MIAMI - Herring17
Instances of was for speaker IRI

24IRIand I've been on antidepressants since I was seventeen .
  andand.CONJ I'veI.PRON.SUB.1S+HAVE.V.PRES beenbeen.V.PASTPART onon.PREP antidepressantsantidepressant.N.PL sincesince.PREP II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST seventeenseventeen.NUM .
  
293IRImy dad was just the same .
  mymy.ADJ.POSS.1S daddad.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV thethe.DET.DEF samesame.ADJ .
  
330IRIhe was being careless .
  hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST beingbe.V.PRESPART carelesscareless.ADJ .
  
332IRIyeah he was noS [/] noS teS [/] teS acribillóS .
  yeahyeah.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST nonot.ADV nonot.ADV teyou.PRON.OBL.MF.2S teyou.PRON.OBL.MF.2S acribillóunk .
  yeah, he was, no, he stabbed you.
408IRI(be)cause I was like freaking out about the pain .
  becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ freakingfreak.V.PRESPART outout.ADV aboutabout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF painpain.N.SG .
  
412IRIit was painful .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST painfulpainful.ADJ .
  
414IRII was just like thinking +...
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV likelike.CONJ thinkingthink.V.PRESPART .
  
415IRII was like tired .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST likelike.CONJ tiredtire.V.PASTPART .
  
416IRII was really +/.
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST reallyreal.ADJ+ADV .
  
457IRIbut I was this close to fainting because I threw up +//.
  butbut.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG closeclose.SV.INFIN toto.PREP faintingfaint.ADJ+ASV becausebecause.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S threwthrew.V.1S.PRES upup.ADV .
  
536IRII was (..) buenoS teS digoS queS yoS soyS bravaS porqueS yoS fuiS laS fotógrafaS delS [//] elS partoS deS miS hermanaS .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST buenowell.E teyou.PRON.OBL.MF.2S digotell.V.1S.PRES quethat.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S soybe.V.1S.PRES bravabrave.ADJ.F.SG porquebecause.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S fuibe.V.1S.PAST lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG fotógrafaphotographer.N.F.SG delof_the.PREP+DET.DEF.M.SG elthe.DET.DEF.M.SG partochildbirth.N.M.SG deof.PREP mimy.ADJ.POSS.MF.1S.SG hermanasister.N.F.SG .
  I was, well, I was brave because I was the photographer when my sister was in labour.
706IRIyou told me it was eighteen .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP toldtold.V.PAST meme.PRON.OBJ.1S itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST eighteeneighteen.NUM .
  
767IRIohSE it was so [///] I +//.
  ohoh.IM itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST soso.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S .
  

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