MIAMI - Herring6<br/>Instances of <strong>were</strong>

MIAMI - Herring6
Instances of were

84	NIC	he was all nervous (be)cause we were working today together .
		hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST allall.ADJ nervousnervous.ADJ becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST workingwork.V.PRESPART todaytoday.N.SG togethertogether.ADV .

197	NIC	you were snoring .
		youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST snoringsnore.V.PRESPART .

507	JES	I know exactly who they were talking about from you know from the school I was at before .
		II.PRON.SUB.1S knowknow.V.1S.PRES exactlyexact.ADJ+ADV whowho.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST talkingtalk.V.PRESPART aboutabout.PREP fromfrom.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES fromfrom.PREP thethe.DET.DEF schoolschool.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST atat.PREP beforebefore.CONJ .

516	JES	and if they were sick and they were out they would ask them +".
		andand.CONJ ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST sicksick.ADJ andand.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST outout.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P wouldbe.V.123SP.COND askask.SV.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P .

516	JES	and if they were sick and they were out they would ask them +".
		andand.CONJ ifif.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST sicksick.ADJ andand.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST outout.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P wouldbe.V.123SP.COND askask.SV.INFIN themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P .

645	JES	were you able to open it alright (.) you know .
		werewere.V.2S123P.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP ableable.ADJ toto.PREP openopen.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S alrightalright.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .

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