MIAMI - Sastre1
Instances of were for speaker KEV

99KEVbecause we were looking for a house in Miami Lakes on the lake without the pool .
  becausebecause.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST lookinglook.V.PRESPART forfor.PREP aa.DET.INDEF househouse.N.SG inin.PREP Miaminame Lakesname onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF lakelake.N.SG withoutwithout.PREP thethe.DET.DEF poolpool.N.SG .
  
215KEVand the campgrounds were beautiful places to build on .
  andand.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF campgroundscampground.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST beautifulbeautiful.ADJ placesplace.N.PL toto.PREP buildbuild.V.INFIN onon.PREP .
  
216KEVbecause &a they were huge pieces of property a lot of them right on the ocean on the water .
  becausebecause.CONJ theythey.PRON.SUB.3P werewere.V.3P.PAST hugehuge.ADJ piecespiece.N.PL ofof.PREP propertyproperty.N.SG aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP themthem.PRON.OBJ.3P rightright.ADJ onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF oceanocean.N.SG onon.PREP thethe.DET.DEF waterwater.N.SG .
  
321KEVin two thousand and three (.) that the taxes were more or less (.) what they are now .
  inin.PREP twotwo.NUM thousandthousand.NUM andand.CONJ threethree.NUM thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR thethe.DET.DEF taxestax.N.PL werewere.V.1P.PAST moremore.ADV oror.CONJ lessless.ADV whatwhat.REL theythey.PRON.SUB.3P areare.V.3P.PRES nownow.ADV .
  
431KEV+< it's like what we were (.) before .
  it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN whatwhat.REL wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST beforebefore.CONJ .
  
434KEVweE wereE unincorporatedE Dade_CountySE .
  wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST unincorporatedunincorporate.V.PASTPART Dade_Countyname .
  
447KEVcomo MiamiSE likeE weE wereE .
  comolike.CONJ Miaminame likelike.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST .
  like Miami, like we were.
587KEV+< y weE wereE thereE andE PepitaSE askedE erSE weE askedE herE whatE sheE wantedE forE dinnerE .
  yand.CONJ wewe.PRON.SUB.1P werewere.V.1P.PAST therethere.ADV andand.CONJ Pepitaname askedask.V.PAST erer.IM wewe.PRON.SUB.1P askedask.V.PAST herher.ADJ.POSS.F.3S.[or].her.PRON.OBJ.F.3S whatwhat.REL sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S wantedwant.V.PAST forfor.PREP dinnerdinner.N.SG .
  and we were there and Pepita asked and we asked her what she wanted for dinner.
593KEVand I said I thought you were gonna wait for dinner .
  andand.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S saidsaid.V.PAST II.PRON.SUB.1S thoughtthought.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP werewere.V.2S123P.PAST gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP waitwait.V.INFIN forfor.PREP dinnerdinner.N.SG .
  

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