MIAMI - Herring17
Instances of could for speaker JAM

287JAM+< but <I can> [//] I [/] I could faint .
  butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ .
  
307JAMI [/] I could faint as I told you .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ asas.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
348JAM+" and I could faint .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ .
  
352JAMit [/] it could happen <if I> [//] if [/] if my mind is focused on that .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S itit.PRON.SUB.3S couldcan.V.COND happenhappen.V.INFIN ifif.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S ifif.CONJ ifif.CONJ mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S mindmind.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES focusedunk onon.PREP thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
383JAMbecause I told him I [/] I [/] I could faint .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S toldtold.V.PAST himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ .
  
389JAMif I'm doing this xxx for you because I do not like it and I know that I could faint .
  ifif.CONJ I'mI.PRON.SUB.1S+BE.V.PRES doingdo.V.PRESPART thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG forfor.PREP youyou.PRON.OBJ.2SP becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S dodo.V.1S.PRES notnot.ADV likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES thatthat.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND faintfaint.ADJ .
  
989JAMxxx (.) could be nice to drink once in a while .
  couldcan.V.COND bebe.V.INFIN nicenice.ADJ toto.PREP drinkdrink.V.INFIN onceonce.ADV inin.PREP aa.DET.INDEF whilewhile.CONJ .
  

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