MIAMI - Sastre13
Instances of can for speaker COL

7COL<so he can get> [/] so he can get the rest of the democrats that she has (be)cause she has a couple .
  soso.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES getget.V.INFIN soso.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES getget.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF restrest.N.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF democratsunk thatthat.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG .
  
7COL<so he can get> [/] so he can get the rest of the democrats that she has (be)cause she has a couple .
  soso.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES getget.V.INFIN soso.ADV hehe.PRON.SUB.M.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES getget.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF restrest.N.SG ofof.PREP thethe.DET.DEF democratsunk thatthat.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES becausebecause.CONJ sheshe.PRON.SUB.F.3S hasha.IM+V 3S PRES.[or].has.V.3S.PRES aa.DET.INDEF couplecouple.N.SG .
  
75COLbut it's just like (.) I think sometimes like it [///] when I try to like talk to you and stuff like that like it can be taken as like ammunition you know to like xxx .
  butbut.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV likelike.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S thinkthink.V.1S.PRES sometimessometimes.ADV.[or].sometime.ADV+PV likelike.CONJ itit.PRON.SUB.3S whenwhen.CONJ II.PRON.SUB.1S trytry.V.1S.PRES toto.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN talktalk.V.INFIN toto.PREP youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP andand.CONJ stuffstuff.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ thatthat.DEM.FAR likelike.V.INFIN itit.PRON.OBJ.3S cancan.V.3S.PRES bebe.V.INFIN takentaken.V.PASTPART asas.CONJ likelike.CONJ ammunitionammunition.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES toto.PREP likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN .
  
77COLlike the fights can get worse just because you know like something might happen between us or whatever .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF fightsfight.N.PL cancan.V.123SP.PRES getget.V.INFIN worseworse.ADJ justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV becausebecause.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES likelike.CONJ somethingsomething.PRON mightmight.SV.INFIN happenhappen.SV.INFIN betweenbetween.PREP usus.PRON.OBJ.1P oror.CONJ whateverwhatever.REL .
  
568COLhow can I say this .
  howhow.ADV cancan.V.123SP.PRES II.PRON.SUB.1S saysay.V.1S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG .
  
578COLyou know they're Christians <so you can't> [///] (.) you know certain things there are certain limits to what you can do you know .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES they'rethey.PRON.SUB.3P+BE.V.PRES Christiansname soso.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP can'tcan.V.2SP.PRES+NEG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES certaincertain.ADJ thingsthing.N.PL therethere.ADV areare.V.123P.PRES certaincertain.ADJ limitslimit.N.PL toto.PREP whatwhat.REL youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES .
  
774COLlike honestly that's the only thing I can tell you .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN honestlyhonest.ADJ+ADV.[or].honestly.ADV that'sthat.DEM.FAR+BE.V.3S.PRES thethe.DET.DEF onlyonly.ADJ.[or].on.PREP+ADV thingthing.N.SG II.PRON.SUB.1S cancan.V.1S.PRES telltell.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP .
  
776COLbecause like there's nothing you can do like .
  becausebecause.CONJ likelike.V.INFIN there'sthere.PRON+BE.V.3S.PRES nothingnothing.PRON youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES dodo.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ .
  
839COL+" you know you can come like a week before the wedding .
  youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES comecome.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ aa.DET.INDEF weekweek.N.SG beforebefore.CONJ thethe.DET.DEF weddingunk .
  
884COLlike (.) the thing is this like it's hard like it's hard to get to a place where you're just like you're alone like and you can actually think you know and just think about whatever comes into your head you know like .
  likelike.CONJ.[or].like.V.INFIN thethe.DET.DEF thingthing.N.SG isis.V.3S.PRES thisthis.DEM.NEAR.SG likelike.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES hardhard.ADJ likelike.CONJ it'sit.PRON.SUB.3S+BE.V.3S.PRES hardhard.ADJ toto.PREP getget.V.INFIN toto.PREP aa.DET.INDEF placeplace.N.SG wherewhere.REL you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES justjust.ADJ.[or].just.ADV likelike.CONJ you'reyou.PRON.SUB.2SP+BE.V.PRES alonealone.ADV likelike.CONJ.[or].like.SV.INFIN andand.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES actuallyactual.ADJ+ADV thinkthink.V.INFIN youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES andand.CONJ justjust.ADV thinkthink.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP whateverwhatever.REL comescomes.N.SG.[or].come.SV.INFIN+PV intointo.PREP youryour.ADJ.POSS.2SP headhead.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES likelike.CONJ .
  
922COLwell I don't think that a lot of people can even [/] even think about that stuff .
  wellwell.ADV II.PRON.SUB.1S don'tdo.V.1S.PRES+NEG thinkthink.V.INFIN thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR aa.DET.INDEF lotlot.N.SG ofof.PREP peoplepeople.N.SG cancan.V.123SP.PRES eveneven.ADJ eveneven.ADV thinkthink.V.INFIN aboutabout.PREP thatthat.CONJ.[or].that.DEM.FAR stuffstuff.V.INFIN .
  
1027COLthe absolute worst theatre you can imagine .
  thethe.DET.DEF absoluteabsolute.ADJ worstworst.ADJ theatretheatre.N.SG youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES imagineimagine.V.INFIN .
  
1066COL+" ah well you know like you can see something else .
  ahah.IM wellwell.ADV youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP knowknow.V.2SP.PRES likelike.CONJ youyou.PRON.SUB.2SP cancan.V.2SP.PRES seesee.V.INFIN somethingsomething.PRON elseelse.ADJ .
  

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