MIAMI - Herring17<br/>Instances of <strong>couple</strong> for speaker JAM

MIAMI - Herring17
Instances of couple for speaker JAM

6	JAM	+< but ahSE they [/] they [/] they [/] (.) they're not as &s strong as they were a couple of years ago .
		butbut.CONJ ahah.IM theythey.PRON.SUB.3P theythey.PRON.SUB.3P theythey.PRON.SUB.3P they'rethey.PRON.SUB.3P+BE.V.PRES notnot.ADV asas.CONJ strongstrong.ADJ asas.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV .

80	JAM	I don't know maybe later ahSE in a couple of minutes we can check some books there in xxx .
		II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG knowknow.V.INFIN maybemaybe.ADV laterlater.ADJ ahah.IM inin.PREP aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP minutesminute.N.PL wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES checkcheck.V.INFIN somesome.ADJ booksbook.N.PL therethere.ADV inin.PREP .

144	JAM	but still I [///] what I was telling you is that we can check a couple of books and maybe ahSE (..) like self help something .
		butbut.CONJ stillstill.ADJ II.PRON.SUB.1S whatwhat.REL II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP isis.V.3S.PRES thatthat.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES checkcheck.V.INFIN aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP booksbook.N.PL andand.CONJ maybemaybe.ADV ahah.IM likelike.CONJ selfself.N.SG helphelp.V.INFIN somethingsomething.PRON .

814	JAM	but a couple of (.) centuries ago &j you do not want to hear about Jesus_Christ so you are going to lose your head .
		butbut.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP centuriescentury.N.PL.[or].centuries.N.PL agoago.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP dodo.V.2SP.PRES notnot.ADV wantwant.SV.INFIN toto.PREP hearhear.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP Jesus_Christname soso.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP areare.V.2SP.PRES goinggo.V.PRESPART toto.PREP loselose.V.INFIN youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP headhead.N.SG .

935	JAM	+< I just smoked marijuanaSE for a couple of years .
		II.PRON.SUB.1S justjust.ADV smokedsmoke.V.PASTPART marijuanamarijuana.N.SG forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP yearsyear.N.PL .

1021	JAM	and it's just marijuanaSE for a couple of years .
		andand.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV marijuanamarijuana.N.SG forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP yearsyear.N.PL .

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