MIAMI - Herring6
Instances of estaba

18NICand he goes (es)tabaS buscandoS .
  andand.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S goesgoes.V.3S.PRES estababe.V.13S.IMPERF buscandoseek.V.PRESPART .
  and he goes he was looking.
19NICestabaS I love when he uses his hand .
  estababe.V.13S.IMPERF II.PRON.SUB.1S lovelove.V.1S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S usesunk hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S handhand.N.SG .
  he was I love when he uses his hand.
21NIC(es)taba buscando (es)taba buscando .
  estababe.V.13S.IMPERF buscandoseek.V.PRESPART estababe.V.13S.IMPERF buscandoseek.V.PRESPART .
  he was looking he was looking .
21NIC(es)taba buscando (es)taba buscando .
  estababe.V.13S.IMPERF buscandoseek.V.PRESPART estababe.V.13S.IMPERF buscandoseek.V.PRESPART .
  he was looking he was looking .
299JES+" yoS síS peroS esS queS yoS noS sabíaS queS ellaS estabaS you know (.) certificadaS hastaS [/] hastaS quintoS gradoS .
  yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S síyes.ADV perobut.CONJ esbe.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ yoI.PRON.SUB.MF.1S nonot.ADV sabíaknow.V.13S.IMPERF quethat.CONJ ellashe.PRON.SUB.F.3S estababe.V.13S.IMPERF youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES certificadacertify.V.F.SG.PASTPART hastauntil.PREP hastauntil.PREP quintofifth.ORD.M.SG gradograde.N.M.SG .
  me yes, but the thing is that I didn't know that she was, you know, certified up to fifth grade.
379JESy dice que estaba hasta llorando .
  yand.CONJ dicetell.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ estababe.V.13S.IMPERF hastauntil.PREP llorandoweep.V.PRESPART .
  and he said he was almost crying.
381JESand [/] and you know diceS queS [/] queS estabaS [///] you know he was really traumatized with the whole thing .
  andand.CONJ andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES dicetell.V.3S.PRES quethat.CONJ quethat.CONJ estababe.V.13S.IMPERF youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST reallyreal.ADJ+ADV traumatizedunk withwith.PREP thethe.DET.DEF wholewhole.ADJ thingthing.N.SG .
  and you know, he said he was really traumatised with the whole thing.
386JESy tú sabes dónde estaba la dueña ?
  yand.CONJ túyou.PRON.SUB.MF.2S sabesknow.V.2S.PRES dóndewhere.INT estababe.V.13S.IMPERF lathe.DET.DEF.F.SG dueñaowner.N.F.SG ?
  do you know where the owner was?
390JESshe estabaS recogiendoS comoS siS noS fueraS nadaS conS ellaS .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S estababe.V.13S.IMPERF recogiendopick.V.PRESPART comolike.CONJ siif.CONJ nonot.ADV fuerabe.V.13S.SUBJ.IMPERF nadanothing.PRON conwith.PREP ellashe.PRON.SUB.F.3S .
  she was tidying up as if it had nothing to do with her.

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