MIAMI - Sastre10
Instances of could

510JOC+" you know right off the bat I could tell that you're the kind of people that are gonna be successful wherever you go .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES rightright.ADJ offoff.ADV thethe.DET.DEF batbat.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND telltell.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES thethe.DET.DEF kindkind.N.SG ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.SG thatthat.CONJ areare.V.123P.PRES gonnago.V.PRESPART+TO.PREP bebe.V.INFIN successfulsuccessful.ADJ whereverwherever.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP gogo.V.2SP.PRES .
  
533JOClike you could tell that .
  likelike.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND telltell.V.INFIN thatthat.DEM.FAR .
  
535JOCand you could tell also that he's a modern man .
  andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND telltell.V.INFIN alsoalso.ADV thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR he'she.PRON.SUB.M.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF modernmodern.ADJ manman.N.SG .
  
710JEN+" you could sit there and say +"/.
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND sitsit.V.INFIN therethere.ADV andand.CONJ saysay.V.INFIN .
  
1127JENI did everything I could to him .
  II.PRON.SUB.1S diddid.V.PAST everythingeverything.PRON II.PRON.SUB.1S couldcan.V.COND toto.PREP himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S .
  
1743JEN+" and did you ask him if you could bring your dog ?
  andand.CONJ diddid.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP askask.V.2SP.PRES himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND bringbring.V.INFIN youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP dogdog.N.SG ?
  
1747JEN+" did you ask him if you could bring your dog ?
  diddid.V.PAST youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP askask.V.2SP.PRES himhim.PRON.OBJ.M.3S ifif.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP couldcan.V.COND bringbring.V.INFIN youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP dogdog.N.SG ?
  

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