MIAMI - Maria24
Instances of was for speaker MAR

82MARand she was nice .
  andand.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST nicenice.ADJ .
  
96MARand it got to the point that the joke was (.) she wouldn't even know how old she is &=laughs .
  andand.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S gotgot.V.PAST toto.PREP thethe.DET.DEF pointpoint.N.SG thatthat.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF jokejoke.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S wouldn'tbe.V.3S.COND+NEG eveneven.ADV knowknow.V.INFIN howhow.ADV oldold.ADJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S isis.V.3S.PRES .
  
103MAR+" seS llevaS quitandoS losS añosS desdeS queS laS conozcoS when she was only thirty_two tears old .
  seself.PRON.REFL.MF.3SP llevahave_been.V.3S.PRES quitandoremove.V.PRESPART losthe.DET.DEF.M.PL añosyear.N.M.PL desdesince.PREP quethat.CONJ laher.PRON.OBJ.F.3S conozcomeet.V.1S.PRES whenwhen.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV thirty_twounk tearstear.N.PL.[or].tears.N.PL oldold.ADJ .
  she has been taking years off since I know her, when she was only thirty-two years old.
104MARshe was like +/.
  sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST likelike.CONJ .
  
188MARI mean I was pleased .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST pleasedplease.V.PASTPART .
  
257MARand that was it .
  andand.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR waswas.V.3S.PAST itit.PRON.OBJ.3S .
  
281MARthis was fifteen eighteen years ago .
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST fifteenfifteen.NUM eighteeneighteen.NUM yearsyear.N.PL agoago.ADV .
  
284MARbecause it was still the old type zoo that still had a lot of the cages +//.
  becausebecause.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST stillstill.ADJ thethe.DET.DEF oldold.ADJ typetype.N.SG zoozoo.N.SG thatthat.DEM.FAR stillstill.ADJ hadhad.V.PASTPART aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF cagescage.N.PL .
  
293MARthe &pa [///] there was one inside and one in the top .
  thethe.DET.DEF therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST oneone.PRON.SG insideinside.N.SG andand.CONJ oneone.PRON.SG inin.PREP thethe.DET.DEF toptop.N.SG .
  
297MARI mean I remember I was struck .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S meanmean.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S rememberremember.V.1S.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST struckstruck.V.PASTPART .
  
410MARthis is a thing that SoniaSE was telling me about .
  thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG isis.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF thingthing.N.SG thatthat.CONJ Sonianame waswas.V.3S.PAST tellingtell.V.PRESPART meme.PRON.OBJ.1S aboutabout.PREP .
  
424MARohSE this was just issued yesterday .
  ohoh.IM thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV issuedissue.N.SG+AV yesterdayyesterday.N.SG .
  
456MARI guess the letter was addressed to me .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S guessguess.V.1S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF letterletter.N.SG waswas.V.3S.PAST addressedaddress.N.SG+AV toto.PREP meme.PRON.OBJ.1S .
  
561MARand then there was nothing in xxx ?
  andand.CONJ thenthen.ADV therethere.ADV waswas.V.3S.PAST nothingnothing.PRON inin.PREP ?
  
721MARI thought it was all xxx and steel .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S thoughtthought.V.PAST itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST allall.ADJ andand.CONJ steelsteel.N.SG .
  
724MARit was supposed we can pull out the job drawings .
  itit.PRON.SUB.3S waswas.V.3S.PAST supposedsuppose.V.PASTPART wewe.PRON.SUB.1P cancan.V.123SP.PRES pullpull.V.INFIN outout.ADV thethe.DET.DEF jobjob.N.SG drawingsunk .
  
795MARwhat was his problem ?
  whatwhat.REL waswas.V.3S.PAST hishis.ADJ.POSS.M.3S problemproblem.N.SG ?
  
808MARand I thought I was being MariaSE .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thoughtthought.V.PAST II.PRON.SUB.1S waswas.V.13S.PAST beingbe.V.PRESPART Marianame .
  

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