MIAMI - Maria18
Instances of were for speaker MAR

651MARshe [/] she said what we were thinking .
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S saidsaid.V.PAST whatwhat.REL wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST thinkingthink.V.PRESPART .
  
850MARyou were born here or in JamaicaSE ?
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST bornborn.V.PASTPART herehere.ADV oror.CONJ inin.PREP Jamaicaname ?
  
877MARyeah but you were there for political reasons so it would definitely .
  yeahyeah.ADV butbut.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST therethere.ADV forfor.PREP politicalpolitical.ADJ reasonsreason.N.PL soso.ADV itit.PRON.SUB.3S wouldbe.V.3S.COND definitelydefinite.ADJ+ADV.[or].definitely.ADV .
  
919MARbecause they said they were +//.
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P saidsaid.V.PAST theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST .
  
923MARthey were gonna get married anyway so they just did it for the paperwork .
  theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP getget.V.INFIN marriedmarry.SV.INFIN+AV anywayanyway.ADV soso.ADV theythey.PRON.SUB.3P justjust.ADV diddid.V.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S forfor.PREP thethe.DET.DEF paperworkpaperwork.N.SG .
  

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