MIAMI - Maria19
Instances of bigger for speaker MAR

388MARand her brother keeps the bigger room &=laughs [=! eats] .
  andand.CONJ herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S brotherbrother.N.SG keepskeep.V.PRES.3S thethe.DET.DEF biggerbigg.N.SG+COMP.AG roomroom.N.SG .
  
393MAR(be)cause when we moved in there (.) &=eats SamSE took the bigger room (be)cause he had you know (.) more furniture than toys [=! eats] .
  becausebecause.CONJ whenwhen.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P movedmove.V.PAST inin.PREP therethere.ADV Samname tooktake.AV.PAST thethe.DET.DEF biggerbigg.N.SG+COMP.AG roomroom.N.SG becausebecause.CONJ hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S hadhad.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES moremore.ADJ furniturefurniture.N.SG thanthan.CONJ toystoy.N.PL .
  
400MARthe office is actually bigger [=! handles_kitchenware] .
  thethe.DET.DEF officeoffice.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV biggerbigger.ADJ.[or].bigg.N.SG+COMP.AG .
  

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