think it was like three years ago .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ threethree.NUM yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV .
  
149BRAbut whatever man I've been working out for three years bro .
  butbut.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL manman.N.SG I'veI.PRON.SUB.1S+HAVE.V.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART workingwork.V.PRESPART outout.ADV forfor.PREP threethree.NUM yearsyear.N.PL brobro.N.SG .
  
192BRAlike we went up there like two years ago yeah two Christmases ago .
  likelike.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P wentwent.V.PAST upup.ADV therethere.ADV likelike.CONJ twotwo.NUM yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV yeahyeah.ADV twotwo.NUM Christmasesname agoago.ADV .
  
351BRAmy dad told me that when he was out there building the house (be)cause my dad was in Notre_Dame he took [//] it took him six years to graduate .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG toldtold.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR whenwhen.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST outout.ADV therethere.ADV buildingunk thethe.DET.DEF househouse.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST inin.PREP Notre_Damename hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S tooktake.V.PAST itit.PRON.SUB.3S tooktake.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S sixsix.NUM yearsyear.N.PL toto.PREP graduategraduate.N.SG .
  
352BRAlike the [/] the [/] the School_of_Architecture at Notre_Dame takes like four and a half to five years .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF thethe.DET.DEF School_of_Architecturename atat.PREP Notre_Damename takestake.SV.INFIN+PV likelike.CONJ fourfour.NUM andand.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF halfhalf.N.SG toto.PREP fivefive.NUM yearsyear.N.PL .
  
355BRAbut (.) if [//] um like if you don't like do summer and all that stuff like <it can take> [//] it usually take(s) people more than four years or whatever .
  butbut.CONJ ifif.CONJ umum.IM likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP don'tdo.V.2SP.PRES+NEG likelike.CONJ dodo.V.INFIN summersummer.N.SG andand.CONJ allall.ADJ thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR stuffstuff.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES taketake.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S usuallyusual.ADJ+ADV.[or].usually.ADV takestake.N.PL peoplepeople.N.SG moremore.ADV thanthan.CONJ fourfour.NUM yearsyear.N.PL oror.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL .
  
356BRAbut it took my dad six years (be)cause he took a year off and moved to Roatan and built our house out there .
  butbut.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S tooktake.V.PAST mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG sixsix.NUM yearsyear.N.PL becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S tooktake.V.PAST aa.DET.INDEF yearyear.N.SG offoff.PREP andand.CONJ movedmove.V.INFIN+AV toto.PREP Roatanname andand.CONJ builtbuilt.AV.PAST ourour.ADJ.POSS.1P househouse.N.SG outout.ADV therethere.ADV .
  
416BRA+< a hundred years later it's still there .
  aa.DET.INDEF hundredhundred.NUM yearsyear.N.PL laterlater.ADJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES stillstill.ADJ therethere.ADV .
  
503BRAeverybody else in my dad's family like when they came to school here they stayed here for at least a couple years .
  everybodyeverybody.PRON elseelse.ADJ inin.PREP mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S dad'sdad.N.SG+=POSS familyfamily.N.SG likelike.CONJ.[or].like.N.SG whenwhen.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P camecame.V.PAST toto.PREP schoolschool.N.SG herehere.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P stayedstay.V.PAST herehere.ADV forfor.PREP atat.PREP leastleast.ADJ aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG yearsyear.N.PL .
  

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